“Hello, sister.” That’s how Mark-Paul Gosselaar greeted Danielle Savre at her trailer on the set of Discovered.
Savre joined the present for Season 2 as Heather, a lawyer who’s Trent’s (Brett Dalton) love curiosity then represents Sir (Gosselaar) even after his brother Christian (Michael Cassidy) supposedly shot her. However after a run-in along with her, Margaret (Kelli Williams), utilizing her Margaret imaginative and prescient, realizes she’s actually Sir’s half-sister Lena.
Now that the reality is out, TV Insider caught up with Savre to speak about that reveal and what’s to come back. Plus, watch a sneak peek of Lena and Trent from the April 10 episode above.
The reality is out. Heather is Lena, which I had thought was the case.
Danielle Savre: [Laughs] Yeah, I used to be going to say, you knew the entire time.
After we spoke forward of your first episode, you stated you knew nothing about the place the character was going. How a lot did you actually know?
I actually knew nothing. I do know that Mark-Paul confirmed up at my trailer and stated, “Hello, sister.” After which I actually didn’t need to know as a result of I wished to respect the truth that NK [Nkechi Okoro Carroll] didn’t need to inform me but. And so I didn’t know a lot. What’s loopy is the crew of Discovered was actually taking bets on who do we expect you’re due to all this stuff and so they had had all of the earlier episodes I didn’t. I didn’t have something actually, so I form of obtained numerous issues in my head about what it could possibly be, however I additionally didn’t need to get my hopes up as a result of everyone knows in tv, scripts change, that enhancing can change issues, you simply by no means know. And this was my first episode, so I used to be like, let me get by way of my first episode and see if I make the minimize. So I didn’t know loads, however there was numerous concepts and theories circulating that in fact obtained into my head. However yeah, I actually didn’t know.
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After which it obtained nearer and nearer, and I used to be like, “Oh, I really assume I’m his sister. Oh, that is occurring.” After which NK known as me proper earlier than this final episode and was like, “Okay, clearly you bought the script. It’s about to come back out. Let’s really talk about.” And so I used to be capable of ask all these deep questions on the place this got here from and form of character improvement. It was good as a result of I used to be lastly capable of put the items collectively myself.
What are you able to say about what we’ll see from Lena and Sir’s interactions now? How would you describe the siblings’ dynamic?
I believe you’re actually going to get to see this energy dynamic between them. I believe you bought a bit of little bit of it earlier than, however you weren’t capable of see full drive as a result of they had been retaining the key from the viewers at that time. However I believe you’re going to essentially get to see who’s in management with the 2 of them, and does that swap? Proper now, she’s the one exterior the jail, he’s within the jail, however on the identical time, he principally did, in a way, mildew her into who she is. He was her brother and clearly he did that to Gabi or tried to try this with Gabi. You’re simply going to get to see an increasing number of of that energy dynamic between the 2 of them. And possibly Lena needs extra energy than he’s prepared to offer her, however what’s he going to do about it? He’s in jail. [Laughs]
So how precisely would you describe Lena? As a result of once we talked earlier than, it was all in regards to the ambition.
I believe ambition is at all times there, but it surely’s a bit of little bit of her trauma and damage and nearly trauma bonding in a way. Her and her brother actually bonded over the trauma that they grew up with as youngsters. So there’s a connection there, but it surely’s a extremely tousled — speak about a tousled household. And so I believe the motivating issue now’s, that is her brother. That is the one individual on the earth she loves or is aware of what love is. So there’s form of this love dynamic, household trauma bonding factor. It’s going to be attention-grabbing as a result of I believe what’s being questioned is, does her brother love her as a lot as she loves him and does she actually know what love is?
Did she get one thing from Trent that’s making her assume possibly love is one thing totally different? I don’t know. That could possibly be a stretch. We by no means actually noticed that relationship on digital camera, but it surely looks like she has a reference to Trent that’s deeper than simply utilizing him. However I believe with Sir, it’s a little little bit of a defending her brother now state of affairs. I imply her major aim, it’s ambition and dedication to get her brother out, to save lots of her brother, to ensure that Gabi, this horrible villain, doesn’t destroy her brother. As a result of I believe the reality is she believes these lies. She believes that her brother is totally harmless. Why wouldn’t she? She’s been brainwashed her entire life. If something, was she Sir’s first sufferer?
I used to be going to ask: Did Lena have any actual emotions for Trent?
I believe so. I believe she completely did. I don’t know if he did. I believe he was attempting to — I can’t communicate for him — distract himself and transfer on from Gabi. However I believe he’ll at all times love Gabi. I believe Heather actually did join with him and never understand she did. I believe she’s such a closed-off, chilly individual that even having relationships was one thing she by no means did. And on this state of affairs, she’s pretending to have a relationship to assist her brother, and as a substitute, she really will get wrapped up in it a bit of bit. At the very least that’s my manner I’m taking part in within the background as a result of I believe she actually is damage by him. She actually is like, “Why are you leaving me? I don’t perceive.” In her thoughts, her brother’s harmless, Gabi’s the villain, why can’t you simply see issues from my perspective? I’m attempting to save lots of my brother, who’s fully harmless, and I’ve emotions for you, and Gabi’s the villain right here.
Talking of that, as a result of she thinks Gabi is a villain, the factor is, she is aware of what Gabi means to her brother. So what does she consider Gabi due to how a lot she means to Sir?
I believe there’s numerous jealousy there as a result of how dare my brother loves somebody greater than he loves me? I believe that’s rooted in jealousy greater than something. And I suppose it goes again to harm, too. I don’t assume she’s discovered till this subsequent episode that her brother actually loves Gabi greater than her. I believe that’s when it lastly clicks, is that this subsequent episode.
Discovered, Thursdays, 10/9c, NBC