Fiona Rene Dishes On Amazon's I Know What You Did Last Summer

Was it like for you to play a role that was so multifaceted? I mean, it just seems like source material from so many different directions.

Doesn't that sound kind of like a regular woman's life, to be honest with you? You ask the question and I want to say, oh yes, I'm so multi-faceted and I worked so hard, but you know, it really comes down to the fact that I think every professional woman that I know that is working, that has a family, that tries to have a love life, that's trying to better herself, that's trying to do well in her every day is juggling so many things. And they're on the ends of the spectrum that, to be honest, I really tapped into my own personal life when I was loving on Lyla Calais. The showrunner, Sarah Goodman and I, we had a couple of chats in regards to Lyla's history and her upbringing and her past. And it was kind of scary how similar Lyla's small-town upbringing and having to fight for respect, but living in the shadow of her father, all of these things that really a lot of people, I think a lot of women, would resonate with.

So I just really tapped into my own personal history. And then that combined with the work that I did to study the island of Hawaii and the culture and the police departments and how it's different there. I don't know if anyone knows this, but originally I was written as a sheriff and then we got to know how state and county sheriff versus police chief works in Hawaii, which is a little bit different from the mainland. And so they had to change it to police chief. So I also had to kind of learn those differences. So yeah, to answer your question, I think we are women. Hear us roar.

Seriously. When I'm thinking back to the first four episodes of the show, your characters authority is pretty established right off the bat, which I appreciated because as I was watching it and I was seeing her relationship kind of develop over time, both professionally and personally, I was curious to see what avenue is she going to go down? Now that I've only seen the first four episodes, I have to know what happens. I have to know about this relationship. I have to know about the murders and who's behind it all. Who's sending the anonymous, very ominous text messages. There's just so much to uncover.

There was so many questions onset in regards to who the killer was. And for my character, it was perfect because I'm supposed to be looking and finding out. But simultaneously, the relationship with Lyla and her job versus Lyla and her family versus Lyla and her lover, I feel like the power dynamics really shift and she's a character that is constantly trying to stay in control. Which I think all people out there would resonate that the tighter you hold something, sometimes the less control you have over it.

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So I think she fights and battles with that a lot. For sure. But she was fun.