Criminal Minds' AJ Cook: Get Ready For a Different JJ

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

Can you describe what the past 11 months have been like?
A.J. Cook: It's been a rollercoaster ride, just from the shock of not getting picked up to trying to figure out why to never really knowing why. They kept asking me to come back for things, so trying to have closure was difficult. But it's been good. I've been able to focus on things that are really important, like my family, and just get back to acting. It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again! This whole thing made me remember why I love acting. I've been able to work with some really great people. I'm shooting a really great movie right now [Least Among Saints] and I'm so excited because people have never seen me this way before. That was something that was very important to me, especially since I'm heading back to Criminal Minds. It's been fun and a challenge, and I love challenges.

Full Interview: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Criminal-Minds-AJ-Cook-1033482.aspx

Comments

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

I hope "different JJ" isn't too different. Her nurturing nature is part of what I like about her.

And why must every discussion of her devolve into a "We hate Seaver/Rachel fest"? /reading the comments on there

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, she said she said the character would remain nurturing. I love that side of her, too.

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I just hope she doesn't turn into too much of a hardass or anything. XD I'm thinking there probably won't be THAT much of a difference.

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

I think she'll come back stronger but not a hardass. I mean, there's the writing and the directing but then there's the acting. I think these actors know how to strike a good balance between extremes - AJ included! :)

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

They had better make some changes with JJ - she certainly can't go back to the BAU as if the whole year didn't happen and she's the same old JJ we knew. We say her tougher side with the Prentiss storyline, so I can definitely see her coming back as a tougher agent, no matter what her role; and I can't see her just as a media liasion anymore either.

I like the way she explains why she and Rossi and chatting rather than she and Hotch!!!

Good interview!!!

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

I agree! I loved the interview and I loved her willingness to explain things fans had questions about.

[djan31.livejournal.com]

I love AJ. She seems so sweet and laid-back.

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree! Can't wait to see AJ back (and T-shirts would be amazing!)

[drunkencarousal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's a different woman — a confident, "I've been working in the State Department" woman. But that's what I like. If I was going to come back, I didn't want to go back to what I was because apparently it wasn't deemed important enough to have me there in the first place! [Laughs] I wanted to make sure the character was going somewhere else and was going to be utilized.

I like the sound of this, and I'm glad she pointed out the obvious.

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

I really liked that, too.

[doritosaddict.livejournal.com]

What a great read! Seriously, both questions and answers are perfection and honest.

[ficdirectory.livejournal.com]

I agree! Love this!