Laura Regan – Minority Report

By: Jamie Steinberg

Q)  What are the recent projects that you are working on?

A) I’m on the set of “Minority Report,” for instance this week, sixteen hours for four days. So, I don’t have any other recent projects. It’s pretty intense. My character is getting into some pretty great, meaty stuff and I’m loving it. In my head, I’m just sticking with it and literally every waking hour it is taking all of my time.

Q) How was your character, Agatha, originally described to you?

A) That’s interesting. She was originally described as a compassionate older sister who is concerned for her brother. That’s what I remember. That’s what sticks out the most. She has turned into someone perhaps a little more conniving and calculating, but she still cares about her brother so she is still very compassionate. She’s a really cool character to play.

Q) What have you added to your role that wasn’t originally scripted for you?

A) I think that in talking with the writers I loved the stuff they were coming up with that was making her more tactical, calculating and conniving. I think there was something that I might have said at one point with her unique history of kind of being imprisoned in milk-fat for ten years could make a person wither to the extent of sort of turning that way. I don’t know if that was immediately suggested, if they had immediately thought of it that way. But it did seem clear that it was going to go that way. It’s really cool to watch her journey and for each script when it comes in to see how it enfolds.

Q) Was there instant cast chemistry when the show began filming or did you spend some time to bond together?

A) We just wanted to! We were all excited to be cast on the project. It was an exciting project and immediately one night when we were filming the pilot went out to dinner and it just became clear to me that this was an incredibly warm, caring and interested group of people. Nobody was sort of showboating saying, “I’m doing this or that.” Everyone was happy to be there, meet each other and learn about each other. And with the addition of Nick Zano, it’s just been like a family growing and getting one more guy who is awesome, so nice, friendly, hardworking and funny. It just feels like an amazing group of people and right away we all hit it off. We’re all different and our characters are different so the only thing that I would complain about is that I don’t get to see them enough! My character doesn’t interact with everybody so I’ve not had a scene yet with Wilmer’s character or Meagan’s character yet – although that is coming!

Q) How hands on has producer Steven Spielberg been with the show?

A) He’s been very involved in developing the storyline and also with the script. I know he was involved in the casting so he sort of approved each of us, which is very confidence inspiring and also kind of daunting. If I had known that was happening I think I would have been a little more nervous than I was. He’s very involved and definitely involved in the future tech stuff. We have a team from MIT who are futurists, basically. What they come up with for 2065 is not just guesses or stabs in the dark. I know Spielberg has been very involved with that portion. And apparently he scribbled some idea for a weapon for the future on a cocktail napkin and sent it off to our producers. So, he’s definitely thinking about it and very involved.

Q) What have been your most memorable moments from filming the show?

A) I would say one of the most memorable was with Stark Sands and Nick Zano (two precog brothers) one night. It’s a flashback (and it aired last week in the credit sequence) where we are in the milk-fat containment tank lying with our heads hooked up to machines. We were all in these spandex skintight silver suits and we all had bald caps on. It’s kind of the great equalizer when you’re in skintight spandex with a bald cap lying in hot water hooked up to machines. Stark and Nick have this kind of ongoing precog musical that they make up lines to. That was definitely a fun day! One thing about acting is that it is always the challenging days that you remember most as the fun days. They just stand out as cool experiences at the end.

Q) You are a part of social media. Are you looking forward to the fan feedback you will receive?

A) Yeah! I think that’s an awesome part now that when a show premieres that fans can be involved in a dialogue right away. And I think that is really cool.

Q) What do you want us to make sure that fans know about “Minority Report?”

A) I think that they should tune in. Get ready for a fast, fun ride. If I can tease a couple episodes ahead, episode three my character kind of takes a sharp turn and sort of embarks on a singular mission. She sort of uses any means necessary to get what she wants. It’s kind of fun. I hope people will tune in and stay along for the ride.