{"data":{"id":15754,"title":"Something Every Tuesday: Finding Fiona","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/15754-Something-Every-Tuesday-Finding-Fiona","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/15754","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/15754","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"[ Music ]\n\nAnnouncer: The other days of the week will make you blue, but that\u2019s why we bring you Something Every Tuesday with your host, Esen Landari!\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nHello everyone! Thank you \u2026 enough, you\u2019re embarrassing me. What a great audience we\u2019ve got tonight. We\u2019ve got an amazing show for you. We\u2019re almost as loaded as Ellroy Cass at the Crimson Tower premiere last week.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nIf you\u2019re a Cass-fanatic, like me, it doesn\u2019t get much better than this. If you haven\u2019t seen this yet, you are in for a treat. Cass stumbles out of the theater right in the middle of the Crimson Tower premiere, and as you can see, he might be a little high. Maybe that\u2019s not the right word. He\u2019s stratospherically high. At first, he tries to play it all cool. You know, not wanting to draw any attention from the few paparazzi still there. But they start calling his name, asking if he\u2019s all right, until he stops dead in his tracks \u2026\n\nAfter a moment, he looks directly into the nearest camera and smiles before suddenly tackling one of these prop \u201cCrimson Towers\u201d they had lining the red carpet. Everyone nearby was just stunned. Mainly because that was easily the biggest hit Cass has been a part of in years.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nI adore you, Cass. Would love to have you on the show. Just have your people comm mine. I\u2019m sure we could fit you in anytime after we finish bolting everything to the floor.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nNow, Cass wasn\u2019t the only one who had a rough week. Diners at a brand new Xi\u2019an restaurant in Prime flooded a nearby medical facility, claiming that they had contracted severe cases of food poisoning. Food inspectors investigated and guess what they found? Xi\u2019an food.\n\nApparently no one told these people that\u2019s what it was supposed to taste like. How ridiculous is that? That\u2019d be like getting angry at Herschel Foods because one of their \u201cToo Much Soup\u201d vending machines literally gave you too much soup.\n\n[ Polite Laughter ]\n\nSpeaking of feeling sick to your stomach, how about that leaked report showing that the Senate committee on Economic Development was actually considering a proposal to rent prisoners to companies in a \u2018work-exchange program\u2019?\n\n[ Boos ]\n\nJust when you think our elected officials can\u2019t get any worse. Of course Senators have been falling all over themselves to state that it was just a staffer\u2019s draft proposal and there\u2019s no way it would\u2019ve been approved, but I am making a pledge here and now that if such a heinous act ever gets passed then I will be extremely nice to our new heavily tattooed writing staff.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nWe\u2019ve got a great show for you tonight. The Dardanelles are warming up backstage to play their latest single, Empress of Sol, and will be making a very special announcement a little later on in the show. Trust me, you won\u2019t want to miss it.\n\nBut my first guest has achieved Empire-wide fame thanks to her performance as Commander Salana in Lost Squad. Tonight, she\u2019s here to talk about her portrayal of Fiona Messer in the controversial new vid Sparrow. Let\u2019s welcome the accomplished and enchanting Jasmine Dupree to the show.\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nJasmine Dupree: Thanks for having me!\n\nWell, we\u2019re excited to have you here. You\u2019ve been on quite the ride recently. The first season of Lost Squad was a huge hit and your portrayal of Commander Salana is one of the main reasons why.\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nJasmine Dupree: Thank you. Being on Lost Squad has been such an amazing experience, but to be honest, I just showed up every day and did what Jenna and Hadrian told me to do. I have such faith in their vision, and I\u2019m just lucky to be along for the ride.\n\nAnd the second season of Lost Squad starts soon, right?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Yeah, we\u2019re almost done shooting it. Luckily, there was enough downtime between the seasons for me to sneak away and shoot Sparrow.\n\nSince you already know what goes down in the second season of Lost Squad, maybe you can settle a bet for me here. Is your Lost Squad character, Captain Salana, going to be show\u2019s lone survivor?\n\nJasmine Dupree: You know I can\u2019t answer that.\n\nWhy not? I promise I won\u2019t tell anyone.\n\nJasmine Dupree: The less I say about it, the better. The entire series hinges on this secret so I\u2019d hate to be the one to spoil all the fun. Plus, Jenna and Hadrian would send me to Vanduul space if I gave anything away.\n\nWell, I respect your discretion, but just so you know, I\u2019m not above bribing you so I can win the office pool. How about this, you tell me who it is, and I\u2019ll split the winnings with you? Just saying.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nNow, let\u2019s get back to the business at hand. You have a new vid coming out called Sparrow, which has drawn criticism for its portrayal of Fiona Messer. How hard was it to go from playing such an honorable character in Lost Squad to such an odious one in Sparrow?\n\nJasmine Dupree: That\u2019s part of the reason why I found the role so intriguing. Fiona Messer is completely different than Commander Salana. It\u2019s been fun playing powerful women who use very different tactics to accomplish their goals.\n\nAmong many other ghastly allegations, Fiona Messer was accused of orchestrating the Khanos Stadium bombing that killed thousands in Angeli. At any point were you worried about painting Fiona in too sympathetic of a light?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Actually, I enjoyed the challenge of trying to make someone who\u2019s inherently unlikable, likable. There\u2019s the cunning, ruthless and duplicitous Fiona Messer that dominates the textbooks, but like anybody, there was more to her than that. It\u2019s just that these other nuances of her personality get overshadowed by all the terrible things she did.\n\nSo is your portrayal of her based on any real evidence or is it purely speculative?\n\nJasmine Dupree: I actually spent almost a week at The Ark with experts and historians reviewing old comm messages and vids related to Fiona. I must say, despite her many, many shortcomings, people liked her. Fiona was known to be extremely charming and personable, so I wanted to show that side of her to people. It was necessary, actually, to help lend credence to the vid because she uses her connections and charms to escape the UEE following the revolution that overthrew her family.\n\nYeah, for those who don\u2019t know, most of the vid takes place after the revolution, and imagines Fiona Messer\u2019s life as she tries to stay one step ahead of a UEE government that\u2019s willing to do anything to bring her to justice. Was any of that drawn from the research you did?\n\nJasmine Dupree: No, all of that was fictionalized. Even the experts at The Ark have no idea what really happened to Fiona Messer. That\u2019s why it\u2019s one of the great mysteries of the past few centuries. Considering all the crazy conspiracy theories out there, it was fun to explore what might have happened.\n\nWhat if she became just another person trying to get by with a new identity while hiding a dark secret? That\u2019s what Sparrow explores. Is it possible for someone like Fiona Messer to reinvent themselves, or even find redemption for all the terrible things she did?\n\nSo, I gotta ask, did you grow to like Fiona Messer while playing her?\n\nJasmine Dupree: It\u2019s hard to \u2018like\u2019 someone who did all the terrible things she did, but for most of the vid, I\u2019m playing a fictionalized version of Fiona. One that\u2019s seen the error of her actions and is trying, in some small way, to right the wrongs both she and her family did. I grew to like that version of Fiona Messer.\n\nWell, even with all the controversy the vid is generating, your performance is still receiving rave reviews. So congratulations on the accomplishment.\n\nDo you have a few minutes to stick around and play a few rounds of \u201cSpin Cycle\u201d?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Spin Cycle? Is this my punishment for not saying who the survivor is?\n\nI\u2019m not gonna say. SET has its secrets too \u2026 But yes, it absolutely is.\n\nNow, we need to take a quick break, but don\u2019t go anywhere. There\u2019s more with Jasmine Dupree followed by an exclusive performance and special announcement from The Dardanelles when Something Every Tuesday returns.\n\n[ Music ]","de_DE":"[ Musik]\n\nAnsager: Die anderen Tage der Woche werden dich blau machen, aber deshalb bringen wir dir jeden Dienstag etwas mit deinem Gastgeber, Esen Landari!\n\n[ Applaus]\n\nHallo zusammen! Danke... genug, du blamierst mich. Was f\u00fcr ein tolles Publikum wir heute Abend haben. Wir haben eine tolle Show f\u00fcr dich. Wir sind fast so voll wie Ellroy Cass bei der Premiere des Crimson Tower letzte Woche.\n\n[ Lachen]\n\nWenn du ein Cass-Fanatiker bist, wie ich, wird es nicht viel besser als das hier. Wenn Sie das noch nicht gesehen haben, werden Sie sich freuen. Cass stolpert mitten in der Premiere des Crimson Tower aus dem Theater, und wie Sie sehen k\u00f6nnen, k\u00f6nnte er ein wenig hoch sein. Vielleicht ist das nicht das richtige Wort. Er ist stratosph\u00e4risch hoch. Zuerst versucht er, alles cool zu spielen. Du wei\u00dft schon, ich wollte keine Aufmerksamkeit auf die wenigen Paparazzi lenken, die noch da sind. Aber sie fangen an, seinen Namen zu rufen und fragen, ob es ihm gut geht, bis er tot in seinen Spuren aufh\u00f6rt....\n\nNach einem Moment schaut er direkt in die n\u00e4chste Kamera und l\u00e4chelt, bevor er pl\u00f6tzlich einen dieser Requisiten \"Crimson Towers\" in Angriff nimmt, die sie auf dem roten Teppich hatten. Alle in der N\u00e4he waren einfach fassungslos. Vor allem, weil das mit Abstand der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Hit war, zu dem Cass seit Jahren geh\u00f6rt.\n\n[ Lachen]\n\nIch liebe dich, Cass. Ich w\u00fcrde dich gerne in der Show haben. Lassen Sie Ihre Leute einfach meine \u00fcbernehmen. Ich bin sicher, wir k\u00f6nnen dich jederzeit einbauen, nachdem wir alles mit dem Boden verschraubt haben.\n\n[ Lachen]\n\nNun, Cass war nicht die Einzige, die eine harte Woche hatte. Diners in einem brandneuen Xi'an-Restaurant in Prime \u00fcberfluteten eine nahe gelegene medizinische Einrichtung und behaupteten, dass sie an schweren F\u00e4llen von Lebensmittelvergiftung erkrankt seien. Die Lebensmittelkontrolleure haben untersucht und erraten, was sie gefunden haben? Xi'an Essen.\n\nAnscheinend hat niemand diesen Leuten gesagt, dass es so schmecken sollte. Wie l\u00e4cherlich ist das denn? Das w\u00e4re, als w\u00fcrde man auf Herschel Foods w\u00fctend werden, weil einer ihrer \"Too much Soup\"-Automaten einem buchst\u00e4blich zu viel Suppe verpasst hat.\n\n[ H\u00f6fliches Lachen]\n\nApropos Magenverstimmung, wie w\u00e4re es mit diesem durchgesickerten Bericht, der zeigt, dass der Senatsausschuss f\u00fcr Wirtschaftsentwicklung tats\u00e4chlich einen Vorschlag zur Vermietung von Gefangenen an Unternehmen in einem \"Work-Exchange-Programm\" in Betracht zog?\n\n[ Boos [ Boos [ Boos [ Boos]\n\nGerade wenn man bedenkt, dass unsere Mandatstr\u00e4ger nicht noch schlimmer werden k\u00f6nnen. Selbstverst\u00e4ndlich sind Senatoren ganz \u00fcber sich selbst gefallen, um anzugeben, dass es gerade der Entwurf des Personals war, den Antrag und es keine Methode es genehmigt worden sein w\u00fcrde, aber ich bilde eine Zusage hier und jetzt, dass, wenn solch eine abscheuliche Tat \u00fcberhaupt \u00fcberschritten erh\u00e4lt, dann ich zu unserem neuen schwer t\u00e4towierten Schreibpersonal extrem nett bin.\n\n[ Lachen]\n\nWir haben heute Abend eine tolle Show f\u00fcr dich. Die Dardanellen w\u00e4rmen sich hinter der B\u00fchne auf, um ihre neueste Single, Empress of Sol, zu spielen, und werden etwas sp\u00e4ter in der Show eine ganz besondere Ank\u00fcndigung machen. Vertrau mir, du wirst es nicht verpassen wollen.\n\nAber mein erster Gast hat durch ihre Leistung als Kommandantin Salana in der verlorenen Truppe einen empireweiten Ruhm erlangt. Heute Abend ist sie hier, um \u00fcber ihre Darstellung von Fiona Messer in dem umstrittenen neuen Video Sparrow zu sprechen. Lasst uns das vollendete und bezaubernde Jasmin Dupree in der Show begr\u00fc\u00dfen.\n\n[ Applaus]\n\nJasmin Dupree: Danke, dass ich kommen durfte!\n\nNun, wir freuen uns, dass du hier bist. Du warst in letzter Zeit ganz sch\u00f6n unterwegs. Die erste Staffel von Lost Squad war ein gro\u00dfer Erfolg und Ihre Darstellung von Commander Salana ist einer der Hauptgr\u00fcnde daf\u00fcr.\n\n[ Applaus]\n\nJasmin Dupree: Ich danke dir. In der Lost Squad zu sein, war eine so erstaunliche Erfahrung, aber um ehrlich zu sein, bin ich einfach jeden Tag aufgetaucht und habe getan, was Jenna und Hadrian mir gesagt haben. Ich vertraue so sehr auf ihre Vision, und ich habe einfach das Gl\u00fcck, dabei zu sein.\n\nUnd die zweite Staffel von Lost Squad beginnt bald, richtig?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Ja, wir sind fast fertig damit, es zu drehen. Gl\u00fccklicherweise gab es zwischen den Jahreszeiten genug Ausfallzeiten, um mich davonzuschleichen und Sparrow zu erschie\u00dfen.\n\nDa du bereits wei\u00dft, was in der zweiten Staffel von Lost Squad passiert, kannst du hier vielleicht eine Wette f\u00fcr mich abschlie\u00dfen. Wird Ihr Charakter der verlorenen Truppe, Captain Salana, der einzige \u00dcberlebende der Show sein?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Du wei\u00dft, dass ich das nicht beantworten kann.\n\nWarum nicht? Ich verspreche, ich werde es niemandem sagen.\n\nJasmin Dupree: Je weniger ich dar\u00fcber sage, desto besser. Die ganze Serie h\u00e4ngt von diesem Geheimnis ab, also w\u00fcrde ich es hassen, diejenige zu sein, die den ganzen Spa\u00df verderben w\u00fcrde. Au\u00dferdem w\u00fcrden Jenna und Hadrian mich in den Vanduul-Raum schicken, wenn ich etwas weggeben w\u00fcrde.\n\nNun, ich respektiere deine Diskretion, aber nur damit du es wei\u00dft, ich bin nicht dar\u00fcber hinaus, dich zu bestechen, damit ich den B\u00fcropool gewinnen kann. Wie w\u00e4re es damit, du sagst mir, wer es ist, und ich teile den Gewinn mit dir? Ich sage nur.\n\n[ Lachen]\n\nKommen wir nun zur\u00fcck zu dem Gesch\u00e4ft, das uns vorliegt. Du hast ein neues Video namens Sparrow, das wegen seiner Darstellung von Fiona Messer kritisiert wurde. Wie schwer war es, von einem so ehrenwerten Charakter in der Lost Squad zu einem so abscheulichen in Sparrow zu gelangen?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Das ist ein Teil des Grundes, warum ich die Rolle so faszinierend fand. Fiona Messer ist v\u00f6llig anders als Kommandantin Salana. Es hat Spa\u00df gemacht, m\u00e4chtige Frauen zu spielen, die sehr unterschiedliche Taktiken anwenden, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen.\n\nNeben vielen anderen schrecklichen Anschuldigungen wurde Fiona Messer beschuldigt, den Bombenanschlag auf das Khanos-Stadion, der Tausende in Angeli t\u00f6tete, organisiert zu haben. Warst du irgendwann besorgt, Fiona in ein zu sympathisches Licht zu malen?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Eigentlich genoss ich die Herausforderung, jemanden zu finden, der von Natur aus unsympathisch und sympathisch ist. Da ist die gerissene, r\u00fccksichtslose und doppelz\u00fcngige Fiona Messer, die die Lehrb\u00fccher dominiert, aber wie jeder andere auch, gab es mehr an ihr als das. Es ist nur so, dass diese anderen Nuancen ihrer Pers\u00f6nlichkeit von all den schrecklichen Dingen \u00fcberschattet werden, die sie getan hat.\n\nBasiert Ihre Darstellung von ihr also auf realen Beweisen oder ist sie rein spekulativ?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Ich verbrachte eigentlich fast eine Woche im The Ark mit Experten und Historikern, die alte Kommunikationsmeldungen und Videos im Zusammenhang mit Fiona \u00fcberpr\u00fcften. Ich muss sagen, trotz ihrer vielen, vielen M\u00e4ngel mochte man sie. Fiona war bekannt daf\u00fcr, dass sie extrem charmant und sympathisch war, also wollte ich den Leuten diese Seite von ihr zeigen. Es war eigentlich notwendig, dem Video zu helfen, Glaubw\u00fcrdigkeit zu verleihen, weil sie ihre Verbindungen und ihren Charme nutzt, um der UEE nach der Revolution zu entkommen, die ihre Familie st\u00fcrzte.\n\nJa, f\u00fcr diejenigen, die es nicht wissen, findet das meiste Video nach der Revolution statt und stellt sich das Leben von Fiona Messer vor, w\u00e4hrend sie versucht, einen Schritt vor einer UEE-Regierung zu bleiben, die bereit ist, alles zu tun, um sie vor Gericht zu bringen. Wurde irgendetwas davon aus der Forschung, die du durchgef\u00fchrt hast, gewonnen?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Nein, all das wurde fiktionalisiert. Selbst die Experten von The Ark haben keine Ahnung, was wirklich mit Fiona Messer passiert ist. Deshalb ist es eines der gro\u00dfen Geheimnisse der letzten Jahrhunderte. In Anbetracht all der verr\u00fcckten Verschw\u00f6rungstheorien da drau\u00dfen hat es Spa\u00df gemacht, zu erforschen, was h\u00e4tte passieren k\u00f6nnen.\n\nWas w\u00e4re, wenn sie nur eine weitere Person w\u00e4re, die versucht, mit einer neuen Identit\u00e4t auszukommen, w\u00e4hrend sie ein dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt? Das ist es, was Sparrow erforscht. Ist es m\u00f6glich, dass sich jemand wie Fiona Messer neu erfindet oder sogar Erl\u00f6sung f\u00fcr all die schrecklichen Dinge findet, die sie getan hat?\n\nAlso, ich muss fragen, bist du gewachsen, um Fiona Messer zu m\u00f6gen, w\u00e4hrend du mit ihr gespielt hast?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Es ist schwer, jemanden zu \"m\u00f6gen\", der all die schrecklichen Dinge getan hat, die sie getan hat, aber f\u00fcr die meisten der Videos spiele ich eine fiktionalisierte Version von Fiona. Eine, die den Fehler ihrer Handlungen gesehen hat und in gewisser Weise versucht, das Unrecht zu korrigieren, das sie und ihre Familie getan haben. Ich wuchs auf, um diese Version von Fiona Messer zu m\u00f6gen.\n\nNun, trotz all der Kontroversen, die das Video hervorruft, erh\u00e4lt Ihre Leistung immer noch begeisterte Kritiken. Also herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch zu dieser Leistung.\n\nHast du ein paar Minuten Zeit, um ein paar Runden \"Spin Cycle\" zu spielen?\n\nJasmin Dupree: Schleudergang? Ist das meine Strafe daf\u00fcr, dass ich nicht gesagt habe, wer der \u00dcberlebende ist?\n\nDas werde ich nicht sagen. SET hat auch seine Geheimnisse.... Aber ja, das ist es absolut.\n\nJetzt m\u00fcssen wir eine kurze Pause einlegen, aber gehen Sie nirgendwo hin. Es gibt mehr mit Jasmine Dupree, gefolgt von einer exklusiven Performance und einer speziellen Ank\u00fcndigung von The Dardanelles, wenn Something Every Tuesday zur\u00fcckkehrt.\n\n[ Musik]","zh_CN":"[ Music ]\n\nAnnouncer: The other days of the week will make you blue, but that\u2019s why we bring you Something Every Tuesday with your host, Esen Landari!\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nHello everyone! Thank you \u2026 enough, you\u2019re embarrassing me. What a great audience we\u2019ve got tonight. We\u2019ve got an amazing show for you. We\u2019re almost as loaded as Ellroy Cass at the Crimson Tower premiere last week.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nIf you\u2019re a Cass-fanatic, like me, it doesn\u2019t get much better than this. If you haven\u2019t seen this yet, you are in for a treat. Cass stumbles out of the theater right in the middle of the Crimson Tower premiere, and as you can see, he might be a little high. Maybe that\u2019s not the right word. He\u2019s stratospherically high. At first, he tries to play it all cool. You know, not wanting to draw any attention from the few paparazzi still there. But they start calling his name, asking if he\u2019s all right, until he stops dead in his tracks \u2026\n\nAfter a moment, he looks directly into the nearest camera and smiles before suddenly tackling one of these prop \u201cCrimson Towers\u201d they had lining the red carpet. Everyone nearby was just stunned. Mainly because that was easily the biggest hit Cass has been a part of in years.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nI adore you, Cass. Would love to have you on the show. Just have your people comm mine. I\u2019m sure we could fit you in anytime after we finish bolting everything to the floor.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nNow, Cass wasn\u2019t the only one who had a rough week. Diners at a brand new Xi\u2019an restaurant in Prime flooded a nearby medical facility, claiming that they had contracted severe cases of food poisoning. Food inspectors investigated and guess what they found? Xi\u2019an food.\n\nApparently no one told these people that\u2019s what it was supposed to taste like. How ridiculous is that? That\u2019d be like getting angry at Herschel Foods because one of their \u201cToo Much Soup\u201d vending machines literally gave you too much soup.\n\n[ Polite Laughter ]\n\nSpeaking of feeling sick to your stomach, how about that leaked report showing that the Senate committee on Economic Development was actually considering a proposal to rent prisoners to companies in a \u2018work-exchange program\u2019?\n\n[ Boos ]\n\nJust when you think our elected officials can\u2019t get any worse. Of course Senators have been falling all over themselves to state that it was just a staffer\u2019s draft proposal and there\u2019s no way it would\u2019ve been approved, but I am making a pledge here and now that if such a heinous act ever gets passed then I will be extremely nice to our new heavily tattooed writing staff.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nWe\u2019ve got a great show for you tonight. The Dardanelles are warming up backstage to play their latest single, Empress of Sol, and will be making a very special announcement a little later on in the show. Trust me, you won\u2019t want to miss it.\n\nBut my first guest has achieved Empire-wide fame thanks to her performance as Commander Salana in Lost Squad. Tonight, she\u2019s here to talk about her portrayal of Fiona Messer in the controversial new vid Sparrow. Let\u2019s welcome the accomplished and enchanting Jasmine Dupree to the show.\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nJasmine Dupree: Thanks for having me!\n\nWell, we\u2019re excited to have you here. You\u2019ve been on quite the ride recently. The first season of Lost Squad was a huge hit and your portrayal of Commander Salana is one of the main reasons why.\n\n[ Applause ]\n\nJasmine Dupree: Thank you. Being on Lost Squad has been such an amazing experience, but to be honest, I just showed up every day and did what Jenna and Hadrian told me to do. I have such faith in their vision, and I\u2019m just lucky to be along for the ride.\n\nAnd the second season of Lost Squad starts soon, right?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Yeah, we\u2019re almost done shooting it. Luckily, there was enough downtime between the seasons for me to sneak away and shoot Sparrow.\n\nSince you already know what goes down in the second season of Lost Squad, maybe you can settle a bet for me here. Is your Lost Squad character, Captain Salana, going to be show\u2019s lone survivor?\n\nJasmine Dupree: You know I can\u2019t answer that.\n\nWhy not? I promise I won\u2019t tell anyone.\n\nJasmine Dupree: The less I say about it, the better. The entire series hinges on this secret so I\u2019d hate to be the one to spoil all the fun. Plus, Jenna and Hadrian would send me to Vanduul space if I gave anything away.\n\nWell, I respect your discretion, but just so you know, I\u2019m not above bribing you so I can win the office pool. How about this, you tell me who it is, and I\u2019ll split the winnings with you? Just saying.\n\n[ Laughter ]\n\nNow, let\u2019s get back to the business at hand. You have a new vid coming out called Sparrow, which has drawn criticism for its portrayal of Fiona Messer. How hard was it to go from playing such an honorable character in Lost Squad to such an odious one in Sparrow?\n\nJasmine Dupree: That\u2019s part of the reason why I found the role so intriguing. Fiona Messer is completely different than Commander Salana. It\u2019s been fun playing powerful women who use very different tactics to accomplish their goals.\n\nAmong many other ghastly allegations, Fiona Messer was accused of orchestrating the Khanos Stadium bombing that killed thousands in Angeli. At any point were you worried about painting Fiona in too sympathetic of a light?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Actually, I enjoyed the challenge of trying to make someone who\u2019s inherently unlikable, likable. There\u2019s the cunning, ruthless and duplicitous Fiona Messer that dominates the textbooks, but like anybody, there was more to her than that. It\u2019s just that these other nuances of her personality get overshadowed by all the terrible things she did.\n\nSo is your portrayal of her based on any real evidence or is it purely speculative?\n\nJasmine Dupree: I actually spent almost a week at The Ark with experts and historians reviewing old comm messages and vids related to Fiona. I must say, despite her many, many shortcomings, people liked her. Fiona was known to be extremely charming and personable, so I wanted to show that side of her to people. It was necessary, actually, to help lend credence to the vid because she uses her connections and charms to escape the UEE following the revolution that overthrew her family.\n\nYeah, for those who don\u2019t know, most of the vid takes place after the revolution, and imagines Fiona Messer\u2019s life as she tries to stay one step ahead of a UEE government that\u2019s willing to do anything to bring her to justice. Was any of that drawn from the research you did?\n\nJasmine Dupree: No, all of that was fictionalized. Even the experts at The Ark have no idea what really happened to Fiona Messer. That\u2019s why it\u2019s one of the great mysteries of the past few centuries. Considering all the crazy conspiracy theories out there, it was fun to explore what might have happened.\n\nWhat if she became just another person trying to get by with a new identity while hiding a dark secret? That\u2019s what Sparrow explores. Is it possible for someone like Fiona Messer to reinvent themselves, or even find redemption for all the terrible things she did?\n\nSo, I gotta ask, did you grow to like Fiona Messer while playing her?\n\nJasmine Dupree: It\u2019s hard to \u2018like\u2019 someone who did all the terrible things she did, but for most of the vid, I\u2019m playing a fictionalized version of Fiona. One that\u2019s seen the error of her actions and is trying, in some small way, to right the wrongs both she and her family did. I grew to like that version of Fiona Messer.\n\nWell, even with all the controversy the vid is generating, your performance is still receiving rave reviews. So congratulations on the accomplishment.\n\nDo you have a few minutes to stick around and play a few rounds of \u201cSpin Cycle\u201d?\n\nJasmine Dupree: Spin Cycle? Is this my punishment for not saying who the survivor is?\n\nI\u2019m not gonna say. SET has its secrets too \u2026 But yes, it absolutely is.\n\nNow, we need to take a quick break, but don\u2019t go anywhere. There\u2019s more with Jasmine Dupree followed by an exclusive performance and special announcement from The Dardanelles when Something Every Tuesday returns.\n\n[ Music ]"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":42,"created_at":"2017-02-22T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 00:26:27","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15753,"next_id":15756}}