Fear the Walking Deads Danay Garcia is the strong yet nurturing force behind Luciana.
She has everything that she relies on, and everything she believes is true.
So how do you think Lucianas mental state is going into the third season?
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Wow.
Just listening to you right now, it is just terrifying.
Forget about Luciana, but for anybody it would be horrible.
But that is precisely what she is going through.
Then everything turns upside down, big time.
Some got shot like she did.
I mean like in the real world.
If I were Luciana, I would just tell him, Look!
While Im being shot, of course.
Like, I get it, but come on!
Yeah, like come on, [Nick].
But now, Nick has led everyone into this terror and its basically his fault, despite good intentions.
She is basically an orphan of the apocalypse.
She lost everybody and her family.
To some extent, working with Frank [Dillane], Im just finding these characters similarities.
Also, Nick is an orphan of the apocalypse, but by choice.
He left his family and I found him in the middle of the road about to die.
Theres a commonality of pain between them.
So I kind of went with that as an actor, kind of making that relationship stronger.
She has been shot, she has lost everything.
Thats kind of this lone wolf of finding her own feet again and standing up.
That is the exciting part of her.
How are we going to get back on our feet and be that wolf that always fights back?
That always believes that you cant settle.
How is Nick going to find himself in that transition with her?
Because obviously she is not in a good place, for sure.
So thats the part I love about Luciana.
This season has a lot of, How is she going to get back on her feet?
Because this time it is not going to be for La Colonia because theyre gone.
Thats the exciting part.
To go back to something you just said.
But, he had a sister that he left by choice.
Do you think that there is some resentment there that might come out?
Especially now given whats happened?
In my case, I really lost them and theyre not coming back.
In Nicks situation, he chose that.
At some point, those are differences that will come to life, I think.
I dont know how they are going to play out.
But there is a big difference in leaving someone by choice and losing somebody for real.
That makes these characters different in that sense, and that is interesting to me.
That we found each other in this lonely stage.
In the beginning it seemed like you guys were never going to get along.
Are you kidding me?!
You could tell Luciana was very, Nah, not dealing with you.
Go be crazy somewhere else!
Yeah, this is not happening.
Travis is this good guy trying to bring the old world into the new world.
Alicia is a fighter, and she is kind, but she knows how to get things done.
Nicks is like almost too comfortable here.
He fits in right away.
He is not necessarily a fighter.
He has his weird way that works for him.
If you notice that after the apocalypse started he stopped doing drugs.
Hes like, Oh crap!
This is not just in my head!
Its kind of cool how the character has evolved.
While he was with Luciana he never used drugs.
Thats how it came really easy for him, the transition, because he was escaping something before.
The idea that Nick thrives in this world because he didnt in the other.
Thats what he represents, but what do you think your character represents?
Luciana has really strong values.
Strong family values, strong maternal values I maybe wouldnt say maternal but yes maternal.
She is a badass of her own world.
The way with values.
She is still conserving those really interesting values.
I think thats why people think she is badass.
Because, even the bad guys are badass.
I mean, everybody.
But the fact that she does it with genuine honesty and kindness and strength.
Even when she kills the zombies its not like, I hate you!
Its just like, I need your blood to survive.
Theres no hatred in her.
Theres no mean evil stuff.
I just rewatched the finale, and Im like, Uh oh.
Season three is going to be a storm.
They cant like process.
Theyre outshining the men at every turn.
Each one of them have this grasp on whats going on that the men dont seem to have.
They just get it.
Do you think that plays into how the women will be from here on out?
I think its awesome that you are asking me this question.
I think, in 2017, the best that could happen to us is to be a girl.
What a privilege it is to be a woman today.
This is the moment that we can really be heard, and we have been heard!
Its such a great time because there is such a consciousness about it.
It is such a joy and an exciting time to play these women onFear the Walking Dead.
But through my character, through my art, its the best.
Each one of the girls on the show is so aware of it and so honored.
Its so exciting to put that out there, especially nowadays.
Women, we need to portray these characters.
This is what weve been asking for, or at least this is what Ive been asking for.
[Laughs] Like, internally.
Im so happy that you actually picked that [up], because its just amazing.
Especially forThe Walking Deadworld, like you said.
Its so male-oriented and Dave and the writers and the studios are doing a kind of spin on it.
A little bit of a twist of What if this would happen?
And what if this character, a woman, would be put into this situation?
I think its working fantastic.
Not suppressed at all.
Do you feel that in this world, more than even in other roles?
Do you feel that this post-civilization world concept plays into it?
I do feel it, yeah.
Its interesting because women excel so much when hard circumstances arrive.
Through my work I can put it all out there, and its just really amazing.
I am excited to see what happens.
Its really an honor when people say Luciana is such a badass, because its all these things.
Its just great to have that.
Its like a huge accomplishment, and I think Luciana is very happy too!
Maybe not right now.
[Laughs] Maybe not right now.
Danay Garcia, thank you very much!
