![]() ![]() She’s all those things! But (she’s) more, you know, there’s so many layers to this character and it’s such a privilege as an actor to unpack them and start to unravel them.” I’ve certainly tried to learn how to do that and not be such a big softy.” And with Zoya, in particular, because of the way she behaves “it’s very easy to kind of fall into that trap of, you know, she’s arrogant, she’s vindictive and sharp tongued. I guess, a hard shell, and that comes from going through a lot of things in life. “I think that it’s understandable, you know, you learn how to have such a shell. But for Sujaya, it was important to establish this Zoya, while still looking forward to what she could learn, and one day be. And we’re still not even close to the part of the story where she has to start reckoning with bringing them down, or have even introduced the most important people who will influence her to want to tear those walls down. “I remember when I got the audition for Zoya and I was aware of the books, but I hadn’t read them before I got it, and I remember reading the lines that she had, and it’s just…I related to her very quickly, actually, you know, despite her exterior.” There’s so much to Zoya that, even before she truly knew her, she felt her. And also, it’s hard to make friends when your “heart and emotions and anger is ruling.”īut despite all of this, getting into the mind of the character wasn’t hard for Sujaya. Jealousy, of whatever kind, is never a good advisor. By that point, she’s very much ruled by her emotions.” SHADOW AND BONE (L to R) SUJAYA DASGUPTA as ZOYA NAZYALENSKY in SHADOW AND BONE Cr. “It’s a real kind of stab in the gut for an established relationship, and very close to the symbiotic relationship she’s had with Kirigan all this time, and now someone’s come in that is threatening that, and I don’t think she can take it. ![]() “That all plays a part in how she kind of sees the situation develop between Kirigan and Alina,” Sujaya confirmed. Zoya, for example, starts the series – and the first book – being a little of a stereotypical mean girl, which “comes from a sense of, she’s been with General Kirigan for a long time and she’s been his best soldier,” because she’s Zoya, so of course she is “and it comes (from) her pride and her sense of… I think can be perceived as arrogance sometimes, which I don’t think comes from self-righteousness, as much as it comes from her confidence, just a confidence in her abilities.”Īlina, of course, disturbs this – not just personally for Zoya, but the relationship she’s built with General Kirigan. And that means for both Zoya and Genya, characters who are introduced in season one, but that barely scratch the surface of what they could be, there’s a lot more coming. In a way, that made it even more fitting that we had a chance to talk to Sujaya Dasgupta and Daisy Head together about bringing these two characters to life, and what was coming next in the Shadow and Bone show.īecause …that season 2? Yeah, we’re pretty convinced we’re getting that. And yet, fans of the Grishaverse know not only what role they have still to play in the Shadow and Bone universe, but in each other’s lives. ![]() Zoya Nazyalensky and Genya Safin seem as opposite as two characters can possibly be. ![]()
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