Melinda Clarke: Lady Heather Is No Julie Cooper

Melinda Clarke (Lady Heather) talked to the German TV Highlights magazine about what sets Lady Heather apart from her The O.C. persona, Julie Cooper.

"Both are very strong women," she said. "But Julie is a bigger challenge. She's a figure that doesn't exist in real life, she's a fictional character. As an actress this is a special situation. Actors love parts like that, I love such parts. You can breathe life into them on your own. – However, Lady Heather is real. There are women like her out there, she's a typical representative of her trade."

Clarke has never seen Lady Heather as a mere prostitute, but thinks the character is much more complicated, and smarter, than that. "She is one [a dominatrix]. But this is only a facet. In the first place she's a business woman, it's a different kind of business but definitely a ware that is sold. She sells wishes ... needs to her clients who pay for them. Lady Heather discovered a gap in the market, she sells something very exclusive and takes a lot of money for it."

As for Lady Heather's relationship with Grissom, Clarke admits it's a bit complicated, and doesn't know if the writers have dropped it or not. "It's tense. If I knew that. It just developed that way. I don't know how the part will continue, but the fan community of Heather is large, larger than I had imagined."

Thanks to sweetjewel at YTDAW for the translation.

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