Ward Is Still Getting Her ‘Sea Legs’ On ‘New York’

Sela Ward (Jo Danville) entered a whole new world when she joined the cast of CSI: New York for the show’s upcoming seventh season. Minor spoilers after the jump!

There have been challenges for the actress so far, but she’s enjoying her new role. “I’m loving being on the show,” Ward told TV Squad. “I love the character, love Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor), love all of the cast. It’s very different for me, so I’d be lying if I didn’t say this may be the hardest thing I’ve ever done … but slowly but surely, I think I’ll get my sea legs.”

Ward is still getting used to the graphic nature of the series. “Some of the scenes in the autopsy room have made me pause, for sure,” she revealed. “They’re so realistic looking. I was doing a scene with [Robert] Joy (Dr Sid Hammerback) where we’re in the middle of dialogue and he’s peeling back the scalp of this man, right off his head. It was pretty disgusting and it was so realistic looking, that I couldn’t even look down in the middle of the scene. For real.”

The actress is also getting used to the idea of being part of a hit franchise. “You know I’ve never been part of anything like that,” Ward admitted. “The shows I’ve done were always critically acclaimed but they were never demographically [popular] like this franchise is. So I really don’t know what that looks like. It’s a different fan base. I guess the closest experience I have with that is House, where I did a recurring role for nine shows. It’s a different animal. It’ll be fun to see what the response is, if it works and all of that.”

Source: Twitter. The full interview is available on TV Squad.