Why do you think so many writers over so many years took Reva to such bizarre places?
I guess because as an actress I’ll go anywhere. And because I’ll go anywhere I’ve taken a lot of s–t from the fans and the press. But you know what? We’re hired to do what the writers give us. And if you do it any less than 99.9 percent it’s really gonna suck. Like you just said, even though these stories—well, you didn’t say it, but I’m going to pretend you said it—even though a lot of the Reva stories were way out there I always committed to them. I committed to the point where they were believable. If you don’t commit to a story, it’ll look like you really hate it, and who wants to watch that? Now I could certainly tell the press that I hated a storyline—and I often did—but I don’t think it ever showed in my performances. Ever. And, eventually, the audience actually believed in the clone. They accepted her as real and got upset when they killed her off. They were like, “What a cop out! We were just starting to like the bitch. And now you’re killing her. C’mon!” About the cancellati
