Exclusive: Julie Benz Talks About The Shocking Season 4 Finale Of ‘Dexter’
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Early this morning I had the extreme fortune to interview the amazing Julie Benz about the events that transpired on the season 4 finale episode of Dexter which aired last Sunday:
Now, I realize that there still may be a few folks out there who have yet to see the finale ep (for various reasons) so in order to keep those people unspoiled I’ll keep the deets about our chat behind the cut. I’ve posted the full audio of our conversation so that you can listen in and hear Julie talk about that final scene that aired Sunday night, her thoughts on her character Rita Morgan overall, what the show and the finale episode mean to her personally and more. Check it out, after the jump …
As you can imagine, Julie Benz was a pleasure to chat with and I want to send out all of my love and thanks to her and to her publicist PJ for setting up our interview. As anyone who knows me is well aware, I’ve been a huge Julie Benz fan for years … her status as an eternal member of the Buffyverse means she is endeared to my heart forever. Her work on Dexter has only fortified that love and respect. I am quite confident that Julie will find a great project to work on next … I cannot wait to support and become a fan of her work on that project, whatever it may be.
Julie Benz is such an amazing actress, she seems so sweet and down to earth. I hope a storyline can come along that she will return for that will be as epic and momentous as her death. Will of course miss her on the show
Thank you so much….Trent, for sharing the interview, and Julie for 4 great years on Dexter!
Oh man! I’m so freakin jealous! I can’t listen to the audio until tonight, but I know I won’t be disappointed with an interview of Miss Julie Benz by one of her coolest fans =).
I love the character of Rita – she actually somewhat annoyed me but that’s WHY I love her – she played a very multi-layered character seamlessly. She was the glue of that family and the ‘norm’ that Dexter so desperately wanted to ‘blend’ into. When it comes down to it – Rita just really loved her kids and her man. And she’d been through alot of shit. It will be interesting to see where the writers take Dexter and his family now – and how much of a role Rita will still play in the storyline for next season.
I would’ve paid alot of duckets to see a Rita/Trinity Face Off – she could kick some ass with the help of her sdiekick, super baby! I’m so sad she won’t be back, but I’m excited about her future work, I recently saw some older steamy photos of her and damn – girl can rock the sexy and provocative like no other!
I mentioned this in the iron man thread, but, Trent – I couldn’t comment on your Dexter post b/c I was still in shock. As soon as I heard Harrison crying I swear my heart skipped a beat. Best ending EVER! I honestly turned to my fiance and was like ‘oh no, Rita! Trent is going to be so upset!!’ He was confused and Im pretty sure he now thinks I have an imaginary friend named Trent or I’m cheating on him ;) haha
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I am still very sad but hearing Julie’s voice and talking about it helps a little. The sky is the limit for her now!!!
Kudos for this interview! After watching Rita’s shock exit, this makes it a lot easier for fans who loved her character. NOW KNOWING there was/is an alternate episode, if enough fans want to reverse this, we really can, or at least tell them to film the book series for –dare we say– Dexter movies. Can be done!
She’s ADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORABLE!!!
She looks and sounds like an angel =)
I love Dexter and everything about the show. But Rita being killed was just shocking and made me cry. I can’t wait until next season to see how this effects dexter.
Great interview, Trent!! I thoroughly enjoyed the interview!
Great interview! Thank you.
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