We chat with Orphan Black: Echoes star Krysten Ritter about stepping into the world of the original series, Lucy's journey, and learning ASL.
that wrestled with scientific ethics and human cloning as easily as it told a remarkably heartfelt story about sisterhood and found family. Its widespread critical acclaim and awards season buzz probably always meant we’d return to this universe someday, though the arrival ofseven years after the original concluded is a longer gap than most of us likely anticipated.
“She’s really rebelling against the idea of who she’s supposed to be, who she’s been programmed to be, and creating her own life for herself instead,” Ritter says. “And that makes her a bit of a live wire. She has a lot going on she’s jugging and balancing: finding out why people are after her, figuring out who she is, and how best to protect the family that she’s created.”
Playing a mom wasn’t Ritter’s only first in this role. The actress also learned American Sign Language to play Lucy, and is quite rightly proud of the authenticity and important representation it adds to the show.
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