Bitsie Tulloch Interview: ‘Grimm’ Season 6, Eve, and Juliette

Grimm star Bitsie Tulloch
Bitsie Tulloch from ‘Grimm’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

What can we expect when NBC’s Grimm when it returns for the sixth season this fall? According to Bitsie Tulloch, Grimmsters should be ready for the possibility Eve has lost her powers right when the fight’s heating up with newly elected Mayor Sean Renard (Sasha Roiz). Tulloch and her Grimm co-stars including fiance David Giuntoli once again participated in the San Diego Comic Con where they discussed season six while keeping things as spoiler free as possible. Chatting about the upcoming season, Tulloch told us Eve is still around as we pick up season six.

Bitsie Tulloch Interview:

Was that a fun arc to play last season?

Bitsie Tulloch: “It was really fun. I loved it. It was more difficult for me than at least… You know, I’ve really been able to play three characters on Grimm, so I consider myself really lucky. Warm Juliette, evil Juliette, and then Eve, and Eve has been the hardest because I’m loud, I’m expressive, I’m warm and Eve is cold and calculating and robotic. You know, really there’s a tremendous amount of conservation of energy. But I watched some great movies for inspiration – Ex Machina, the Luc Besson Nikita. I went into it and Norberto Barba was really great about coaching me, and it ended up being super fun. It was funny because I started training to put muscle mass on, so I was thinking, ‘Oh, I’m going to be doing fight scenes right and left,’ but Eve is so powerful all she has to do is look at someone and make their head explode so there was very little actual fighting.”

This next season will we still be seeing Eve or are you back to Juliette?

Bitsie Tulloch: “It’s Eve. It’s a continuation of where five left off so we don’t know that it’s Juliette yet. We know that it’s Eve and she might be feeling some feelings and some guilt. That’s probably one of the main storylines that’s going to get resolved throughout season six.”

That will be an interesting arc for you to play, putting those two together and kind of almost fighting for her soul.

Bitsie Tulloch: “I love that. Like, there being a push/pull almost like a Jack the Ripper thing going on. Like, ‘Who is it going to be?'”

And you obviously want her to end up with Nick, right?

Bitsie Tulloch: “You know, I’ve said this before. Eve doesn’t need a man, just so we are all clear. I know there’s a lot of ‘shipping’ and some people like #Nadalind, people like #Nickette. From my point of view Eve doesn’t need a man so if she ends up single or with someone else, then more power to her.”

In season six they’ll all be going against Renard. How pivotal a role will Eve play in that?

Bitsie Tulloch: “Well, at this point Burkhardt and probably Eve…we don’t know yet if she’s lost all of her powers. So, from the knowledge that the fans have, Eve is still as powerful as Renard going forward. But she also might lose her powers – that’s why you guys all have to watch.”

Even if she does lose her powers, she’ll still be able to be part of the fight, right?

Bitsie Tulloch: “She’s very much included in the gang going forward.”

How do you feel about having a shorter season?

Bitsie Tulloch: “Honestly, we are so grateful to even be going into a sixth season. That doesn’t happen that often anymore. And by the end of season six, we will have shot 123 episodes of television and I’ve nothing but gratitude. I know David, my love, is exhausted so he’s kind of like, ‘All right, I’ll take it,’ you know? And he’s also really excited about directing so it’s all good.”

Are you looking forward to having him direct?

Bitsie Tulloch: “I really am. He’s very prepared. He’s been shadowing on set for almost two years. Any day off he’s been reading books; he’s taken meetings. He really is ready for this. He was in pre-production all last week and he’s doing pre-production all next week, and then he starts shooting on Monday.” (Note: the interview took place on July 23rd.)

And that adds a new element to the series.

Bitsie Tulloch: “Well they had to logistically because in a typical Grimm episode, he’s primarily in most of the scenes. So it’s a really cool way they wrote him out that I can’t wait for people to see and I also can’t talk about it!”

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