ABC Family is hoping their new teen mystery soap The Lying Game (premiering Aug. 15) will be double the pleasure, double the ratings. Star Alexandra Chando recently dished to We Love Soaps about the challenges of taking on the dual role of rich, it girl Sutton and her long lost twin Emma.
Can you talk about playing dual roles and the challenges that come with that?
Alexandra Chando: Of course. It’s first a blessing, first of all, to just have the opportunity to play two roles. To be able to develop two characters and kind of find different things about them and explore them each and every day has been incredible. It does come with its challenges, though. I have 15-hour work days and I’m working an awful lot compared to what I would be working if I was just playing one character. It’s a challenge in the sense, besides the hours and the exhaustion, just trying to keep them straight sometimes. We’re about to embark on Episode 6. Today, we start it. it’s gotten a little bit easier to really feel like these characters and understand them, but there are moments where a little bit of Sutton will creep into Emma and vice versa. It’s definitely been a challenge and I’d say, as well, having to act with a green screen or an eye line with an X on the wall has become easier, but it was definitely in a challenge in the beginning. READ MORE
