Kim Raver never would have thought she’d one day get a phone call asking if she’d like to revive her Audrey character in a reboot of “24” nearly four years after the hit series went off the air.
“It’s just never been like that…With television, it’s like when something is done, it’s done,” Raver told CBS News. “There was a little part of me that kind of mourned leaving that character because you get very attached especially after two, three, four years…Yes, people talked about it maybe being a film, but you would have never imagined that you’d have possibility of ever revisiting as a series. So, when you get that call, you’re like, ‘Yes, of course!'”
“You always want to do justice to what you started…You want to make sure you care for it because there is that pressure,” said Raver who appeared on the original show from 2004-2007. “The fans are such huge fans so you want to do justice by them….I just really trusted the writers. They did so many stories. I felt like we can’t go wrong. For me it’s like…let’s just keep telling the story.”
“For me, it’s always so amazing once you start getting half way or three-quarters because then the stakes become unbearable and things start happening. Even me who knows the character, I literally was gasping about the stuff that was coming up,” she said. “You have an idea, but you don’t know. Just the payoff gets even bigger because you know the character so well. Then there are things that happen that you can’t believe are happening. You’re so emotionally engaged because the stakes become very, very high.”
There’s no official word yet if “24: Live Another Day” will live to see another season. Even Raver is on the edge of her seat: “It really forces you to be in the moment because you just don’t know. Just when you think you know something, you really don’t know it…I feel like I’m really alive in the moment because you don’t really have a choice. As the scripts were coming out, they [the writers] would be like, ‘Oh don’t read that — the scene is changing.’…Anytime you do ’24’ you never know what’s coming down the pike, so just be ready for it.”
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July 5, 2014 at 6:16 pm24fan24
July 5, 2014 at 6:25 pmAgentRez
July 5, 2014 at 6:34 pm24fan24
July 5, 2014 at 6:44 pmThere are three scenarios I wouldn’t like though:
A. Audrey kills Mark – That would be taking it way too far; just have her unleash a few slaps on ’em like she did to Jack after Paul’s death, put him in prison, and end his character right there.
B. Audrey goes completely nuts again when everything comes out – I don’t think this will happen, but I wouldn’t like it if it did. To me, it would completely defeat the point of bringing her character back.
C. Audrey kills herself – This one is as bad as B, probably worse. This would destroy Jack and honestly I just want to see him happy at this point, (even if he’s dead, which I also don’t want.) I also don’t think this one is likely, either.
C
July 5, 2014 at 6:49 pmDamn, this show has me on the edge of my seat and I love it. The stakes are definitely higher now that Cheng is back in the mix.
24fan24
July 5, 2014 at 7:04 pmNope, I refuse to watch the previews now because of how much Fox shows before an episode airs. Sometimes now I’ll go back after I’ve seen the episode to see what Fox spoiled the week before, and it’s insane!
I’m also thinking Kim Raver might’ve gasped out loud at either
C
July 5, 2014 at 7:31 pmWe shall see…
Chlojack
July 5, 2014 at 8:10 pmBruce
July 5, 2014 at 6:57 pmXAM
July 5, 2014 at 8:11 pmClayton
July 5, 2014 at 9:00 pm24 Spoilers
July 5, 2014 at 11:34 pmThe primary purpose of the spoiler tag function is so that people can discuss certain spoilers (like promos or sneak peeks which not everyone watches) without spoiling it for others. Hope that clears everything up.
XAM
July 6, 2014 at 7:28 amAjay
July 5, 2014 at 9:57 pmAjay
July 5, 2014 at 9:59 pmPhee
July 6, 2014 at 12:04 amJack wouldn’t want her anywhere near Cheng either. He wouldn’t want to risk her ending up in Cheng’s clutches again, and possibly getting killed. If she even just saw him she’d either break down traumatised or lash out and try to kill him, neither of which Jack would want. He knows how a revenge kill weighs on you and he wouldn’t want Audrey to endure that on top of everything else. He’d take it on himself though. If he shot Cheng point blank in the head I daresay he’d be doing it because of what happened to Audrey, moreso than what Cheng did to him. He’d also be doing it so Audrey could feel safe, which begs the question if sometimes there can be some good and satisfaction that comes with a revenge motivated kill.
I’ve got this image in my head of Jack having Cheng at gunpoint, and he gets all smug and asks how Audrey is these days then he eats a bullet (or 10) for having dared to speak her name.
Lady J
July 6, 2014 at 4:48 amPhee here’s the reality Audrey blithely tells her father about her lady friend at the Chinese Embassy that she worked with last year on a very big and somewhat long project who she believes will trust what Audrey has to say to her.
And her dad tells Audrey to go there!!! Go ahead and leave the safety of the White House and go talk with the woman, who may not even be there any more, go to her embassy!!! Yes I also presume that she’ll have the Secret Service with her, but Geez Louise why go there at all? They could nab her going down a hallway to the ladies room and on a ship out of the country before anyone would know she wasn’t with the woman who wasn’t there in the first place. RUN AUDREY RUN!!! BETTER YET DON’T GO!! Why not bring her to the White House?
JackBauerFan1977
July 6, 2014 at 7:32 amLady J
July 7, 2014 at 1:13 pmPhee
July 6, 2014 at 9:12 amIf we had more time left, I’d think it more likely that there’s an Audrey-being-kidnapped-on-the-way-to-her-meeting detour ahead. But assuming the finale will be 1 hour, which will include some time after the time jump, that means they’ve got less than 2 hours to wrap this immediate threat situation up, so I think it’s more likely that Audrey will safely do her diplomatic thing while Jack goes and hunts down Cheng.
C
July 6, 2014 at 9:33 amTran
July 6, 2014 at 12:39 amJackBauerFan1977
July 6, 2014 at 7:40 amC
July 6, 2014 at 10:33 amHowever, it would be interesting if her contact at the embassy is secretly working with Cheng. I know that he’s much like Jack in that his government abandoned him, but it would be interesting if Cheng had sympathizers in the Chinese government (it’s not like anyone ever truly abandoned Jack, except for when he abandoned everyone else at the end of season 8). It would be an easy way for Cheng to get close to Audrey and possibly use her as leverage. Again, very repetitive of season 6, but I like throwing theories out there.
Ajay101
July 6, 2014 at 11:14 amXAM
July 7, 2014 at 6:51 pm“Surely you’re aware mr. Bowa. Ex-Chinese agents still have wong memory. Onry 18 minutes ago you destwoyed the overwide”
Mj
July 8, 2014 at 2:41 pmC
July 8, 2014 at 5:42 pmTo paraphrase a debate in another thread, someone argued that Audrey was similar to Kim and Teri in that she lacks resilience and inner strength. Fortunately, sprite countered that girl has enough resilience and strength to go around, and that’s kind of cool for an early 2000s era action/thriller where most women end up dying or being used as bargaining chips or pawns (though regrettably, Audrey is often the bargaining chip du jour these days).
And of course, Kim Raver’s facial expressions and subtleties are awesome. She was killing it when Jack was first brought into the Faux White House despite being trapped in the same room with Mark “2nd Place” Boudreau, and I hope I’m not the only person who noticed that her hands were repeatedly twitching in the same rotation for the rest of last night’s episode whenever they were shown. My eyes were glued to her split-screen during the entire phone call about Cheng.
tl;dr: i’ll be very angry with the writers if they kill Audrey. They promised this season wouldn’t be wrapped up in a neat little bow, and taking her out would be the easiest way to wrap up over ten years of angst, will-they-or-won’t-they, and the saga of one of the best characters this show has ever had. It wouldn’t do it justice. I wouldn’t be as upset if Jack and Audrey don’t get their happy ending together, but I would rather see Audrey be strong one last time instead of getting a fate similar to Renee.