Anna Torv Loves 'Fringe' Scientists... But Hates Their Milkshakes

By Brooke Tarnoff Posted Nov 24th 2009 01:35PM

We're addicted to the FOX hit 'Fringe' - but please don't ask us to explain the complicated pseudoscience that makes it tick. We brought in star Anna Torv, the actress behind unflappable FBI agent Olivia Dunham, to shed a little light on the mysterious series. Anna tells us how the show has veered from original plans, what plot points she's hoping to see in upcoming episodes - and we try to pry spoilers from the actress, but of course we're foiled by Anna's calm, Australian restraint. Watch PopEater's exclusive interview with Anna Torv and check back tomorrow for Part 2.

On the pace of 'Fringe': "I've heard J.J. and our other show runners say that they didn't think they were going to [introduce a parallel universe so early]. They anticipated that the parallel universe was going to come season three, or something. I love all of that. I love the parallel universe. I keep hassling them, I pray that we're going to get to meet the other Olivia, the Olivia from the other side. I would love that very, very much."

On the character Walter experimenting on Olivia:"I don't think she's forgotten. And I think the audience sometimes forgets, of course, because Walter's this lovable, funny, gorgeous man. But for Olivia, no, he experimented on her when she was four years old and he won't tell her what he did, or why he did it. And I don't think that's a very pleasant relationship. I think that she's got drawers and drawers of notes on these two, like sitting in her back office. And you don't know anything about Olivia."

On fringe science: "We were doing a panel and someone asked in the audience, how much of the science is real and how much of it isn't. And there was an episode where Walter made Olivia drink a milkshake of quished up worms in order to get her memory back. I say, haha, laughing at the panel, 'And I know that wasn't real!' And the two boys jumped at me and said 'It is! That is possible!'"

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Wednesday 25 November

By Suzanne

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I was a total Adam fan through American Idol. He was soooooooooo talented and I sang his praises after each performance. I stayed up to see him on A.M.A. and was totally not happy. It was not entertaining and not up to the standards I saw on A.Idol. I have watched his video of 2012 and loved it and his singing but this was Adam trying to make his lifestyle his career and it should not be. He has more talent than anyone I have seen in a long time but he really changed my perseption of him. I do not care if he is gay or not but when he shoves it in our faces I draw the line.

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