{"id":51952,"date":"2023-12-14T21:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=51952"},"modified":"2023-12-14T22:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T04:25:46","slug":"sten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/14\/sten\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos and Maria Sten"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51954\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpanel2.jpg\" alt=\"Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos and Maria Sten of &quot;Reacher&quot; on Prime Video\" width=\"353\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51955\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpress.png\" alt=\"Press Panel\" width=\"427\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpress.png 1177w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpress-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpress-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherpress-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos and Maria Sten of &#8220;Reacher&#8221; on Prime Video by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 12\/12\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reacher&#8221; season two is even better, in my opinion, than season one, and the cast additions are part of the reason. Swan and Sipos are talented and able to handle action, drama and comedy equally with no obvious effort (as they&#8217;ve proven many times).\u00a0 I believe the writing is also better, and it has a lot more humor than season one.\u00a0 Sipos&#8217; character is wise-cracking, but he&#8217;s certainly not the only one that has funny lines. Of course, you know with this kind of show that they try to put in humor to balance out the serious drama (and tragedy). I enjoyed speaking to these three actors. Swan was so great in &#8220;The Inhumans&#8221; and &#8220;Coroner,&#8221; and Sipos has been in many fine shows that I love, such as &#8220;Krypton,&#8221; &#8220;Dark Matter&#8221; and &#8220;The Vampire Diaries.&#8221; This was a roundtable, so there were other journalists. I was only able to ask one question, unfortunately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B0CH99VGR8\/\">Watch the new season now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview w\/ Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos &amp; Maria Sten of &quot;Reacher&quot; on Prime Video by Suzanne 12\/12\/23\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hm7EM7LjH6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tC-rRhQcnlI?si=vs07ai_HScrAVwPx\">Trailer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B0CH99VGR8\/\">Official Site<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51958 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherkeyartseason2.png\" alt=\"Reacher key art\" width=\"416\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherkeyartseason2.png 535w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherkeyartseason2-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sectionTitle borderLeft\">About<\/h2>\n<p><i>Reacher<\/i>\u00a0Season Two begins when veteran military police investigator Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) receives a coded message that the members of his former U.S. Army unit, the 110th MP Special Investigations, are being mysteriously and brutally murdered one by one. Pulled from his drifter lifestyle, Reacher reunites with three of his former teammates turned chosen family to investigate, including Frances Neagley (Maria Sten); Karla Dixon (Serinda Swan), a forensic accountant for whom Reacher has long had a soft spot; and fast-talking, switchblade-wielding family man David O\u2019Donnell (Shaun Sipos). Together, they begin to connect the dots in a mystery where the stakes get higher at every turn, and brings about questions of who has betrayed them\u2014and who will die next. Using his inimitable blend of smarts and size, Reacher will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and protect the members of his unit. If there\u2019s one thing Reacher and his team know for certain, it\u2019s that you do not mess with the Special Investigators. This season, get ready for Reacher and the 110th to hit back hard.<\/p>\n<p>Based on\u00a0<i>Bad Luck and Trouble<\/i>, the 11th book in Lee Child\u2019s global best-selling series,\u00a0<i>Reacher<\/i>\u00a0Season Two stars Alan Ritchson in the title role of Jack Reacher, with Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, and Shaun Sipos as key members of the 110th MP Special Investigations Unit. Rounding out the cast are Ferdinand Kingsley as A.M., a mercenary that homeland security refers to as a \u201cghost;\u201d Robert Patrick as Shane Langston, head of security for a private defense contractor with a questionable track record; and Domenick Lombardozzi as tough NYPD detective Guy Russo.<\/p>\n<p><i>Reacher<\/i>\u00a0is produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television, and Paramount Television Studios. Based on the novels by Lee Child, who serves as an executive producer, the series is written for television by Emmy-nominated writer Nick Santora (<i>Scorpion, Prison Break<\/i>), who also executive produces and serves as showrunner. In addition to Santora and Child, the series is executive produced by Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, and Adam Higgs, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell for Skydance.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-51956 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherscene2.png\" alt=\"Scene from &quot;Reacher&quot; season 2. Credit: Brooke Palmer\/Prime Video\" width=\"336\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherscene2.png 433w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherscene2-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-rightContact\">\n<div class=\"clearfix socialContact\">\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<div class=\"greyTitle\"><b>Social Media<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-body\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"social-link\">\n<ul class=\"cmn-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReacherPrimeVideo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.press.amazonstudios.com\/client\/img\/blog-fb.svg\" alt=\"FB Icon\" width=\"20\" \/> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ReacherPrimeVideo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.press.amazonstudios.com\/client\/img\/blog-instagram.svg\" alt=\"Instagram Icon\" width=\"20\" \/> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<div class=\"greyTitle\"><b>Country Availability<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-body\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<p>Worldwide<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<div class=\"greyTitle\"><b>Executive Produced By<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-body\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<p>Nick Santora, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Lee Child, Scott Sullivan, Adam Higgs, Matt Thunell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<div class=\"greyTitle\"><b>Developed By<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-body\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<p>Nick Santora<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<div class=\"greyTitle\"><b>Produced By<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-body\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<p>Amazon Studios, Skydance Television, Paramount Television Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twoCol\">\n<h2 class=\"sectionTitle borderLeft\">Credits<\/h2>\n<p>Based on Lee Child\u2019s 11th Jack Reacher novel <em>Bad Luck<\/em> and <em>Trouble<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Produced by<\/strong><br \/>\nAmazon Studios, Skydance Television, Paramount Television Studios<\/p>\n<p><strong>Developed by<\/strong><br \/>\nNick Santora<\/p>\n<p><strong>Showrunner<\/strong><br \/>\nNick Santora<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Producers<\/strong><br \/>\nNick Santora<br \/>\nDavid Ellison<br \/>\nDana Goldberg<br \/>\nDon Granger<br \/>\nLee Child<br \/>\nScott Sullivan<br \/>\nAdam Higgs<br \/>\nMatt Thunell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong><br \/>\nAlan Ritchson<br \/>\nMaria Sten<br \/>\nSerinda Swan<br \/>\nShaun Sipos<br \/>\nDomenick Lombardozzi<br \/>\nFerdinand Kingsley<br \/>\nRobert Patrick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51961 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sten.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Alejandro Douek\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Maria Sten<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Frances Neagley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"readLessContent\">\n<p>Maria Sten most recently starred as Liz Tremayne in the cult hit series <i>Swamp Thing<\/i> opposite Crystal Reed, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Will Patton and Andy Bean, executive produced by James Wan. She is also known for playing the lead role of Jillian Hope Hodgson on Syfy\u2019s <i>Channel Zero<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>As an accomplished writer, Sten most recently wrote on ABC\u2019s hit show <i>Big Sky<\/i> from David E. Kelley and has previously been selected for the 2017 The Black List \/ Women In Film Episodic Labs, as well as Christina Hodson and Margot Robbie\u2019s Lucky Exports Pitch Program in 2019. Sten debuted her first short, <i>When It Burns<\/i>, which she wrote, directed, produced and starred in at Uptown Short Film Festival and LA Shorts Fest 2016.<\/p>\n<p>A former professional dancer and model, the multi-lingual Danish\/Swedish\/Congolese beauty was born in Copenhagen and crowned Miss Denmark 2008.<\/p>\n<p>She is represented by CAA, Grandview, and Granderson Des Rochers.<\/p>\n<section><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51960 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/swan.jpg\" alt=\"Serinda Swan plays Karla Dixon in &quot;Reacher&quot; on Prime Video. Photo Credit: Liz Rosa\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Serinda Swan<\/strong><\/span><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Karla Dixon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"maBo4pe MC__desc\">Serinda Swan was born in Vancouver, Canada to a family of artists. Her father and step-mother are both in the theatre world. Father Scott Swan is an established theater director and has an acting studio in Vancouver and stepmother Cheryl Swan is a faculty emeritus who taught post-secondary theatre for over 35 years. Swan\u2019s mother Alandra Napali Kai is a leader in the health and wellness world and runs women\u2019s retreats all around the world.Swan was introduced to the television world with popular shows like <i>Supernatural<\/i>, <i>Psych<\/i>, and <i>Hawaii Five-O<\/i>. In 2009, she was cast as the iconic \u2018Zatanna\u2019 in the popular show <i>Smallville<\/i>.Feature films soon followed with <i>Percy Jackson &amp; The Olympians:<\/i> <i>The Lightning Thief<\/i> directed by Chris Columbus and Disney\u2019s <i>TRON: Legacy<\/i> opposite Jeff Bridges.\u00a0In 2011, Swan was cast as the female lead \u2018Erica Reed\u2019, in the series <i>Breakout Kings<\/i>. After the series\u2019 two-year run, she was cast as a series regular in the hit show <i>GRACELAND<\/i> which ran until 2015.Swan\u2019s work continued by playing the iconic Anne Bancroft, alongside Jessica Lange in Ryan Murphy\u2019s show <i>FEUD<\/i>!. Swan was then cast opposite Dwayne Johnson to play his love interest on the hit series <i>Ballers<\/i>. Simultaneously working with \u2018The Rock\u2019, Swan was cast as the female lead in Marvel\u2019s <i>Inhumans<\/i> opposite Anson Mount and Iwan Rheon. She portrayed the iconic character Medusa, the queen of the Inhumans. Swan is currently leading the cast of CBC\u2019s primetime hit drama series, <i>Coroner<\/i> which has just completed production last year.On the philanthropic side, Swan is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Education technology company Deedly. Her goal is to give students a choice in the future they want to be a part of and give them the tools and information to achieve it at no cost to them, their teacher, the school or the charity highlighted. Her belief is that education should be free, and through their specific monthlong curriculum they educate students about world issues and the charities that strive to fix them. \u201cTraditional education systems focus on harnessing the capacity of the mind, I want to harness the capacity of the heart.\u201d Deedly will be in over 1000 schools by the end of the year.Swan has worked closely with the UN, staying in refugee camps at the border of south Sudan on an anti-Malaria mission, cycled across the entire country of Cambodia to bring awareness to anti-sex trafficking and has gone skydiving over 10 times at 18,000 feet (North America\u2019s highest skydive) for her yearly fundraiser for anti sex trafficking and women&#8217;s equality.Swan was also invited to be one of the headline speakers at TEDXVancouver and recently spoke at the United Nations on International Women\u2019s Day 2018 as well as a panel on how the media and entertainment industry can influence social change.To date, Swan has personally raised over $700,000 for charity and reached over 100 million people with her awareness campaigns.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51959 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sipos.jpg\" alt=\"Shaun Sipos plays David O'Donnell in &quot;Reacher&quot; on Prime Video; photo from Amazon press site\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Shaun Sipos<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>David O&#8217;Donnell<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Shaun Sipos<\/b> (born October 30, 1981<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaun_Sipos#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>) is a Canadian actor, known for playing Jack on the series <i><a title=\"Complete Savages\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Complete_Savages\">Complete Savages<\/a><\/i>, Eric Daniels on <i><a title=\"Life Unexpected\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Life_Unexpected\">Life Unexpected<\/a>,<\/i> <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"David Breck\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Breck\">David Breck<\/a> on series <i><a title=\"Melrose Place (2009 TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melrose_Place_(2009_TV_series)\">Melrose Place<\/a><\/i>, Aaron Whitmore on <i><a title=\"The Vampire Diaries\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Vampire_Diaries\">The Vampire Diaries<\/a><\/i>, and <a title=\"Adam Strange\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Strange\">Adam Strange<\/a> on <i><a title=\"Krypton (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krypton_(TV_series)\">Krypton<\/a><\/i>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1469019\/reacher-season-2-star-alan-ritchson-interview\/\">Interview with &#8220;Reacher&#8221; star Alan Ritchson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51957\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/reacherscene.png\" alt=\"Scene from &quot;Reacher&quot; season 2. 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