LOST GIRL: Emmanuelle Vaugier Talks About Her Evil Character & the Show’s Creative Minds Discuss Genesis of Series

After appearing in a wide range of TV shows like CSI: NY, Covert Affairs, Human Target and Smallville as well as genre movies like Saw II and Saw IV, Lost Girl‘s Emmanuelle Vaugier knows how to sell a character to the viewing audience and make them come alive.

During an exclusive interview with NiceGirlsTV at Comic Con last month, Emmanuelle described her recurring role on the Canadian hit series Lost Girl, where she plays The Morrigan, as someone who is “fun, (has) a dark sense of humor (and is) vain. She just loves everything about torturing people and making everyone miserable and having fun with that.” She further explained that, “I think the part that I love most is that (this character) allows me to be a little over the top, a little crazy. It’s completely acceptable because we are in a completely fantastical world where vampires, goblins and fairies exis). There are no rules; you can kind of do whatever you want. That gives me an incredible freedom and that is really very fun.”

Emmanuelle revealed more about The Morrigan, explaining that,  “She is the leader of the dark world essentially. She runs a talent agency where she represents young musicians and artists. (She) feeds off their talent and energy and most of the time (she) leaves them dead in (her) wake, which is the difference between the light and the dark world – the light doesn’t kill them off.”

Emmanuelle also shared that she believes her character will appear in more episodes throughout season 2 (which begins on September 4 on the Canadian channel Showcase). The Morrigan’s interaction will still primarily be with Bo (Anna Silk), but she does hope that there will be some exploration into the backstory of her character, cheekily stating, “As far as I know, I’ll be back and weaving my evil little power.”

Turning things over to the creative minds behind Lost Girl, series creator Michelle Lovretta and Executive Producer Jay Firestone shared that they were actually approached by three different networks after the surprise success of Lost Girl on the Canadian channel Showcase. Jay stated, “Syfy became the smarter deal, (they) fit creatively.” He further explained that Syfy’s female audience is growing and introducing Lost Girl to their programming slate affirms the network’s commitment to that audience.

In terms of the genesis of the show, Michelle shared that, “Jay’s company came to me as they had been working on an idea that just wasn’t working. They (gave me) the basic parameters of what they were looking for: something that would appeal to women, that would be centered on a female character; something that would be centered on a new kind of superhero and somehow explore sex in a new way.” With all that in mind, Michelle “pitched 12 different things, including the succubus story – the one idea that I didn’t think would be picked up – and they called, (saying they) wanted the succubus.”

Then talking about how Lost Girl came to be the title of the show, Michelle stated “we worked (on the name) – and I think there are still some people who don’t like the title – but I’ve been fighting for that one as it felt appropriate.” She further explained that the name was inspired by her love of the box office film “Lost Boys” as “(it) is just a name that lends itself to genre itself, so this was about a female journey in a sense.”

As you can imagine, writing an ongoing story filled with mythological creatures is a challenge for the creative team, but Michelle shared that “a lot of research (is done)” and that “almost all (of the creatures) have been real.”

To find out more about the fantastical world of Lost Girl and discover the new creatures that will appear in season 2, tune in to Showcase in Canada starting September 4. Season 1 of Lost Girl is anticipated to debut on Syfy in early 2012.