{"id":26285,"date":"2014-09-19T00:39:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26285"},"modified":"2014-09-18T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:55:36","slug":"saving-hope-star-erica-durance-dr-reid-irrevocably-changed-in-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/19\/saving-hope-star-erica-durance-dr-reid-irrevocably-changed-in-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Saving Hope\u2019 star Erica Durance: Dr. Reid \u2018irrevocably changed\u2019 in new season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erica Durance. Photo by watchwithkristin<\/a> \/ Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO\u2014The last time \u201cSaving Hope\u201d fans saw Dr. Alex Reid, her heart had stopped beating during emergency surgery after being stabbed in the chest.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s no surprise to star Erica Durance that viewers are waiting with bated breath for the season 3 premiere, which is airing in two parts on Sept. 22 and 25 on CTV.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you know that she\u2019s back because I\u2019m back filming,\u201d said Durance during a summer phone interview from the show\u2019s Toronto set. \u201cWe do know that she\u2019s not gone forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

In last season\u2019s dramatic finale, Alex was stabbed with a pair of scissors by a sleepwalking patient. Just after she flatlined during surgery, she appeared as a spirit standing behind Charlie (Michael Shanks)\u2014her former fiance and a doctor with the unique ability to see ghosts.<\/p>\n

Durance wouldn\u2019t say whether Alex remains a spirit for long, but she said she does start the season in a \u201ctransition place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happened is that they\u2019ve allowed my character to have a new exploration and a new viewpoint of Charlie and what he experiences and sees, kind of a little bit through his perspective,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added that Alex\u2019s journey back from this traumatic experience \u201ccompletely and irrevocably\u201d changes her personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore is revealed about her past and what\u2019s made her who she is. And some of the devastating things that have happened to her in her past,\u201d said Durance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re playing with that a little bit, which creates a completely different dynamic for season 3, which has been fun. It\u2019s something quite different. It shakes up the relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

And even more drama is ahead for Alex\u2019s explosive love triangle with Charlie and Joel (Daniel Gillies), another of her former lovers who also works at Hope Zion Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer love life becomes a little more tumultuous and unexpected. She makes some interesting decisions. It\u2019ll be great for all the Team Joel versus Team Charlie people. They\u2019ll get to really get out there and start cheering for their side,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re allowed to see a little bit more about Joel\u2019s character that is incredibly lovable and honourable, and a little window into what their life would have been like before all of the baggage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether she\u2019s on Team Charlie or Team Joel, Durance replied with a laugh, \u201cI\u2019m on my team!\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWhat I like about those two relationships she has is the example that you can love a lot of people in your life just as passionately. It\u2019s just a different type of love. At the end of the day, you choose the love that\u2019s good for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durance, 36, lives in Vancouver and flies to Toronto to film the series. She said when she first read the \u201cSaving Hope\u201d pilot a few years ago, she knew there was something special about the romantic medical drama.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t quite necessarily put my finger on it, but I believe it is the overall human theme that goes through each episode\u2014the idea that we\u2019re all connected by the same desires. We\u2019re all connected by experiencing tragedy and triumph and joy and wanting to maintain a sense of hope,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has been what has brought people together because it\u2019s such a universal thing. So I think it\u2019s the heart of that which has allowed people to gravitate to it and fall in love with the characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s looking forward to watching season 3 with her husband and 15-year-old son\u2014who she said don\u2019t hold back when they have criticism of her performance.<\/p>\n

\u201c(My son) thinks it\u2019s a lot of fun. He\u2019s my best critic. Him and my husband, I always get the best from them. So it\u2019s been great,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s very grounding, actually. They\u2019ll tell you what\u2019s what.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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