Is anyone not looking forward to this movie? DC animated features have been consistently great, and early reviews suggest "Green Lantern: First Flight" is no different. MTV caught up with Tricia Helfer who plays one of the movies supporting characters, Boodikka.
Boodikka is one of many characters in the Green Lantern Corps, sometimes finding herself at odds with Hal Jordan, voiced by Christopher Meloni...
"Boodikka's a fighter, a protector," Helfer explained. "She is very honorable in that she does what she thinks is right, even if some things go against the grain. She's certainly not an evil character per se, but she does things that she thinks are good for society. She's not really sexy in terms of her personality, so she's not trying to reel Hal in -- that relationship is more like comrades. So I wanted to play Boodikka both strong and sweet."
So what made Helfer decide to take the role in the first place...
"What made me say yes to doing the movie and voicing Boodikka was that I just thought it was a really sweet story," said the actress. "I didn't really have any preconceptions of the role or the story. I'm not very well read in comics, so I went into this with a completely open mind. I loved the script -- there was no flipping through it. It was a good, solid story."
Helfer is best known for playing the seductive/angelic/demonic? Cylon Number 6 on the widely-revered "Battlestar Galactica." In addition to the show's space-bound premise, Helfer sees a few commonalities between Boodikka and her "BSG" counterpart.
"I wouldn't say she's like Number Six at all, really, but there's some clones of Six that are similar," she said. "I'd kind of say she's a little bit like Natalie from the fourth season of 'Battlestar' because she's a bit of a leader in her own way, she's strong and intelligent, and she does what she thinks is right when she feels very strongly about certain things -- as Natalie did taking sides against her Cylon counterparts."
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