"THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO HAVE A REAL JOURNEY"

AMY ACKER IS CAITLIN STRUCKER

CAITLIN IS THE ALL-AMERICAN MOTHER. HOW DOES HAVING MUTANT CHILDREN CHANGE HER?

She’s always thought she was fighting the good fight. Now everything comes to a head when she discovers not only is her son a mutant, but their daughter has been hiding a secret for years as well. There’s a lot of guilt about why they haven’t been able to communicate with each other – and have they been protecting the wrong people all this time?

IN A SOCIETY FULL OF MUTANTS AND SENTINELS, HOW DOES SOMEBODY AS ORDINARY AS CAITLIN FARE?

there’s a potential to have a real journey. she is not accepting this to be part of her life. in the pilot, when they start hiding from the sentinel services, she doesn’t have any tools to fight these people, except for the love of her children. even then, you start to see her gain strength and realise she’s capable of more than she ever dreamed of.

WHAT WAS UNIQUELY CHALLENGING ABOUT FILMING THIS PILOT?

it was pretty physical. i’ve worked with CGI, which I think some people were struggling with. but, doing a show where the family is on the run a lot… we were actually running a lot. I was like, “wow. i’m out of shape.”