Rachel Nichols

Continuum’s Kiera Cameron on her mission to save the world…

Where does Kiera find herself at the start of season three? Season one was all about Kiera getting home. Season two was Kiera still wanting to get home but acknowledging that she was sent back for a reason, and understanding why she’s there. Season three… I call it “For the good of humanity”. She makes the decision that instead of sticking her head in the sand, assembling the time- travel device and making it home to the same 2077 that she left, she realises that she’s been given this opportunity to enact change for a better future. Continuum is very complex: do you get confused by the scripts? Any time I recommend the show I say, “You can’t multitask when you watch this show, you have to pay attention!” Sometimes I’d get a script and think, “Wait a minute!” I’d call creator Simon Barry and say, “Can you explain this to me?” The show mirrors so much going on in the real world, particularly in season three… We’re lucky because, being a sci- fi show, we can get away with social commentary and political commentary and nobody gets mad at us for being right- wing or left- wing. The sci- fi genre allows us to tell these very relevant storylines. What I always loved is that in season one, Kiera’s world is very black and white: she’s good, they’re bad. By the time you get to season three the audience has taken this journey with Kiera and the world is not as it seems – she’s questioning the decisions she’s made: “Wait, am I a bad guy?”

What is the thing that keeps you going when you’ve had a really long day on set? My handsome husband! He comes in and visits me for lunch and hangs out on set. I’m also a big fan of sugar- free Red Bull, as I’m not a coffee drinker! Jayne Nelson