Keri Russell OF ‘THE AMERICANS’ ON FX

How have you found filming the final season of “The Americans”?

We shoot in the dead of winter in New York, and it’s such an uphill sprint in a great way. I think that type of work lends itself to the show ... the cold and the struggle of it all. I feel like heads are still down charging up that hill. There’s not a lot of time for reflection yet. It’s kind of just about getting through these last few months. I will say, because we’ve read a lot of the scripts now, that it feels really good and satisfying – what Joe and Joel (series creator and executive producer Weisberg and executive producer Fields) have created.

How do you reflect, now that it’s coming to an end, on the character arc you’ve played as Elizabeth Jennings?

I had no idea, from the beginning, the experience that it would turn into. I mean, I have relished this experience. It’s just been such an enjoyable, creative (time). I love the storytelling of it. And I know I’ve said it before – I know we’re set in this 1980s spy (scenario), but it’s truly one of my favorite marriage stories, couched in this Cold War spy world. I think it’s just really sparse, interesting storytelling.

And for me, playing Elizabeth, ... as a woman, it’s been an incredible feminist role to get to play. It’s so rare to get to be so single-minded, and she is so successful in doing it. And it’s just a rare “girl” part, so I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m happy it’s ending when it is, on such a high note, and while I’m still so excited and interested in the storylines of it. But it’s been a great ride.