Samantha Ferris(Ellen) Interview

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Samantha Ferris, who spent time as a television news reporter in the mid 1990's before switching to acting, has often been cast in the strong female roles in many scifi related series, including Stargate: SG-1, Smallville, The 4400 and Battlestar Galactic plus roles in several made for TV movies including Tell Me No Lies, Shattered and Last Chance Café. With credentials like this it was no surprise that producers of Supernatural looked to the talented and versatile Ferris to play the recurring guest role of Ellen Harvelle the owner of 'The Roadhouse' a favorite watering hole for 'hunters' like Sam and Dean Winchester in Supernatural's season 2.

"This was a real chance to get away from the usual stuff that I do," Ferris said. "Due to my strong presence and voice, I usually get the polished, power roles; head FBI, head lawyer, head detective, Chief Surgeon, etc, but this was a nice departure. Still a very powerful role, but in a 'get yer hands dirty' kind of way. Ellen is raw, hard working, hard loving, hard living. As I have called her before she is a 'gun toting, beer drinking, bar owing broad'. Very close to my own personality, actually and thank god, I got to wear jeans and boots instead of high heels and suits."

Supernatural's season two, which aired this past fall/spring on the CW Network on Thursday nights at 9pm centered around Sam and Dean Winchester, played by Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, two brothers who, as they criss-crossed the American back roads in their black '67 Chevy Impala loaded with weapons to fight and destroy all manner of supernatural threats, were continuing their quest from season one to hunt down the Yellow-eyed demon that killed their mother.

Now with the third season set to start on the CW Network October 4th and with the yellow-eyed demon dead, yet hundreds more demons having been released through a hell gate, the brothers are about to face an all out war. For the third season of Supernatural Ackles and Padalecki will be joined by two new recurring cast members Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan as Ruby and Bela and Ackles character of Dean Winchester will also face the consequences of having traded his soul for his brother Sam's life and now only has one year left to live before the demon comes for him to make good on the deal.

The disc set for season two of Supernatural, set to be released on September 11th will included all twenty-two episodes of season two of the hit series including the six episodes which featured Samantha Ferris in the role of Ellen Harvelle: Everybody Loves a Clown, Bloodlust, Simon Said, No Exit, Hunted and the climatic season finale All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2.

source-http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/376264/samantha_ferris_dishes_on_her_role.html