PEBBLE MILL interviews TERI HATCHER
Friday, February 16, 1996

(c) 1996, BBC - Pebble Mill
Transcribed February 20/22 by Boris Ammerlaan

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Sarah Greene:

Hello and welcome.

Fans of "The New Adventures Of Superman" will know that at the
end of the last series, Clark proposed to Lois Lane. And it
appears that she's finally figured out that the mild-mannered
reporter is in fact... Superman. So what next? Well, you can
find out tomorrow evening at a quarter past six on BBC1, with
the start of a brand new series. But in the meantime, Ross
talked to Lois Lane herself. Well, actress Teri Hatcher.

[Trailer serie III]

R:  Teri, I've got to do it. Right. Okay, right, this is me.
    [Puts on a pair of glasses; Teri LOLs] Can you spot the
    difference? Yes you can! I knew you could. That...
T:  You're the first guy to ever do that,
R:  I'll bet you are. Yeah, yeah. That's _so_ original.
T:  that's... that's... Really, it's _so_ original.
R:  I presume that has to be the question that's become the
    bane of your life. How does she not know?
T:  Well, I have my one answer which was: love is blind, and
    er... and that just works for me,
R:  That kills it all.
T:  and that kills it, and that's the end of it. Because, how
    can you honestly defend that. I mean, it is a pair of
    glasses after all. Although I think there's a little more
    than ...... than the ones you were which really helps the
    disguise.
R:  Getting right back to the early days then. What was it like
    when you got the part?
T:  Well, I was... doing movies. I wasn't particulary that
    interested in doing television. And this script came along
    and I think I -like everybody else- thought "Superman", you
    know, what's that, how could that possibly be new and
    different? And er... When I read it, it really was, and it
    really captured this great woman's character who wasn't so
    much Lois Lane as she was... you know, this really feisty
    reporter who... had a lot of emotional levels going on, and
    I thought, I could see there being, ehm... some place to
    grow with that character, which I really believe that she
    has. Ehm... [background scene: III 1, office] But, you
    know, doing an hour-long drama, and having it be a hit, and
    having it be this successfull is such a longshot and I
    don't think anybody... You know, when you sign that five
    year contract at the beginning, which is... what you sign -
    that's a standard thing- nobody really thinks you're gonna
    do that for five years because hardly any of them last that
    long. But, ehm... that's sort of rewarding.
R:  Rewarding in-in loads of ways, I would imagine. How has
    your life changed since then?
T:  Well, actually, I don't... I don't know that it's really
    changed. I mean I think... it depends on your priorities, I
    mean certainly you, you know, you're more famous, I guess
    and you make more money, and you have less time to
    yourself. Ehm... But mo... most of those things -I mean the
    money and the fame- never really've been big driving
    factors in my life. I mean I live in a very modest house
    and I drive a modest car and, you know, I just don't have a
    big desire to have lots of richie things but it has allowed
    [background photograph: Teri & Jon] my husband and I to do
    some fine travelling. Ehm... That's sort of where we spend
    our money. But I don't recognized too much on the street. I
    mean-
R:  You're kidding.
T:  No... especially since I cut my hair [R LOLs] Ehm... That
    was a... that was a big freedom thing -cutting my hair-
    'cause that hair style was becoming very recognized. But...
    it's not as much of a problem for me as like, say, maybe
    for Dean, or... 'cause he sort of looks like that on and
    off camera, exactly the same.
R:  That good?
T:  Yeah. [laughs]
R:  You can hate some people so easily.
T:  It's pretty easy for him to look that good.

[Scene: III 1 Clark throws engagement ring into space]

R:  What exserts so nice about Superman, it's becoming more and
    more- I mean, even in the states now the title has changed
    now, it's... it's "Lois and Clark", isn't it?
T:  It _always_ was.
R:  Was it? We didn't have that here.
T:  I know you didn't. It was a big... thing I had with the
    Warner Brothers people.
R:  Really? You wanted that billing, Teri?
T:  You mean specifically? Well, you know, it wasn't so much
    that as it is the title "Lois and Clark - the new
    adventures of Superman" tells the ti... is the title that
    represents the show, which is: it's a romantic show. It's a
    relationship oriented show, about these two people, Lois
    and Clark, and then "The Adventures Of Superman" has always
    sort of been secondary in terms of saving the day sort of
    stuff. You know, that's not what drives the show, it's more
    about the relationship. So to call it the "Superman" show -
    or the "New Adventures Of Superman"- sort of makes it seem
    like an action show, which it really isn't, but I think
    when it first started airing here I think they were nervous
    that if they called it "Lois and Clark" people would go
    "'Loose and Clark'? What, that-that expedition coup-" You
    know, like, you know, they wouldn't know. So I think that's
    why they did that.
R:  What I love as well is: you've got in amongst the action as
    well, haven't you?
T:  Yes, I got that karate thing going, and er... I end up
    doing a lot of the... the real grunt stunts, which are...
R:  "Grunt stunts"?
T:  Yeah, which are the drowning in cement, you know, which we
    shoot at two o' clock in the morning, when it's freezing
    cold, and I'm up to here in mud or whatever and er, you
    know, falling in the giant cake... cake frosting all over
    my body from head to toe. And that stuff dries. It is _not_
    a great time. [R LOLs] Ehm... so... so those are the grunt
    stunts. I do a lot of that.

[Scene: III 1, metronome, bomb]

R:  How long can you keep going with this life, because you've
    gotten into the role so well, and you've made it very much
    your own.
T:  Ehm... Well, it always depends on the writing. You know,
    er... ehm... and and and that has to continue be original,
    and, you know, move forward. I mean, I think there's
    obvious places to go. They could get married, you know.
    They could... You know, I think there's definitely years of
    development in that. Ehm...
R:  Too superbabies?
T:  Yeah, right. Floating up out of the crib. No, I don't know
    if that's gonna happen, but that certainly could be a
    direction, I guess.
R:  [backgound photograph: Dean & Teri] And there's a great on-
    screen chemistry between you and Dean as well. Are you good
    pals?
T:  Not... really but not _not_ good friends.
R:  Yeah.
T:  I mean, er... it's an interesting relationship, you know.
    On the set, we're very supportive. Of each other, and also
    of the crew, and sort of, we both feel that-that it's
    really important to have this sort of team -you know,
    happy- effort that keeps the whole crew and everybody very
    "up" and positive. Ehm... but... Dean's pretty private and
    I think... you know, for him that personal and work, really
    draws that line and, so we don't really hang out or
    anything. [LOLs] Not like you would necesarily wanna go
    home with the person you spend fifteen hours a day with and
    go have, like, tequila or something, or whatever you know.
    I mean we enjoy dinner, and so-
R:  I'd make an exception in your case.
T:  Ah, yeah.
R:  I'll have to be honest there.
T:  I'll tell him you said so.
R:  _But_ on-screen, you left us with a real cliffhanger the
    last of the... of the last series. There it was, Clark has
    proposed.
T:  Right.
R:  Now I know it's a dumb question, because I know you're not
    _really_ gonna tell me what happens, but... give us a...
    give us a clue.
T:  It's a really great episode. I-I mean it gets... It's-it's
    a sexy episode, it's a fun episode, it's a... erm... and
    it's the beginning of what I think is... is the best season
    that we've had. That's all I can say without giving it
    away.
R:  You've sold it-
T:  And that-
R:  You've sold it to me.
T:  Okay. [LOLs]
R:  Think so.

[Scene: III 1 "You're not alone anymore."]

What was going on under that cloak, eh? You see, you can get
away with murder with a big red cape on, can't you? And the
man with read pants worn over his thights is the inspiration
for today's showbizz quiz. [Followed by pictures of a good
sound system. The question is something like "What planet does
Superman come from?".]

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