I have an amazing stunt double, Lisa Hoyle who looks exactly like me. She’s just brilliant and fearless and she does about 90 per cent of the stunts.
When it comes to the fighting, they have us learn the fight and we shoot it for close-ups, so they can tie it into what the stunt doubles are doing.
I think part of the element of Darla is how strong she is and how fierce she can be and Lisa definitely adds to that element. I would be a doing huge disservice to Darla if I didn’t allow her to do the work that she does and to help add to that element that’s so important to Darla, which is her strength.
David [Boreanaz] is so tall - he’s over 6 feet tall - and broad shouldered and very strong-looking, and I’m dwarfed by him. It would be very unbelievable then if I didn’t allow Lisa to do the work that she does and to help add to the strength of Darla as a character.
How much of Darla's stunt work do you perform?
