“Clara” introduces two distinct Clara’s, the one who appears as a figment of the player’s imagination as well as one with her own distinct narrative as part of the Elsewhere Society. I realized soon enough mine was a futile effort because the tone shifts and morphs in the middle of an episode, something to get used to. I had read the first four scripts and was just trying to understand the tone of the show. What was it like coming in mid-season as such an important part of the series?Ĭecilia Balagot: I was so busy during episode 5, I was in almost every scene, so it was really about jumping in headfirst and trusting myself, and my fellow artists and coworkers. Clara’s introduction changes the whole framework of the show. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.įanSided (Ian Thomas Malone): Up to episode 5, Dispatches from Elsewhere mostly functioned as a tight-knit ensemble, each episode focusing on a specific member of the group. True to Dispatches’ core ethos, Clara’s introduction created more questions than it solved, changing the trajectory of the anthology series as it heads into its second half.īalagot chatted with FanSided for an episode 5 post-mortem shedding some light on her character’s fascinating debut, as well as some thoughts on what we can expect from Clara moving forward. Episode 5, appropriately titled “Clara,” finally revealed the elusive figure, played by Cecilia Balagot.Ĭlara made her debut in a reality-bending fashion, appearing as a sort of narrator to the players, a figment of their imagination, and as an individual caught between the broader struggle between the JeJune Institute and the Elsewhere Society. Through the first four episodes of the series, it was unclear if Clara was even real or just a bright shiny object for the players of the JeJune Insitute’s elaborate game to chase around Philadelphia. At the heart of its mystery lies a girl named Clara, possessor of the “divine nonchalance.” The four main characters are tasked with finding Clara by the JeJune Institute, itself an organization of dubious intent. Intrigue fuels the narrative of AMC’s Dispatches from Elsewhere, a show that is forthcoming about practically nothing. By Ian Thomas Malone 3 years ago Cecilia Balagot talks about the long-awaited debut of Clara and how her character changes Dispatches’ entire game.
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