Were you a natural with the katana, the traditional Japanese sword Michonne uses, or was there a lot of training?
“Quite a bit. I did some training at the very beginning and that was the most intense period. Now it’s more sporadic – when I ask for it.”
Things can be bleak in the show. How do you lighten it up?
“There’s a lot of love and I think that’s what mitigates everything. We live in whatever the moment was, but there’s so much love on set that it makes everything go down easier. Also we can be very goofy, even in the midst of the trickiest stuff. Just by being ourselves.”