The star shares why she wanted to lead the new series from Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan.
But a year later, she was the one who picked up the phone to call Sheridan.
“It was absolutely thrilling, you couldn’t put it down.”
Zoe Saldaña in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’.Lynsey Addario/Paramount+
“Women can go under the radar,” she continues.
They can become someone’s lover and for some reason, they don’t present a threat.
And I do believe that the female spy has been around since the beginning of time."
Aside from the story, Saldana admits there was another aspect of Joe that caught her eye.
And yet, she still found herself training for the role… just not physically.
“It was more of a psychological journey for Joe and I wanted to experience that.
Taylor has incredible writing and his monologues are quite powerful.
Up until this project I didn’t believe that I can do that,” she says.
I have to approach it from very different angles."
But now, having shot all of season 1, she can’t wait to do it again.
“I can’t wait for season 2 because I got the itch!
It’s quite fun.”
The first two episodes ofSpecial Ops: Lionesspremiere Sunday, July 23, on Paramount+.
