Interview: Jennie Rebecca Hogan Newcomer Jennie Rebecca Hogan is nearly unrecognizable as the Narn Na'Feel in the Legend of the Rangers movie. As she walked into the room during our set visit in May, her beautiful features were nearly obscured by make-up and prosthetics — but her enthusiasm for the role came through. Q: How are you handling the make-up? A number of actresses have had problems with the amount required for transforming into a Narn. A: When Bill [Terezakis, the key prosthetics artist] puts the final piece on, I say goodbye to everybody [and become Na'Feel]. I love the mask — I love the fact that it's so flexible. There is a scene I have where someone is dead, and I don't think I'm doing anything [with my facial expressions]. But it seems as if so much expression came through [on film], through the eyes and the face. I love that. The eyes are a little bit of a challenge — I think they had a little bit of problem in manufacturing [the lenses]. With these particular ones, there really was a lack of vision. But that will be corrected. Q: How did you prepare to become Na'Feel? Did you get information from Joe [Straczynski, the series creator] about the character? A: I did not get a lot of information, no. I went out for dinner with Joe to get some of the back-story. And part of it [comes from] me. That's the joy of being an actor — you create your back-story. You can even create what is going to happen after the scene. But it's mostly [deciding for yourself] where did you come from, where did the ship come from? So I created that for myself temporarily with the information from the scenes I have — with the help of Mike [Vejar, the director]. Every once in a while, he will kind of push me to think a little more or say I'm feeling a little too much. It was more preparation with the prosthetic — really trying to work with it and trying to forget I have that on. And not just trying to make it work it, trying to make it a part of me, part of the role. And it really did help the transition. I did feel like Na'Feel — my Na'Feel. Q: What do you see of yourself in Na'Feel? A: I think I'm a very tough woman. I've got a lot of edge and I can get angry easily — which I'm working on. And I just feel that there's a way to it that I've brought to her that I have. And sometimes I don't even love it. Sometimes it's a lack of vulnerability. I think it's just a way that I have. It could be called confidence or a strength that I own and I know that I have and that I bring to her. Q: Do you have a favorite scene from the movie? A: Yes. I think it's the first scene I have. [Na'Feel] just sort of lets it go in the engine room and David [Martel, the captain] comes on and hears me cursing. And immediately I feel I need to cover that up. That was the scene. It's a good scene.