Twisted Metal star Stephanie Beatriz will carry scars from making the show forever–both literal scars, and personal heartbreak she was going through in Season 1.
During a roundtable interview at the Twisted Metal set in Toronto attended by GameSpot, Beatriz revealed that she has a “huge scar” on her left ankle from Season 1. She said she was moving across the front of a car too fast and one of the “big, huge spikes” got her good.
It “ate the shit out of my leg,” Beatriz said. The scar that it left behind will be there forever. “I’ll always remember this show.”
Beyond the physical scar, Beatriz said she has an emotional imprint from filming Seasons 1 and 2, due to major life events. Beatriz welcomed her first child in August 2021, and then went to set in May the following year to film Twisted Metal Season 1. Just two months later, in July 2022, Beatriz found out her father was dying of cancer. He passed away not long after.
“It was a whole turmoil in my head of like, ‘How do I get through every day?'” she said.
For Season 2, Beatriz said she doesn’t necessarily feel more “focused” on set, but those two major life events aren’t competing for her attention the way they were in Season 1. Despite that, Beatriz said she does feel some amount of guilt over being away from her young child.
“It is an actor’s job, I think, to be able to try to separate whatever is happening in their home, in their personal life, from what is happening on set,” she said. “I hope that I did a good job of it in Season 1, but I think in Season 2, I feel a lot more guilt, because I’m away from my child, and she’s not just like a larva anymore.”
Twisted Metal Season 2 premieres July 31 on Peacock.
Sony Pictures Television paid for GameSpot’s flight and accommodation to Toronto to see the Twisted Metal Season 2 set and speak with the cast and crew.
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