Teresa Palmeris feeling witchy.
I was so desperate to get the role after I read this book, Palmer explains.
I felt so connected to Diana in so many ways.
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I love that shes finding growth and shes learning more about herself, she tells EW.
She takes her own journey and her own time to get to that place.
I found that really inspiring.
It didnt hurt that Palmer also had assistance from Dianas creator, author Deborah Harkness.
When you get the blessing from the woman who created it, it feels pretty nice.
Deb talked me through it.
The series also called upon Palmer to learn how to row.
Its much more challenging than you would expect, Palmer says of rowing.
As soon as you tense up and allow fear to overtake you, the boat starts to wobble.
I actually thought that was quite a great metaphor for life.
When I first read this, Matthew was someone that I needed to know more about.
Its great because Dianas the same.
Its equal parts dark and fascinating and just enthralling.
She considers herself lucky to have an onscreen partner inMatthew Goode, describing him as her partner in crime.
We really have each others back in this.
Ive never done something before where I really feel like its a team in that way.
Where its just you and him together in the trenches, she says of Goode.
Palmer is still a bit mystified by the whole experience.
To have such a strong female center of the story is something Ive really been waiting to do.
And Im really honored that I was chosen to bring her to life.
And thats a bit of magic in its own right.
A Discovery of Witchesis streaming on Shudder and Sundance Now beginning Jan. 17.
