Alison Luff believes each woman on HEELS showcases strength in their own unique way.
HEELS star Alison Luff recently* sat down with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard. When asked if there was any discussion about showcasing the women more in season two, Luff said she believes season two has given them the opportunity to dive more into the characters.
“When I originally read the season one [script], I saw strength within Staci, and I knew that ‘Okay, there’s different ways to show strength.’ At the beginning of season one, she doesn’t have a job,” Alison Luff said. “It’s not like she’s like a career woman. Some people would say, ‘Oh, she’s just a mom,’ but she is maintaining her entire household.
“There is strength in that, and it’s so easy to look at strength through like a masculine lens and be like, ‘Oh, strength is just money or physicality.’ I think the great thing that these writers have done is show the strength in these women that through — not to genderize it, but through a feminine lens. Staci’s strength is loyalty. Her strength is nurture; her strength is maternal. Her strength is accountability and action, and it’s not athleticism. It’s not physical strength, but she does have these other strengths. So, I always saw that in season one.
“In season two, we were just given that opportunity to explore it more. And that really is a testament to the writers. They had Mary [McCormack] and Kelli [Berglund] and I to go off of. And we’re all very strong women that want to play those and would always speak up and say that, but it was kind of always in the cards to do that. It’s just, there’s a lot of characters in this show that there’s only so much time and there’s only so many episodes you can do it. That’s the beauty of having a season two and hopefully more is we do get to just dive deeper into these characters.”
Season two of Heels is currently airing on STARZ.
*This interview was recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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