Entertainment Weekly
December 19, 2003; issue #742
Isabella Gets an 'Alias'
SPOILERS!
Transcript thanks to Michelle, Vartan Ho #613.
Lena Olin's Irina may not be returning to Alias anytime soon, but Sydney's
spy family will remain relative-ly dangerous.
EW has learned that Isabella
Rossellini will guest-star in a couple of episodes as Katya, a lethal
ex-KGB agent who's been working underground with...her sister, Irina!
(In the Jan 18 episode, Katya is enlisted by Jack to help rescue Syd and Vaughn from a
North Korean firing squad.)
"Obviously she's beautiful, but she's got this
wonderfully mysterious presence," says series creator J.J. Abrams of the
"Blue Velvet" star. "She just felt like she would totally fit into the
Alias universe."
The 51-year-old Rossellini hopes her ass-kicking and
name-taking skills are still up to snuff: "J.J. said, 'Are you athletic?' and I said,
'Well, I don't know, I do some yoga, some Pilates.' So I might be in for a
big surprise. I am getting a little bit on the side of a little old lady,
but I'm sure that J.J.'s going to make me look like Uma Thurman in "Kill
Bill," so why not, no?"
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