Post by Forever Xena on Sept 21, 2005 9:16:07 GMT -6
Q & A with Allison DuBois of "Medium"
Best known as the inspiration for Patricia Arquette's character on NBC's "Medium," Allison DuBois uses her psychic abilities to help police departments around the country find missing persons, as well as working with the district attorney's office in Phoenix, where she lives, assisting them with jury selection. Courttv.com's Erika Waddell recently caught up with DuBois, 33, to talk about being the inspiration for a hit show, her work with law enforcement, and what it's like to see dead people.
"Medium" airs Mondays at 10pm E/P on NBC. Season premiere September 19.
Q: I understand that you are a consultant on "Medium." How much of what happens on the show has happened to you in real life?
A: I'd have to break each episode down to answer that, but I could give some examples. There was an episode where my brother, who also has the ability, was in the military and it prompted him to get out because he knew he was going to [die] had he stayed which is true. There is also an episode where my middle daughter had an imaginary friend who turned out to be a child that had died, and that happened. There's the episode where my older daughter actually worked a case with me and that's true. Sure there's some Hollywood magic thrown in, great background music and stuff, but what's surprising is that people will look at the murders and go, "That couldn't possibly happen," and I say, "I've worked way more [complicated cases] than that." But they do change a lot of the characteristics of the murder scenarios. I don't want to re-victimize the families.
Q: Do you have any script control?
A: No, but Glenn Gordon Caron [the show's creator] and I made a pact that if he wrote something I just couldn't live with, to tell him and he would try to find a way to make it okay for me. The only episode that was bothersome to me was the one about my brother because it was so personal.
Q: How did they choose you?
I did a pilot almost five years ago called "The Oracles," where they were testing people in my genre. I ended up making it and met Kelsey Grammer. He was co-producing it at the time, and we kept in touch. Then I got a call from his assistant about a year and a half later saying that he was interested in a series based on my life.
Q: Did it change your life?
Best known as the inspiration for Patricia Arquette's character on NBC's "Medium," Allison DuBois uses her psychic abilities to help police departments around the country find missing persons, as well as working with the district attorney's office in Phoenix, where she lives, assisting them with jury selection. Courttv.com's Erika Waddell recently caught up with DuBois, 33, to talk about being the inspiration for a hit show, her work with law enforcement, and what it's like to see dead people.
"Medium" airs Mondays at 10pm E/P on NBC. Season premiere September 19.
Q: I understand that you are a consultant on "Medium." How much of what happens on the show has happened to you in real life?
A: I'd have to break each episode down to answer that, but I could give some examples. There was an episode where my brother, who also has the ability, was in the military and it prompted him to get out because he knew he was going to [die] had he stayed which is true. There is also an episode where my middle daughter had an imaginary friend who turned out to be a child that had died, and that happened. There's the episode where my older daughter actually worked a case with me and that's true. Sure there's some Hollywood magic thrown in, great background music and stuff, but what's surprising is that people will look at the murders and go, "That couldn't possibly happen," and I say, "I've worked way more [complicated cases] than that." But they do change a lot of the characteristics of the murder scenarios. I don't want to re-victimize the families.
Q: Do you have any script control?
A: No, but Glenn Gordon Caron [the show's creator] and I made a pact that if he wrote something I just couldn't live with, to tell him and he would try to find a way to make it okay for me. The only episode that was bothersome to me was the one about my brother because it was so personal.
Q: How did they choose you?
I did a pilot almost five years ago called "The Oracles," where they were testing people in my genre. I ended up making it and met Kelsey Grammer. He was co-producing it at the time, and we kept in touch. Then I got a call from his assistant about a year and a half later saying that he was interested in a series based on my life.
Q: Did it change your life?
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I've known a couple of guys who have tattoos on their knuckles just to have that tough-guy image. I guess Allison hasn't met a lot of musicians. 
