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Damon LindelofsWatchmenhas many indelible creations.
Theres the gloriously complicated, egotistical yet beguiling Lady Trieu.
Why did Angela eat the egg?
For me, it was the ultimate love story.
She was just heartbroken at the result of their relationship.
That was my interpretation of it until I was told that it wasnt.
I think it all worked out both ways.
Lets talk about Angelas love story with Doctor Manhattan.
Thats an interesting wrinkle to their love.One could look at it as a wrinkle.
I think a lot of other women could look at it like, Wow, wouldnt that be amazing!
Thats literally controlling your relationship.
Youre creating what his memories are.
Thats where the power trip could have started, in my mind.
I never thought of it like that, but that makes sense.
Angela, although she was lonely, shes such a smart woman, such a perceptive woman.
She had her relationships, but there was just no one remotely interesting to her.
Like the Dos Equis man, Doctor Manhattan is the most interesting man in the world.
Confidence is one of the most attractive personality traits anyone can I have.
Doctor Manhattan has it in spades.
Another fascinating aspect of Angelas story is her relationship with anger.
This is me giving my hats off to the writers.
Then the most traumatic experience hit her.
Then it hit her again just when she was about to begin a recovery from it.
That trauma her grandfather experienced and her great-grandparents experienced, that pain was passed down.
But she couldnt let it go.
Experiencing her grandfathers experiences with trauma, in some weird way, was helping to release that trauma.
And hes actually there.
If given the opportunity, would you do another season?Yes, I would absolutely.
And I know he wouldnt come onboard for a second season unless he did.
Every time I read that scene, it was heartbreaking.
I didnt want to overtalk it, but I knew I had to be in the right space.
He probably just thought,Why is she so weird now?
We were so close![Laughs.]
