Spoilers and news for the hit FOX television show 24
Annie Wersching was on G4TV’s Attack of the Show to discuss the future of 24, and gave some exciting 24 Season 8 teases.
Jack Bauer may seem invincible on ‘24,’ but not when it comes to FBI Agent Renee Walker. Actress Annie Wersching sits down with Kevin Pereira to talk about her role opposite of Kiefer Sutherland, 24’s latest season and what’s in store for the show’s future.
Video Link: G4TV.com
Annie Wersching and husband Stephen Full
Congratulations to Annie and Stephen!
The clock is ticking down … to a new baby.
24 star Annie Wersching and her actor/comedian husband Stephen Full are expecting their first child, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.
The couple is “ecstatic,” says Wersching, who plays Renee Walker opposite Kiefer Sutherland on the show.
“Feeling great” during her pregnancy, Wersching, 32, notes that she’s “craving mint chocolate chip ice cream!”
The couple married at their Los Angeles home in September 2009.
Source: PEOPLE
Photos of last nights episode courtesy of FOX.
iF MAGAZINE: When you were on 24 last season, was there any point where they said, “We’d like you to come back next year?”
ANNIE WERSCHING: I was getting hints of that toward the end of the season, but when the season was over, it wasn’t official yet as far as in writing or anything like that. I was actually up for new shows and then I was offered a couple of shows, so we had to go to them and say, “Hey, we need to sign on the dotted line.” So they did.iF: So your preference was to return to Renee on 24, rather than take a new acting job?
WERSCHING: Yes. It’s such a great show. It’s such a great role.iF: Did you guess from the first few episodes of last season that Renee’s arc was going to wind up adopting some of Jack’s methods, as far as torturing suspects to get information?
WERSCHING: I knew it was going to be her struggle and her battle for the whole season, but even up to the very last episode in her last scene with Jack, she still is saying, “Please, what do I do? Tell me what to do.” And he actually says, “Don’t do it. Don’t do anything you can’t live with, because I know what it’s like,” living with those decisions that he had made. I knew it was going to be her whole struggle and her whole conflict for the whole season, but I wasn’t sure exactly where it was going to go.
Read the entire interview at iFMagazine.com.
This was a Valentine’s Day Promo made by FOX featuring nearly all of their shows (Fringe, Bones, Human Target, House, Family Guy, and 24). It aired during American Idol last night. All of the scenes were previously aired (Jack and Renee stuff was from episode 4), but people were asking for this promo so here you go:
YouTube Link: Fox Valentine’s Day Promo – Jack and Renee (HD)
Here is the audio from Annie Wersching’s interview on this mornings Kevin and Bean Show (KROQ 106.7 FM).
Direct MP3 Link (6.2MB, 7 minutes 19 seconds)
Another great UK Promo for 24 Season 8 featuring Renee Walker (Annie Wersching). Why doesn’t FOX do anything as cool as this?
Now this is what I like to hear!
TVGuide.com: How would you say Renee plays into this season?
Wersching: Renee didn’t end Day 7 in a very great place. She obviously went through a lot of changes and was just fighting a lot of stuff and trying to figure out what’s right and what’s wrong. Renee has not had a good time of it in between Day 7 and Day 8, so she comes back pretty damaged and she doesn’t have anything to lose so it makes her pretty dangerous. Last year she had her job to lose, her entire career that she’s built, her partner; she had all this stuff she could lose if she did something the wrong way or went against what she thought were her morals and ethics, but this year, meh.TVGuide.com: Is that fun to play?
Wersching: It’s really fun. I got to do so much great stuff last year. From where the character began in the first episode in Season 7 to the 24th, I got the greatest arc that you don’t always see. I’m just so excited that somehow it’s so different again this year.TVGuide.com: How do you think she will help or hinder Jack this season?
Wersching: It’s such an interesting relationship this season because last year they both helped each other in a lot of ways. They both saved each other in a lot of ways. She’s totally now living on the edge and is completely dangerous. She’s trying to help out the new CTU, but she’s definitely not playing by the rules. Jack comes along to try to keep an eye on her and make sure that she doesn’t do anything that can hurt the mission, but I think he really cares about her and wants to make sure that she’s OK because he can obviously tell that something’s off. She has no one to answer to and gets herself into a wee bit of trouble.
Read the full interview over at TVGuide.com
Great picture from a TV Guide photo-shoot, with Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) and Annie Wersching (Renee Walker):
What a buncha showoffs! Let’s just hope Annie was careful with that flame, we wouldn’t want Jack Bauer looking like Harvey Dent/Two Face in 24 season 8 would we? 
Thanks FilmTVGuyNYC
YouTube Link: Kiefer Sutherland 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Mary Lynn Rajskub 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Annie Wersching 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Freddie Prinze Jr 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Anil Kapoor 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Katee Sackhoff 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: Mykelti Williamson 24 Season 8 Video Interview
YouTube Link: John Boyd 24 Season 8 Video Interview
And finally an interview with 24’s showrunner Howard Gordon who describes the premise of season 8 and what Jack Bauer has been up to between seasons:
Michael Ausiello reveals an intriguing spoiler in his newest “Ask Ausiello” column.
Question: Is Renee Walker bad this season on 24? I’ve heard rumors that she is. —Stefanie
Ausiello: Depends how you define bad. She has essentially morphed into a female Dexter, so girlfriend’s definitely working through some demons.
Source: Ask Ausiello 12/16
Update:
Question: When you say 24’s Renee has morphed into a female version of Dexter, what exactly do you mean? –Stefanie
Ausiello: She gets off on hurting bad people.
Source: Ask Ausiello 12/22
It seems like something really huge happens in episode 18 because the entire cast and crew seem extremely excited about it and can’t wait to tease us poor fans! Here is a roundup of some of the tweets and blog posts from them:
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian):
I wish I could tell you what I’m doing in ctu today
Marci Michelle (Off-screen dialogue):
big big day tomorrow…can’t even hint at what will be happening…gotta get some rest to gear up for it!!!!
Set is on lock down for rehersal…I can’t even get past the door and I have dialogue with actors in this scene!! Yowsa!!
Cherry Jones (Allison Taylor):
I’ll get something else posted soon with some info on “24″…do we have a great season for YOU!
Rodney Charters (Director of Photography):
OMG tough Start to the day but an unbelievable scene with Kiefer you guys are going to go crazy
Annie Wersching (Renee Walker):
All I have to say is I can’t wait for April 19th!!! That’s when you’ll see the amazing stuff being shot today..remember these tweets then!!!
Episode 18 has always been a major hour for 24, with either a HUGE moment or a shocking twist leading into the final storyline arc. Episode 18 of season 3 had Chapelle being executed. In season 5 it was President Logan being evil, and season 7 episode 18 ended with Tony Almeida smothering Larry Moss.
Those moments will be pretty hard to top, it will be very interesting to see what happens in this episode.
Fox has posted a video of a recent FOX Winter Photoshoot featuring 24’s Katee Sackhoff (aka Dana Walsh) among other FOX stars. The Katee Sackhoff segment is (appropriately) 24 seconds into the video:
The previous “So Fresh, So Fox” photo shoot (with Annie Wersching, Anil Kapoor, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and John Boyd) can be found here.
Another day brings us more pictures from the 24 set. The scene being filmed involved Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) running out of a building with lots of pigeons around him. You can also see Renee Walker (Annie Wersching) and President Hassan’s wife (played by Necar Zadegan) in the photos.
Source: Belgapicture and SpoilerTV
If you think 24’s conflicted FBI agent Renee Walker was put through the wringer in her debut “day” on the job, things get even darker for her in Season 8.
“She comes back pretty damaged from where she ended in Season 7, definitely darker, and she has some stuff going on,” actress Annie Wersching, who plays Walker, teased to TVGuideMagazine.com at Fox’s Fall Eco-Casino party. “There is some really cool stuff happening with her, and it’s so cool that I don’t want to ruin any of it!”
Wersching will say that Renee returns very early on in the day, which she describes as “grittier and more real. I think it being set in New York helps that a little bit, and the actual crisis this year is the closest thing they’ve had to something that could actually happen tomorrow. It isn’t something that the viewers have to buy into. It’s very real.”
Leading man Kiefer Sutherland’s contract is up at the end of Season 8, and he’s suggested that the show’s format might be strong enough to carry on without Jack Bauer. What does Wersching think?
“The concept could work,” she said. “It could be one day in the life of a firefighter saving something. [But] honestly, because I was a fan of the show [before joining the cast] it’s hard for me to imagine 24 without Jack Bauer. I think the same type of show could work. Maybe a spin-off with a different twist or something. But I don’t know if fans would be into it.”
Source: TV Guide Magazine
Annie Wersching (24’s Renee Walker) was looking quite beautiful at the FOX Fall Eco-Casino Party 2009 in West Hollywood yesterday, September 14th.
YouTube user “clairemakeupandhair” has uploaded a great promo video that she created earlier this year for British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) advertising 24’s seventh season airing on Sky1 HD. In the promo, Carlos Bernard (who had difficulty holding back his laughter) is surrounded by beautiful women (including 24’s Annie Wersching) dancing around him to the beat of Solange Knowles song “T.O.N.Y.“.
Although the promo unfortunately never made it to the air, it’s now online for your viewing pleasure below:
