Mike Cecchini Nov 11, 2019

Jean Smart tells us about what it's like playing FBI Agent Laurie Blake on HBO's Watchmen, a character with a history from the book.

This article contains major Watchmen spoilers, for both the book and episode 3 of the HBO series.

HBO’s Watchmen episode 3, “She Was Killed by Space Junk” introduces viewers to FBI Agent Laurie Blake, played by Jean Smart. But fans of the original Watchmen book will already be familiar with Agent Blake, formerly known as Laurie Juspeczyk, and better known as the masked adventurer known as the Silk Spectre. Watchmen readers might be surprised at how much Laurie has changed since we last saw her in 1985, but the show also has to establish her for audiences completely new to the character. One of those people was Smart herself, who wasn’t familiar with the world of Watchmen when she first got the role of Laurie Blake.