Between now and June 28, the deadline for Emmy voters to submit nomination ballots, EW.com will feature interviews with some of the actors and actresses whose names we hope to hear when nominations are announced on July 18.
Jax’s old lady Tara has always been the character to whom many Sons of Anarchy season 5 to buy fans relate most: As long as this strong, smart woman is willing to stay in this outlaw world, it’s safe for us to play in it, too. That’s why it felt like we were all being punished when she was led away in handcuffs at the end of the season 5 finale. Siff spoke with EW about filming that soul-sucking scene, the season’s controversial masturbation moments (including the one with death row inmate Otto, played by series creator Kurt Sutter), and where her character goes from here.
It was toward the end of the season. There was this moment where the tension was mounting in the episodes, and I started to sniff around and ask the writers. I’m like, “Am I going to jail? Am I going to spend next season in jail?” At first, people were like, “Oh, no, no, no, no, no.” And then the answer started to be, “Well… maybe.” And then I asked Kurt. I think he told me maybe two or three episodes before the finale. They were going back and forth about it. They weren’t sure if they wanted to open that particular can of worms and how it would lead into the story lines for season 6.
Jax’s old lady Tara has always been the character to whom many Sons of Anarchy season 5 to buy fans relate most: As long as this strong, smart woman is willing to stay in this outlaw world, it’s safe for us to play in it, too. That’s why it felt like we were all being punished when she was led away in handcuffs at the end of the season 5 finale. Siff spoke with EW about filming that soul-sucking scene, the season’s controversial masturbation moments (including the one with death row inmate Otto, played by series creator Kurt Sutter), and where her character goes from here.
It was toward the end of the season. There was this moment where the tension was mounting in the episodes, and I started to sniff around and ask the writers. I’m like, “Am I going to jail? Am I going to spend next season in jail?” At first, people were like, “Oh, no, no, no, no, no.” And then the answer started to be, “Well… maybe.” And then I asked Kurt. I think he told me maybe two or three episodes before the finale. They were going back and forth about it. They weren’t sure if they wanted to open that particular can of worms and how it would lead into the story lines for season 6.
