Dexter Season 6 Episode 1 Online- Those Kinds of Things (screener) You’ll be appearing as Ryan Chambers in three episodes of the upcoming sixth season of ‘Dexter,’ which is set to debut in Fall 2011. How does Ryan fit into the season’s storyline?
Brea Grant (BG): I’ll be playing a new lab intern at the Miami Police Department who is a perfect match for Masuka…in many ways.

What attracted you to Ryan? Were you a fan of the series before you were cast?
BG: I was a fan of the show (who isn’t??) because it’s so smartly written and pushes so many boundaries. When I got the opportunity to audition for the show, I jumped at it. Ryan’s a completely different character for me. I’m generally the smart but kind of dorky girl who marches to the beat of her own drum. There are elements of that here, but Ryan is definitely written as “sexy” as well as smart and a little dark. So, it’s interesting for me to be the hot girl on set as opposed to the girl with the glasses.

Yeah – I think Dexter presents a whole new style of thinking. He’s a serial killer but relatable. That gray area is what drew people in at the start of the show – there was something both insane but likeable about Dexter. It’s something that a lot of good shows are doing now – ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Weeds,’ ‘House’ – there’s no black and white in a lot of television anymore. ‘Dexter’ is on the extreme end of that clearly, but people in middle America can still somehow relate.

Well ‘Valley Peaks’ is a web series so that’s a whole different world altogether. As far as different genres go, the rules are the same – learning lines, hitting marks, generally trying not to suck – but every show has its own tone. I think it’s important for actors to know what the feeling of each show is before they join, even just for a guest star. Of course you want to bring something interesting and new, but on a show like ‘Dexter’ or ‘Heroes,’ the characters are completely different from a sitcom or even a regular procedural. And I think a good actor has to bring his or her ideas and talents while staying true to the world he or she is entering.

Some of my favorite, more shocking horror movies are ‘Devil’s Rejects,’ ‘Hard Candy,’ ‘Drag Me to Hell’ and ‘Teeth.’ Obviously those are all shocking for different reasons. Rob Zombie is brilliant because he can take completely unlikeable characters and make them likeable. ‘Hard Candy’ does the opposite because it makes you question right and wrong about a character who you should be cheering for. A movie like ‘Drag Me to Hell’ literally will shock you so much, you’ll jump in your theater seat. And ‘Teeth’… well, it just has the most shocking premise you could ever imagine.