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Executive producer Naren Shankar said that while there might have been executive-level discussions about changing the character to perhaps bring in a better known actor, the idea never came up between him and his fellow producers. However, for Bobbie, they felt very strongly about not just finding someone who embodied the character on the inside, but also on the outside. “Most times we just went for the actor who understood the soul of the character, rather than the physicality that the book might have put forward,” Fergus added. For example, the character of Naomi, played by Dominique Tipper, was very different in the books: “The character in the book conceals her pain, she hides it on the inside,” executive producer Mark Fergus said, “and Dominique is just not that woman - she’s going to say what she thinks.” In the process of adaption, things often change from page to screen, and the producers had taken some liberties in the past with the show’s casting. None of it was fat, but her muscles seemed to get bigger every time she even walked through a weight room. At a bit over two meters tall, she was only slightly above average height for a Martian male, but thanks in part to her Polynesian ancestry, she weighed in at over a hundred kilos at one g.

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“Bobbie was not the right shape to fit into one of the standard suits, and the Marines made her jump through a series of flaming hoops every time she requisitioned a new custom one. It's the Stealth Queer Storytelling That Redeems Some of TV's Nostalgic Revivalsįrom 'Barbie' to 'Babylon,' Here's Everything Margot Robbie Has in the Works 'The Expanse' Series Finale Said Goodbye with One Last Memorable Battle The fan favorite character of Bobbie, a Marine who dreams of an independent Mars, is first described in Book 2 of the series, “Caliban’s War,” as follows: Corey (a pen name for authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). “The Expanse,” set 200 years in the future, is a grounded and fascinating take on what might really happen to mankind as it spreads across the solar system, based on the book series written by James S.A. READ MORE: ‘The Expanse’ Season 2 Review: Syfy’s Boldest Gamble Continues to Pay Out Richly In fact, at the beginning of their search, “we dreaded the task of going out into the world and finding this person,” executive producer Hawk Ostly said. It’s our first glimpse of Bobbie Draper, a bold new addition to Syfy’s complex sci-fi drama - who was also a make-or-break casting problem that the producers were concerned they wouldn’t be able to solve.

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In the first scene of “ The Expanse” Season 2, a tough-as-nails soldier in full battle armor charges across the dry Martian landscape, dodging explosions and raining down hellfire.

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