How am I just finding this now?
Hilarie Burton Interview on White Collar Spoilers and Reasons to Love Sara Ellis
I find the whole interview to be delightful. The interviewer gushes not only about Hilarie but about the friendliness of everyone in the cast and how much they like each other. I love my show. But my favorite part is this:
Now, Burton plays a part that she knows is not exactly beloved by other White Collar fans. But she’s also aware that the character of Sara was not at all written to be cuddly and likable. “I think in the first couple episodes the fan base, particularly the female fan base that loves Neal, is a little put off by Sara. And it wasn’t my job to come in and play somebody likeable right away. Does it still drive me nuts when people are like, ‘aw, she’s the worst. Neal can’t be with her.’ Yes, because, I, Hilarie Burton am a people pleaser and I really want people to like me. But Sara Ellis isn’t. She could give a crap if people like her and so I think over the course of my arc on the show, it’s my job to present this person that is very much her own woman and then give the audience the explanations as to why she is the way she is. So, hopefully over the course of my time on the show all those people that are like Neal can’t love her, it’s impossible, maybe just a couple of them will like me. I don’t know.”
Dear Ms. Burton,
You are awesome and Sara is awesome. I would offer you my first born, but I don't intend to have children. I would offer you my kidney or something, but that seems kind of creepy. So we'll settle for my admiration (for you) and adoration (for your character).
As is the case 99% of the time, don't read the comments. How anyone could read that interview and still come away with so much vitriol I don't know, but it happens.
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