Meaghan Rath Isn't Your Typical Ghost on 'Being Human'

Were playing normal somebody that has these conditions which are supernatural," states Meaghan Rath, who plays Sally on Syfys re-imagining from the BBC series Being Human. "Thats what stand out concerning the show."The Montreal-native shows a ghost who lives having a vampire (Mike Witwer) along with a werewolf (Mike Huntington). Despite the fact that Rath continues to be acting regularly in Canada during the last decade, she's still considered a brand new face in the usa. "It certainly helps you to possess some material to exhibit before coming here," Rath states of her earlier work. "Once the show was being released this past year, I just read articles saying, 'Newcomer Meaghan Rath,' and Ive been carrying this out for a long time. However I love that. You are able to perform a lot in Canada, and it offers a superior lots of time to practice and improve."Back Stage: How have you enter into acting? Meaghan Rath: After I was more youthful, I wasnt really sure things i desired to do, however i told lots of is based on school. I told my buddies once which i was playing John Travoltas daughter inside a movie. I additionally told people who I'd this romantic affair with Jonathan Taylor Thomas on the summer time. I Quickly began these training courses for fun on saturday in the Montral School of Carrying out Arts. Once after i involved 12, a casting director arrived which was casting a schoolgirl for Lost and Delirious. My school picture, by which I had been putting on a uniform, was around the wall. She requested me to audition and that i got role. I performed Allisons Friend Number 3, my best product up to now. (Laughs) Back Stage: Did your ethnicity help your job initially or present more challenges? Rath: My fathers household is part British and Austrian, and my moms household is from Goa, which is incorporated in the south of India. I looked not the same as everybody other person, which now's this type of blessing. It had been harder at the outset of my career. There's not as numerous roles for those who seem like me, also it was always complicated if this found casting my parents. However I could not become more grateful that I've got a different look. Back Stage: How have you get brought to Being Human? Rath: I hadnt heard about the British series. I received the breakdown from my agent and that i connected immediately with Sally. I acquired the very first two scripts and that i thought, I have to do that.Back again Stage: That which was the audition process like? Rath: I auditioned a lot of occasions in Montral. They travelled me to La to screen test with potential men. The procedure involved per month. Back Stage: Did they create you put on a sheet? Rath: No. (Laughs.) I used a whitened dress and attempted to appear as haunting when i could. I did not do like arm waving or strange vocal stuff. I did not put on makeup either because were playing against type. However I am very superstitious and when I recieve it a phone call back, Ill put on exactly the same factor I used the very first time. Back Stage: How have you investigate the role? Rath: Ive been in to the horror genre, so Ive seen lots of movies with ghosts and supernatural stuff. I looked more in to the ghost lore, however i seem like Sally is really a brand new ghost at first, I had been type of learning together with her.Back again Stage: What's challenging about playing a personality that's mostly non-corporeal? Rath: At first, I never got any props, so when you speak with someone, sometimes you touch them without considering it. Individuals were habits which i needed to break, that we think assisted me being an actor. Also, after i take a seat on the couch, the pillows are constructed of concrete, and so i dont make an imprint. Thats uncomfortable. Back Stage: What advice can you share with stars who've to re-make a character? Rath: Dont watch it. I was attempting to create our very own factor which ended by staying away from another show. Should you spend considerable time thinking, I really hope ours is really as good or better, then you aren't concentrating on the job. You simply do your very best and make use of what you could offer for that role. Being Human airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Syfy.