Being a mother has been this tremendous journey and I’m still figuring it out.”Īltered Carbon is available to stream on Netflix now."Societally we associate female nudity with shame, vulnerability, and with sex," says showrunner Laeta Kalogridis. “Because of my schedule I’ve had very little time with her, so right now I need to be at home for at least a month solid just to be there for her and nurture her. “I’m currently working on is wrangling a two-and-a-half year old,” she says. She’s extremely loyal and will do anything to protect her family.” Dichen Lachman and Joel KInnaman in a scene from Altered CarbonĪs Dichen waits to hear if Altered Carbon will get a second season, she is grappling with her biggest job yet – motherhood. “She loves him so much it’s almost creepy. “The one thing that stays consistent with Reileen from the beginning of the show to the end of the show is her unequivocal and undeniable love for her brother,” she says. But their happy reunion doesn’t last long, as Takeshi discovers how much his sister has changed. After more than two centuries “on ice” to pay for his crimes as part of the rebellion against the new technology, Takeshi Kovac returns to life in a new body and must solve the mind-bending murder of Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy) to win his freedom.ĭuring his investigation he discovers his sister, presumed dead after the rebellion’s ill-fated final battle, is not only alive but a powerful player in this new world. Set within this strange world is a murder mystery. Progress is important and technology is crucial, but I think we have to be responsible and check in with each other and ourselves about where we draw lines.” Will Yun Lee and Dichen Lachman in a scene from Altered Carbon “On a personal note I feel like this technology is knocking on our door and it terrifies me – maybe not in our lifetime but maybe my daughter’s. “ Altered Carbon makes you ask a lot of questions about sexuality, violence against women, income inequality, access to healthcare – it’ s endless,” Dichen says. The disposable nature of sleeves has also created a moral minefield, stoking some of humanity’s darkest desires. The rich and powerful have used immortality to become more rich and powerful. It was difficult to shoot but by the end I felt really strong and I thought to myself ‘If I can do this I can do anything.'” Dichen Lachman in a scene from the TV series Altered CarbonĪltered Carbon is set in a future world where the human consciousness has been digitised and people can change bodies, referred to as sleeves, almost as easily as we change outfits.Ī body can die while the person’s mind, housed in a round disk called a stack, lives on.īut this technology has come with consequences. “I always expected my first nude scene to be in a sexual context. To see a woman naked in that way fighting so fiercely was something I hadn’t seen before,” she says. “Of course I was nervous – everyone has their hang ups about how they look – but once I read the scene and I realised the context of it I thought it was really powerful. In one of her most memorable scenes as Reileen Kawahara, sister to Altered Carbon‘s protagonist Takeshi Kovacks (played by both Joel Kinnaman and Will Yun Lee), Dichen stripped bare to fight Martha Higareda’s police woman Kristin Ortega. since her breakthrough role in Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.īut an intense fight sequence wasn’t what she expected for her first ever nude scene. The Nepalese-born, Australian-raised actor is a sci-fi genre veteran, having starred in the likes of Being Human, The 100, The Last Ship and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Australian Dichen Lachman in a scene from the TV series Altered Carbon,br /> Katie Yu/NetflixĪLTERED Carbon is one of Netflix’s most ambitious series so far, and it certainly challenged Dichen Lachman. BOOM! STUDIOS – YEAR TWO – ANGEL & SPIKEĪltered Carbon star on nudity, tech and motherhood.BOOM! Studios: Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer.
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