Of course, since her appearance as Bette Porter in “The L Word”, you know that wherever Jennifer goes, there’s always going to be someone asking questions about that role and her lesbian fan base. Just the same when the journalists have been asking her constantly about her famous “Flashdance” role.

Jennifer did acknowledged her gratitude to her lesbian fans when she said that they “are the most loyal that I’ve ever encountered and I’m very grateful to all of them.” She joked that perhaps one thing that they would really like about the series was the uniform. She also said that she wouldn’t be against an L Word movie or another reunion if her schedule permits because “it would be great to see everybody again and to work together again but obviously it would be depending upon schedule and what else I’m working on.”

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One question in particular was on comparison between Bette Porter and Major Stone who doesn’t seem as a sympathetic character. Jennifer elaborated on that by saying, “This character is very different from Bette. She does not have the same kind of vulnerability that Bette has. She is probably a few years short of being completely extricated in a way, having to survive and succeed within the parameters of that institution within the military. I don’t think it’s easy for anyone to keep their tenderness intact. Having spent that many years in the military, I think it’s a real challenge to be a tenderhearted warrior. I think for her it has been particularly difficult because she comes from a generation who felt that if they were to be the victim of any kind of sexual assault, it behooved them to silence themselves so that they wouldn’t experience a second trauma of being belittled or punished further for using their voice. I think she had to silence herself a lot, she had to take on a much more masculine role, probably than her mother would have wanted for her or her father would have ever wanted for her and she could kick Bette’s ass in about two seconds.”

And Jennifer does like playing such strong characters, which we could see in her roles on “The Chicago Code” and “Castle”. She said, “I like the complexity within the character when somebody presents as very strong but perhaps is not as strong as they appear. I think it’s interesting to play, though Major Stone, I think, really is just about as strong as she appears, most of the time anyway. I do like playing things that maybe a little bit more out of control and not as contained. I did a film called “A Night for Dying Tigers” that I really enjoyed and I’m going to be working with this filmmaker again this fall. His name is Terry Miles. So it’s nice to explore different aspects of character.”

By the way, the next project with Terry Miles that Jennifer was talking about is indie picture, Cinemanovel, also starring Lauren Lee Smith who appeared with Jennifer on “A Night For Dying Tigers.” In this new project Smith stars as Grace, a young woman whose estranged father is a famous filmmaker. When he dies, she organizes a retrospective of his films, uncovering destructive patterns in his life that mirror her own. Jennifer Beals will play Grace’s best friend and confidant.

And that’s not the only project that Jennifer is working on. She mentioned a couple of things that are in development and negotiations right now, including a few films that she is producing. One of the films just got financed and they are in the process of casting it. And there’s a possibility of more episodes of “Lauren” because Jennifer was given heads-up about it.