Since her debut in Season 2, Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) has been a standout, highly popular character on The 100 . That being the case, many fans were thrilled to learn she would be back in Season 3, following negotiations with AMC that allowed Debnam-Carey to return to the CW show, even while she’s a series regular on Fear the Walking Dead.

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa in The 100.

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Eliza Taylor as Clarke and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa in The 100.

Debnam-Carey took part in a panel for The 100 last month at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, comprised of female cast members from the show, along with executive producer Jason Rothenberg. Shortly before the panel began, I sat down with the actress to talk about Lexa’s reunion with Clarke this season, the evolution of the romantic attraction between the two powerful women, Lexa's history and more.Absolutely. I think Lexa makes choices based on necessity and she’s very logical about her choices but she’s not immune to the consequences. She realizes the consequences, but will deal with them when they come. I think she’s relieved that Clarke’s alive, obviously, because she wants to save her, but she made that choice and she will always stick by that choice. When she’s made it, that’s how it is.I think the great thing about this world is once the greater themes come into play about survival and necessity, history and bad history kind of becomes irrelevant. I think Lexa, personally, is a bit beyond that. She adapts to the situation where and when… But of course, she’s admitted feelings to Clarke, so she does care about it and she feels it. It’s just hard because Lexa’s so steely that it’s hard to see, but luckily, Season 3 has allowed me to discover that a bit more.I think what really drove it was that they were two characters that were both in very unique but similar positions and they were able to see a bit of each other in one another, if that makes sense - unlike anyone else. They both had to step up to power at a very young age and that’s a hard thing to do. They kind of missed out having a teenage-hood or a childhood, really. It’s been so hostile, so quickly. So I think it actually grew out of a genuine like for each other. The first time they’d maybe stopped and gone, “Wait a second, I connect with you in a different way than I connect with other people.”Eliza and I get along so well, because we’re such good friends, so whenever we’re on set we get along so well that it helped to feel some of that. But it came as a bit of a surprise to me, the way it unfolded. I didn’t expect for that to happen so quickly. It was alluded to and people were guessing about it for a while but it actually took both of us a little bit by surprise.

Continue to Page 2 as Debnam-Carey discusses learning more about the Grounders, Lexa’s history and more.