AMBER NASH: You know, when I first heard about it I was like, “Okay, well awesome!” For an actor to get—first of all, it’s just a dream role where I get to do so many fun things with Pam—but then for things to constantly change, get shaken up, and for risks to be taken is just super awesome. Then, when this latest season came about, Adam [Reed] actually called everybody individually to be like, “Okay, here’s the deal with what’s happening…” and kind of laid out what’s going to happen for sort of like the next three seasons. He’s got a plan there. So when he was telling us what was going on this season he was saying, “Okay, Pam’s going to be basically living as a man. What do you think?” I was like, “Awesome!”

I went and watched L.A. Confidential. He thought that would be a good reference point. He was saying that Poovey is basically just based on Russel Crowe’s character in L.A. Confidential. And I hadn’t seen that movie since it had come out and man, I forgot how awesome it is! Then when I was recording the first episode of this season, I asked, “Do you want me to change my voice at all or do anything different?” and they said, “No, everything you need to know is in there. But as far as she sounds, it’s the same Pam we’ve always known.”

I was going to ask if your approach to the character was different at all this year, so to hear that you watched L.A. Confidential as a reference point is pretty cool. That’s like character research! That’s something different to bring into the mix!

Yeah! And I think all of that information is coming out of my head—

Phrasing!