The text in panel four and the start of panel five is still red because she wasn't fully prepared for the run-through and she can't get into character instantly. Some actors might be able to turn on a character like turning on a light switch but some cannot. It probably depends a lot on how long they have been performing the character. Before filming a scene or during actual rehearsals she would have time to mentally prepare and be in-character for the opening line. In this case there was no preparation time so it was going to take a few seconds to get into her Judy character, hence the delay on the color change. She was just starting to get into it when Ace growled. We didn't see a gradual transition out of character because she stopped thinking immediately when Ace growled and looked at her as a savage fox. She probably lost it instantly in that moment.



It hasn't been mentioned yet but one could possibly argue that the "Growl" should have been green if Ace was fully acting as Nick being savage. I am okay with the yellow color because Ace was not really acting as Nick in this sequence. All he had to do was act savage. Also, this practice was just for the benefit of Genny so she could modify her roll in this scene. He was reciting action descriptions from the script to get the timing down and giving some Bellweather lines that were probably cue lines for Genny's lines and/or actions.