Fen has inegrated more and more with the Earth-born magicians, even understanding some of the frequent pop culture references. “When Fen actually visited Earth in season 3, it’s not explicit how much time she spent there, but it definitely feels like she spent probably at least a couple months,” Curran explained. “So my thought is just that she was just so fascinated by Earth culture that basically when she wasn’t saving fairies, she was out there at museums and ‘the Square of Time’ as she calls it, and a bunch of other Earth places. Probably watching tons and tons of movies.”

Curran is fully invested in her role in The Magicians, even keeping a journal both in Fen’s voice and in her own reflecting on the character. “I even did something that I’ve never done,” Curran added. “I actually called up my real therapist in real life, and we had a Skype session together, like a therapy session, but instead of for me, for Fen… I was like, ‘Hey, would you be comfortable with doing a therapy session for a fictional character?’ and she was like, ‘Sure! Why not? It doesn’t hurt!’ It was really cool, and it was really insightful into Fen’s psyche.”

This episode of Sci Fi Fidelity does contain spoilers for the current season of The Magicians, but we had to talk to Curran about the amazing recent scene between her and Summer Bishil’s Margo. “It was really the most amazing scene because we just felt so connected. I’m not sure how much it shows, but we were basically just crying — like holding it in but then crying the whole time,” Curran said. “It was one of those things where as an actor you really didn’t need anything but the person across from you… even when it was on her closeup, when my face wasn’t even on camera — and usually you save it up as an actor — we were both crying on each other’s closeups.”

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