[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 4 of FBI: International.]

The fourth episode of Season 4 of the CBS drama sequence FBI: Worldwide, entitled “The Unwinnable Conflict,” noticed tech analyst Particular Agent Amanda Tate (Christina Wolfe) out within the discipline on her first undercover mission. Becoming a member of Supervisory Particular Agent Wes Mitchell (Jesse Lee Soffer) and the Fly Group in Spain to analyze a D.E.A. particular agent suspected of being soiled, she put a special set of expertise to make use of, sparking the curiosity of Agent Daniel Lopez (Bobby Soto) and using her skill to talk fluent Spanish to get the solutions they wanted.

Throughout this one-on-one interview with Collider, Wolfe, who joined the FBI franchise sequence in its third season, was grateful for the chance to take her character out within the discipline and see her achieve a mission. She talked in regards to the superb shock of discovering out in regards to the episode, the expertise she had becoming a member of the present and leaping in along with her co-stars, not being the most recent forged member with the addition of Soffer in Season 4, what Tate thinks of their new staff chief, why she loved the episode’s automobile scene between Tate and Lopez, figuring out the large struggle scene, and whether or not we’d ever see her exit within the discipline once more.

Collider: How did you discover out about this episode and what you’ll be doing in it? Do you may have conversations forward of time, so that you simply knew this was developing or did you get very stunned by this course together with your character?

CHRISTINA WOLFE: I used to be stunned. We get the episodes as they arrive out and it was simply probably the most superb shock. I cherished the episode. As quickly as I learn it, I reached out to (author) Wade [McIntyre] and I used to be simply so excited to get began. I believed he wrote an unbelievable episode, and I used to be very, very grateful.

Had you ever planted any seeds of eager to get out within the discipline if a possibility ever got here up?

WOLFE: I believe I did say that I’d prefer to go to Madrid as a result of that’s the place my household relies and it’s the place I grew up. After which, after I noticed it was within the script, I used to be like, “No manner. Madrid.” Though we didn’t go to Madrid, ultimately. It was filmed in Budapest.

You joined this sequence in Season 3. What was it like to come back in and be the brand new man, discover your character’s dynamic among the many different already established characters, and determine the place you additionally match with the forged? Is it a state of affairs the place you simply are thrown within the deep finish and also you go as a result of the present is already transferring forward?

WOLFE: Yeah. That’s query. Sure, the reply is that you simply do exactly throw your self in and also you study as you go. You study out of your castmates the way it works and the way it all comes collectively. Tate and I had been each new, and we had been each thrown into this fast-paced, pressurized state of affairs. I believe it was enjoyable to have that parallel with Tate, really.

New ‘FBI: Worldwide’ Group Chief Jesse Lee Soffer Has Modified Up the Dynamic for Season 4

Having had that have as the brand new forged member, what was it prefer to then welcome Jesse Lee Soffer this season in his function and see how he matches in with everybody? What’s it been like so as to add his character to the combo? How has he modified the vibe and vitality of every little thing?

WOLFE: It’s a brand new dynamic as a result of it’s a brand new character and he’s the brand new chief, so it’s gonna have ripple results. He’s a little bit of a cowboy. He’s not as by-the-book. He ruffles some feathers, with Smitty specifically, which I believe is sort of enjoyable to look at as a result of they do issues in a different way. You want individuals within the staff to have completely different approaches and completely different methods as a result of everyone provides a special and an essential dimension. And dealing with Jesse has been completely superb as a result of he’s very proficient and hard-working and tremendous skilled, and he actually understands what’s wanted within the scene. He’ll learn the scene and he’ll perceive it instantly, and he has all these nice instincts. It’s enjoyable to look at him work and it’s enjoyable to collaborate with him.

One of many issues I like about his character is that he appears to simply belief the staff and settle for that they’re succesful, versus making an attempt to check them or make them show themselves ultimately. What do you assume your character thinks of him, as a pacesetter, as a co-worker, and simply as a human?

WOLFE: She’s not certified for this place. She doesn’t have undercover coaching. However he sees that she will do it, and he or she responds effectively to that as a result of she additionally thinks she will do it. So, to have a pacesetter that believes in her is what she wants, in an effort to push herself to appreciate what she’s able to. I believe they work very effectively collectively.

This sequence has a bunch of feminine characters which might be there to actually help one another. They’re not undermining one another in any manner. What’s that prefer to be part of?

WOLFE: Oh, I really feel so fortunate. They’re such a beautiful group of human beings to start with, after which they’re additionally very proficient actors. It’s enjoyable discovering your house inside that staff. It’s a dream come true.

It’s positively good to see that feminine camaraderie. On this episode, you may see how supportive this staff is of one another.

WOLFE: Which is so key. It’s inspiring. They work very well collectively. I don’t assume Tate would have been in a position to pull this off with out the help of Vo. That relationship was actually essential, particularly on this episode.

For Particular Agent Tate, Getting Out within the Subject Was the Cherry on High of Her Dream Job

Your character is somebody that we’re used to doing her factor with tech with the digital world. She comes by means of beneath immense strain, however she’s sometimes taking a look at a pc display. Is that one thing that she’s been proud of? Would she have been positive with this by no means having come up or do you assume she’s somebody that actually has needed to do that?

WOLFE: I believe she would have been positive with it by no means having come up as a result of what she actually needed was to be a part of this FBI staff to start with, and when she obtained this function, that was her dream function. It’s what she’s so good at. She actually is so good at her job. Aside from every little thing else, this was what she needed and it’s a cherry on high that she’s in a position to then, inside this job, discover different strengths of hers and develop different expertise, which is ideal to have the ability to be given the room to develop.

I like that after doubting herself, she then places this man that they’re investigating, Agent Daniel Lopez, in his place by correcting his Spanish. Was {that a} enjoyable second to have?

WOLFE: I believed it was very enjoyable that she was ready to try this. But additionally, you’re proper, she does very confidently put him in his place. There are components of her the place she’s afraid and he or she’s new to this, however she does have a bravado and an impulsivity. She noticed how she might need to be, in an effort to get his consideration, and it labored. It may have backfired.

This can be a present that has excessive stakes. It tends to have quite a lot of motion. After which, you exit within the discipline and you’ve got a reasonably lengthy scene sitting in a automobile. How do you are feeling about automobile scenes? You may’t actually do something bodily, so that they are typically all about dialogue and reactions. What was it prefer to shoot that scene?

WOLFE: It’s very a lot in regards to the dialogue and reactions, however actors love taking part in with that. I completely cherished the automobile scene as a result of, even like that, they really feel very actual. You’re not standing on a mark, I don’t have the screens round me, and I’m mainly residing as an individual out on this planet, so it feels actual. I actually loved that. And in addition, after we noticed how they arrange the automobile scene with the LED screens behind it, I’ve by no means seen that earlier than. I’m all the time amazed at how magic of filmmaking works. I’m nonetheless starry eyed after I go to work.

On the finish of this episode, there’s a really tense second when Lopez goes after Tate. There’s a reasonably bodily struggle the place you’re being thrown round and held up towards a wall and choked. What was that prefer to shoot? How did you’re employed all of that out?

WOLFE: The best way it labored, this time at the very least, was that we went to set and the stunt staff had put collectively the sequence for us to see. You watch them enact it, after which they’re like, “And now you’re gonna do it.” They’re sensible. They’re actually so good at what they do. Our stunt coordinator, Ken Barefield, and the stunt performers, are all only a actually proficient bunch of individuals they usually get the perfect out of you. After which, every little thing that you could’t do, they do. It simply works seamlessly. It’s quite a lot of enjoyable and a privilege to be part of.

What’s it prefer to be in a second like that, when your co-star has his hand round your throat, after which it’s important to seize one thing and hit him within the head?

WOLFE: The best way that works is that, when he was choking me, I put my palms over his palms and I used to be the one pushing in direction of me. I used to be doing all of the work of the strangulation. He’s really pulling away. There’s pressure, nevertheless it’s the alternative pressure than what you’re anticipating. You are feeling very in management. Because the character, she was fully overwhelmed and simply making an attempt to outlive. I like the truth that she really manages to hit him over the top and defend herself as a result of, in that second, it doesn’t appear to be she will.

I actually appreciated the interplay between Tate and Wes on the finish, the place she tells him she thinks that he didn’t assume she had it in her to be out within the discipline, and he says that she simply needed to persuade herself of it. Do you assume she’ll need to get out within the discipline once more? Is she actually simply positive with being the place she is?

WOLFE: I believe she’d be mendacity to herself if she pretended that was it. The seed’s been planted. She’s been advised that she is succesful. She feels a way of empowerment. Her daughter sees how pleased she is, on the finish, however she additionally loves her job within the workplace and he or she loves her life along with her daughter. I believe that she should discover a approach to perhaps do each or discover a pleased medium through which she feels comfy.

What Was Christina Wolfe’s Favourite Second in Season 4’s Tate-Centric ‘FBI: Worldwide’ Episode?

What was your individual private favourite second on this episode?

WOLFE: I cherished the struggle sequence as a result of it was simply so new. I all the time love attending to know the visitor stars. That’s all the time a spotlight for me, getting on the market and dealing with the brand new actors that are available in. I don’t usually get to try this, in order that was in all probability the spotlight for me.

What are you able to say about what’s to come back for Tate and the Fly Group?

WOLFE: I discover that so tough as a result of I don’t need to give any spoilers. I’ll simply say that you simply’ll need to tune in to see.

Are there issues that you’d nonetheless prefer to find out about your character or see her get to do? Do you are feeling like the chances are countless and also you couldn’t even essentially predict the place she may go subsequent?

WOLFE: Oh, my goodness, you may by no means predict something. I actually don’t know what is going to occur. I hope we simply get to know her extra and I hope she will get to proceed having the ability to develop her expertise at work. I believe she has it in her to be extra bodily. I’d additionally prefer to see how her friendships develop inside the staff.

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