[VIDEO] ‘1923’ Season 1, Episode 5 — Julia Schlaepfer Interview

When 1923 returns from a several-week hiatus this weekend, Spencer Dutton and his soon-to-be missus, Alexandra, can be en path to Montana, anticipating the worst.

As the pair realized by way of a packet of long-unopened letters on the finish of Episode 4 (learn recap), Spencer’s brother, John Sr., is useless. And so far as Spencer is aware of, his grievously wounded Uncle Jacob is quickly to observe. Plus, there’s the the vary battle and the drought? None of it sounds enjoyable — and that’s earlier than British socialite Alex first encounters Spencer’s formidable Aunt Cara.

So when TVLine sat down for a Zoom with Julia Schlaepfer, who performs Alex on the just-renewed Yellowstone prequel, we wished to understand how ready her alter ego is likely to be for all times on the Dutton ranch.

“I think she has no idea,” Schlaepfer says within the video above. “But I think that she is the type of gal to take anything and give it her best. Give it her all… You know, ‘I don’t necessarily know what I’m doing or why, but I know what I want and I’m going to get it, and I’m going to master it.’” She smiles. “Wherever she lands, I think that she’s going to be great at it.”

Our chat with Schlaepfer, whose previous TV credit embrace The Politician and American Horror Stories, additionally touched on Alex’s moments of doubt about her rash resolution to run off with a digital stranger (“I think it’s just the natural desire for any woman really to want more for themselves”) and the sensible considerations of filming love scenes on the seashore (“Tides are a thing”). And the interview serves as a companion piece for our dialog together with her co-star Brandon Sklenar, who performs Spencer, earlier this yr. (Watch that one right here.)

Press PLAY on the video above to listen to Schlaepfer’s ideas on what’s forward for the Dutton household’s plucky newcomer, then hit the feedback together with your ideas!