I think any growth, then it’s been worth it." When asked whether she'd like a second chance at playing Silk Spectre, Ackerman said, "I would love to do it actually! It would feel like I’d get a second chance at it. "I look back on it now, I loved the experience as far as the people I got to work with and to have been a part of that beautiful production and I’m thankful that it woke me up a little bit to the importance of preparation, and just so that I can grow from that experience. I definitely didn’t feel worthy of being there." Fortunately, Ackerman seems to have made peace with her experience on Watchmen, describing it as "a turning point" for her career and a valuable learning experience. I had no training and I was working with these fabulous theater actors who had all the training in the world. I really struggled because it was such a big film and I really felt like I had no idea what I was doing. The team of Eisner Award-winner Darwyn Cooke and. Laurie also came to terms with the fact that the Comedian raped her mother, and that’s how she was conceived.īecause we still haven’t seen Doctor Manhattan yet and Jeremy Irons’ Lord of the Manor hasn’t been confirmed as Veidt, that makes Agent Blake the show’s strongest tie to the original Watchmen.Ackerman told Collider, "I will say that Watchmen was a big shift because I felt way out of my league on that one. The prequel to the best-selling graphic novel of all time Discover what happened before WATCHMEN. Jesse is a writer for IGN Comics and various other IGN channels. Darwyn Cooke tells the tragic tale of the Minutemen, assembled to fight evil in a world spinning out of control. When the comic ends, she and Dan Drieberg (the Nite Owl) assume new identities and agree to keep the conspiracy a secret. Silk Spectre arguably had the most potential of the Before Watchmen books, and so far Cooke and Conner are realizing that potential. (Hence “Laurie Blake,” which should make her identity pretty obvious.) In the years since Doctor Manhattan abandoned Earth after Veidt hatched his scheme to create a fake alien monstrosity that would scare humanity into world peace, Laurie has seemingly become jaded about her former heroism. Edward Blake, better known as the Comedian, is her father. Laurie is the daughter of Sally Jupiter, the first Silk Spectre.
WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE MOVIE
Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen' movie and the HBO series don't necessarily share a continuity, but Agent Blake is Silk Spectre in the present day. The agent then refers to Doctor Manhattan as her “ex.” By now, it should be obvious that Laurie Blake is actually Laurel Jane Juspeczyk, who Watchmen comic readers will remember as the second Silk Spectre, one of the central characters in the original story.
“You want my autograph?” she says, bored and irritated.
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She’s a total badass who comes off a bit jaded, as if she’s lost faith in humanity and looks down upon costumed heroes of any kind.Įarly in the episode, Blake is on a flight into Tulsa with a rookie agent who asks if she knows Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias. Episode 3 drops hints all over the place that Agent Blake is a hugely important character from the original comic, and we’re here to inform you that your suspicions are correct - and explain what that means for the rest of HBO’s Watchmen.īig spoilers follow for Watchmen Episode 3.Īfter the murder of Captain Judd Crawford, the FBI sends Agent Blake to Tulsa to take over the investigation, and we learn very quickly that she’s a hotshot detective who sets sting operations to capture illegal vigilantes. She was first glimpsed in a video released by HBO after Episode 1 (since removed by the network).
Regina King’s Detective Angela Abar may have felt like the protagonist of Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series on HBO in the first two episodes, but Episode 3 - “She Was Killed by Space Junk” - focuses almost entirely on a new character, FBI Agent Laurie Blake (played by Jean Smart Legion, Frasier).
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