 I Am XX, Hear Me Roar: One-on-One with Kathleen Robertson By Heather Wadowski Life works in mysterious ways. Take, for instance, actress Kathleen Robertson. An already established actress in Canada, Robertson made the bold decision to move to Los Angeles in the mid-'90s and almost immediately landed herself a recurring role on the FOX hit "Beverly Hills, 90210." Audiences quickly took a liking to her character, Clare Arnold, and what was supposed to be a five-episode gig soon turned into a two-season contract. Flash forward to the year 2002. The new Aaron Spelling of primetime, David E. Kelley, was adding yet another FOX series to his name, a female empowerment drama about three young women who work in a male-dominated San Francisco law film entitled "Girls Club." Robertson was cast as one of the show's three leading ladies, a part Hollywood was quick to dub as the biggest break in her career. However, "Girls Club" didn't follow in the footsteps of Kelley's other creations ("Ally McBeal" and "Boston Public"), and as fast as it made its debut on the FOX network it disappeared. Robertson's "lucky break" on a show almost everyone considered to be a guaranteed success had fallen through. "My family always asks me, 'how do you do this?'," a groggy Robertson states. "'All the deception, having 'sure things' fall apart, losing financing on projects...' It's hard working in this business." Read More>>> |
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