“As much as I love FitzSimmons getting together, it is so weird shooting kissing scenes. I mean, I was so excited reading the scripts. I was so excited and happy for the characters that it was happening. But when it comes to shooting it, it’s like kissing your brother. And Iain’s not a bad kisser- boy does good! But, it’s just so strange, those scenes are the worst. I’m really happy for the characters, but it’s kind of weird too.”
“At the beginning FitzSimmons were always referred to as one character. It was really cool to be in a double act. Especially at the start, when there was so much pressure on the show. There were a lot of expectations. To have somebody, to have Iain, always there by my side was so comforting and lovely. I love their relationship.”
[On Fitz and Simmons getting back to being FitzSimmons] “I think we’re getting there. We’ve seen them kind of start to work together again. We saw them try to work together to get Will back. There was a lot of tension when they were trying to do that, just because of all the different emotional feelings that were involved. The fact was, they were working well together. In the end I think that is what has brought them back together, is that they work so much better with each other than with anyone else.”
“In some way they are now more on the same level, FitzSimmons. Now that they have experienced the weight of their mistakes.”
[On her friendship with Iain] “It was instant. I mean, I can say that because he’s not here. He might go, ‘ah, it took a while’. Iain and I gelled very quickly, but so did all of us. We are still there for each other, we are a family.”
[On Jemma’s guilt] “You need someone who says ‘hey, you’re pretty great’. That’s why Fitz is so cool, because he knows her so well.”
In some ways FitzSimmons are based on [married] showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon.
[on Simmons going on vacation] “I would like to see FitzSimmons let loose a little bit. They would have the geekiest vacation ever. They would probably go to the seaside in England, which is the least beachy, sunny, dry place you have ever seen.”
“Those scenes when real Simmons came back [after being undercover at Hydra]. I mean, boy, Iain just blew me away in all those scenes. He really did his research on what people go through when they have some sort of brain injury of trauma. He was just amazing. Every scene I had with him I would cry, because I as Elizabeth found it so sad. I couldn’t help it- he had this little shake in his hand. He had all these mannerisms that, I don’t know, you could just see so much behind his eyes. The producers had to come and tell me, ‘You can’t cry in every scene, you got to hold something back’. “I am trying, but you don’t understand! Look into Iain’s eyes when he’s doing this!“ I felt very lucky to play opposite him in those moments.”
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