Bustle: ‘The Expanse’ Star Shohreh Aghdashloo Wants More “Powerful” Women Like Avasarala On TV
Bustle: ‘The Expanse’ Star Shohreh Aghdashloo Wants More “Powerful” Women Like Avasarala On Television
In SyFy’s brand new series The Expanse, the future is here: The solar system is fully colonized, with even planets like Mars having been made habitable. It wouldn’t seem like such a show could have connections to reality, but it does, and strong ones at that. In addition to the sci-fi aspects of the plot, The Expanse, premiering Monday night at 10 p.m., heavily doles out commentary about the nature of humanity and Earth’s rapidly diminishing resources. That’s the thing about the science fiction genre - though based around otherworldly storylines, it’s often really a collection of metaphors for reality. This is something that immediately drew star Shohreh Aghdashloo to The Expanse. “All you need to do is to decode the metaphors and the symbols - my story is pretty Shakespearean… but you call it science fiction,” she tells Bustle of her role in the series. “Although set in 200 years, it speaks relatively for today.” (x)