Lady Liberty is at a crossroads. In Jupiter's Legacy, Grace Sampson finds herself facing a difficult choice in two timelines: in the 1920s, when she was fired from her position as a journalist, and in present day, where she struggles to adapt to the realities of the modern world after 90 years of superheroics. Nevertheless, Lady Liberty actor Leslie Bibb believes she hasn't changed -- much. She feels that, through it all, Grace is still that no-nonsense spitfire deep down, even if she needs to find her voice once more.

Speaking to CBR, Bibb described Grace's powers as an upgrade that merely enhanced the character's personality, rather than changing it at all. She revealed she drew inspiration from famous women such as Amelia Earhart and Katharine Hepburn for the role, while sprinkling in a little Indiana Jones for flare. She also shared her compassion for Grace, explained why everything feels like it is "unraveling" for the character when the show picks up and more.

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CBR: We see Grace at two critical points in her life: her origin in the 20s, and then what her life has become in present day. What, for you, was the through line that helped you reconcile both versions, to keep her feeling consistent?

I think I had to start with Grace in the 20s. Grace getting superpowers never felt like it changed her. It just felt like something that was -- she just got a raise, essentially, right? I feel like that's part of also who Grace is. She's very grounded in the earth. I think she's smart. She's a woman that, in 1929, was working in a male-dominated world. She's the only woman in that room, in that newsroom. She's a truth-seeker. She's no-nonsense. She doesn't take anything from anybody. She's like a heat-seeking missile, in a way, to me and that moxie and that gumption, I immediately loved about her.

I looked at Amelia Earhart, I looked at Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday, Katharine Hepburn -- like these were women that were important. And then I threw in a little Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark. I don't know! I just thought there was something about his humor that it felt very important to me to do. He's so strong and so amazing, but he never flexes. But I just find him incredibly likable, too, as that character. Also unassuming; he doesn't take himself too seriously.

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So I started with that, and, you see Grace as she's -- you still see that person, in present day. But I think when you start to, around Episode 6, you see this woman who realizes she's forgotten what was her her North Star. She seems like she's forgotten the fearless girl that she was and the moral compass she had, and the truth seeker that she was, and the great questioner and the curiosity that she had to buck the system, and to ask the difficult questions, and to hold people accountable and make them think. So I think that that was probably the great connector, that through line through, for her.

I like that she's finding that voice again, which felt relatable to me. I just found a lot of compassion for Grace. I think it must be very hard to have the weight of the world on your shoulders. It just feels like she's got so many balls in the air that she's trying to keep up, between her family and her marriage, her job and even the family that is The Union! I think you're meeting her and everything's unraveling for her, but it also feels like an exciting time to break through a ceiling and evolve and see what the revolution is going to be.


Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy stars Josh Duhamel as The Utopian, Ben Daniels as Brain-Wave, Leslie Bibb as Lady Liberty, Elena Kampouris as Chloe Sampson, Andrew Horton as Brandon Sampson, Mike Wade as The Flare, Anna Akana as Raikou and Matt Lanter as Skyfox. The series premieres May 7 on Netflix.

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