WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for "I Am Legends," the latest episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
Like most of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Astra Logue is dead -- again. In "I Am Legends," the latest episode, Charlie's sisters Atropos and Lachesis went on a killing spree. First, they unleashed a zombie apocalypse on England, the Legends' last known location. Then, they tried to recruit Astra to be their third sister. When that failed and Astra expressed a desire to bring her dead mother back with the Loom of Fate, they killed her too. Now, it's up to Charlie alone to save her teammates and friends.
Speaking to CBR, Astra actor Olivia Swann insisted her character's death is "definite" this time around. However, she teased the possibility of her return; after all, "anything is possible" on Legends of Tomorrow. She reflected on Astra's complicated relationship with Lachesis, the woman who raised her in Hell, and how that will continue to impact her relationship with the Legends. She also discussed whether or not she would return for Season 6, what Astra brings to the team, her dream storyline for her character and more.
CBR: Astra has died before, obviously, but what makes this time around different?
Olivia Swann: I feel like it's so ruthless, how it happened, but I love it because it just shows the sheer severity of Atropos and Lachesis. Their threat, it's real, and I think it really solidifies it in this episode that they have so much power and they can take your life just like that. I think something about it is very, very real and very definite, which is quite scary. You know, she was sent to Hell before. She spent time living in Hell! I mean, it's not a good existence, but she's alive, whereas being stabbed is pretty definite. But yeah, it's quite scary.
Lachesis basically raised Astra, or so we've heard it said. How does that complicate her relationship with her, especially in light of all these betrayals?
It's super complicated. What I love about their relationship is that you can see exactly what Astra gets her manipulative, controlling side from. You can see it's Lachesis. There's this inner turmoil for Astra. This woman -- she raised her, she was meant to be looking out for her, she was meant to be protecting her. She protected her from so many bad things in Hell. Why now is she trying to take the one thing that she wants, which is her real mother?
I think, for her, it's this kind of realization that maybe I can't get what I want, because of this person that I put so much trust in when I was a child. And that's sad! You know, it was during the scenes of Sara -- she's incredible -- but it was that kind of realization of, "Who do I have, if this woman isn't on my side?"
How will that impact her relationship with the Legends?
Astra knows what she wants, and she will do what it takes to get that, so whether it means working with people like the Legends or working with the sisters or working on her own, whatever comes up first, she will do. So I think that we may have seen these nice little moments in [episode] 12, where we're seeing snippets of her making real connections with people, which is glorious and wonderful to do, but there is this element of she knows what she wants and she desperately wants it, so that's what she's gonna go for.
I've got to say, your wardrobe on the series has been just incredible. How did those costuming choices enhance your own portrayal of the character?
So I wouldn't wear any of the things that she wears -- not for want of trying! I just don't think that I could walk down the street rocking a two-piece, red power suit with shoulder pads. But it's something that, again, is so wonderful because I don't feel like myself wearing clothes like that. I would never wear six-inch stilettos on a daily basis. Who would? Ridiculous! But it really enhances how I walk and how I hold myself. I mean, I'm tall enough already, but having an extra six inches of height really changes how you feel in a room, and it all adds to her sense of power and control especially in how [she] has the suits and the heels and the fur coats.
Would you be interested in returning to the role for Season 6?
If that comes up, I would love to. I think there's so much about Astra that we don't know. I mean, honestly, all we know is that she's dead right now, but with Legends, hey, look, you can do anything. Anything is possible for anybody. So I'm not too like, "Okay, this is me, done." I feel like it's been done in the past. I feel like they could do it again, if they want to.
So if there was a way, I'd 100% want to do it, because there's so much more of her we haven't seen, and we kind of know one side of her. We've been seeing little bits of it, but we know one side of her, and I think there's so much more to her that we can discover, that I can discover, and it would be really fun to see her in loads of different scenarios. So, yeah, if it's possible, I'm down.
What do you think Astra could bring to the team that perhaps it doesn't have right now?
I think a kind of rational, sarcastic, pretty straight view of everything. And, you know, when you've got people who are so zany, enthusiastic and wonderful and weird, it's really interesting to have the opposite dynamic of someone who is completely straight-talking and thinks everyone's kind of an idiot, because I think it kind of levels out the balance. Yeah, I think she has part of her that the Legends could draw out a bit more, but she would still be her prickly, snake-tongued, good self that we know.
What would be your dream storyline for Astra?
Wow, that's a great question. I would like to see her doing something mundane. Like, cut to the future and she's got a family and she's got a job and living a life and just kind of seeing that. It's not exactly a riveting episode, but you know what I mean. It's like, "How would she be in that kind of scenario?" It always fascinates me, thinking about that.
But then, also I'd love for her to go and be a pirate. I've kind of done that already, but I just imagine her controlling a ship with a sword. That sounds like fun. But something kind of adventurous, like pirates makes sense, or maybe like Lara Croft or something, that kind of adventure woman in the desert.
Airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW, DC's Legends of Tomorrow stars Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell, Nick Zano, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Matt Ryan and Jes Macallan.