Fringe Wallpaper: Olivia and Faux-livia

Fox has created a new FRINGE wallpaper featuring Olivia and Faux-livia! Download it in multiple sizes at Fox.com/Fringe.

Olivia vs. FauxLivia: Weighing The Choice Of Peter Bishop, Fringe Bachelor

by Mindy Monez February 17, 2011 12:19 PM
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With Fringe's recent reveal that newly weaponized Peter Bishop will determine who wins the impending war between universes solely by choosing an Olivia to be with (it's a lot less stupid than that, but we're paraphrasing for brevity's sake), it seems to us that Peter shares some commonalities with another TV icon: the Bachelor. And since choosing an Olivia makes the foundation for the most dramatic inter-universe rose ceremony ever, we thought we'd run down each girl's pros and cons to help the guy decide.

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TV's Top Couples 2011:Vote For Peter & Olivia Now!

Nobody ever said love was easy, and this Valentine's Day, TV fans participating in our E! Online TV's Top Couples Tournament will have to make tough choices between favorite couples, as Brittany & Santana from Glee take on Mark & Lexie from Grey's Anatomy, Chuck & Blair from Gossip Girl fight Eric & Sookie from True Blood, and Stefan & Elena from the The Vampire Diaries battle Derek & Meredith from Grey's Anatomy. Tough stuff, right?

Cast your vote in round two of our shipper-war bracket tournament to decide which television pairing is the best of the best! Which couple will prevail? Only you can decide:

TV's Top Couples 2011: Round Two, 32 Couples

Game 2.2Andy-April (Chris Pratt & Aubrey Plaza), Parks & Recreation
Peter-Olivia (Josh Jackson & Anna Torv), Fringe

Voting for this round closes on Thur., Feb. 17, 2011 at 11 a.m., and thank you so much for playing!
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Fringe's Peter, Walter, and Olivia in New FOX Super Bowl Ad

Enjoy the appearances of Olivia, Peter, and Walter in this brandy-new FOX Super Bowl add that just popped up on YouTube.
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Sneak Peek 3x11 "Reciprocity"

We haven't see tonights all new episode, but Fox has released the first preview for next week's episode:

Vote For Olivia in 2010 Character Competition, Round 3

SpoilerTV is running TV character polls, pitting your favorite TV characters against each other in their "2010 Character Cup Competition".

In this third round, Fringe's Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) is up against Clark Kent (aka Superman) from Smallville.

Head to over to SpoilerTV to vote now!

Vote For Olivia in 2010 Character Competition, Round 2

SpoilerTV is running TV character polls, pitting your favorite TV characters against each other in their "2010 Character Cup Competition".

In this second round, Fringe's Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) is up against Liz Lemon from 30 Rock.

Head to over to SpoilerTV to vote now!

Vote For Olivia in 2010 Character Competition

SpoilerTV is running TV character polls, pitting your favorite TV characters against each other in their "2010 Character Competition".

In this round, Fringe's Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) is up against Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries.

Head to over to SpoilerTV to vote now!

Fringe First Sneak Peek 301 "Olivia"

Here´s the first preview of the season premiere of Fringe.

Happy Birthday Anna Torv!

Everyone's favorite Australian actress, Anna Torv, celebrates her birthday today.

Congratulations to Anna on her career, her stellar performances as Olivia Dunham, and her recent marriage to co-star Mark Valley.

What Would You Ask: Olivia Dunham

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll get a chance to ask the talented (and beautiful) Anna Torv a few questions about Fringe, thanks to the generous folks at FOX.

Sound off below, and I'll try to squeeze your good questions in!

Anna Torv Fringe Photo Shoot

Here are some promotional photos of the lovely Ann Torv, who plays Olivia Dunham on Fringe.

Fringe Scenemaker 108: The Equation

Scenemaker is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fringe. This episode shows the fight scene between Olivia and "The Attendant".

You can watch previous episode's scenemaker videos here: http://www.fringetelevision.com/search/label/Scenemaker

Anna Torv Interviews

The Fox FRINGE Blog has scans of the December Issue of Sci-Fi Magazine featuring Anna Torv.

SpoilerTV also has has some quotes from Anna regarding FRINGE. We've removed the spoilers here, but you can read the full article in the Fringe Spoilers section:

Discovering new layers of her character (Olivia)
“Oh it's great because it's television so you don't really know when you start. You just do it episode by episode, and we don't get the episodes, say – we don't get them, you know, much ahead of time so every time you read it oh, my God, and that – really, oh, and then you sort of try and put it in, but it's – it's fun.”

[The Dreamscape Spoiler Removed]

[In Which We Meet Mr. Jones Spoiler Removed]

Olivia's relationship with Walter Bishop (John Noble)
“I think Olivia waits for everyone to prove themselves to her, you know, before she kind of jumps in or, you know, really gives them all of herself, but I think definitely there was a sweet scene, I know in one episode where she sort of, Walter's the only one she confides in and I think when Walter's lucid, you know, I think absolutely he's got that kind of like mentoresque, fatherly – yeah, he's like the wise one, isn't he?”

[The Equation Spoiler Removed]

The science of "Fringe"
“They justify it really well, you kind of want to get online and find out if it’s actually possible, what’s actually possible and what isn’t but that’s the bit that I love about the show because I think that, you know, I can give it just the information that we get at the moment like if it’s totally okay and everyone is fine with knowing that we can clone sheep and ten years ago that was frightening, I kind of think “What are we capable of? And why don’t we know? Who does know.”

Sci Fi Wire on the Set of Fringe with Anna Torv

Anna Torv talks to Sci Fi Wire about what has gone into developing her character (Olivia Dunham), how saying "Yes" to Fringe was a no-brainer and how Fringe isn't genre-specific.

Click here to read the full article.

Fringe's Torv Talks Exclusively

When Fox's Fringe debuts next week, it will introduce a new Australian actress to American audiences: Anna Torv, who has appeared in some TV down under and elsewhere, but is otherwise unknown.

But if Fringe--created by J.J. Abrams and his Star Trek writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci--is a big hit, as Fox and several critics expect, Torv won't be unknown for long. She joins a list of Abrams discoveries--including Felicity's Keri Russell, Alias' Jennifer Garner and Lost's Evangeline Lilly--who emerged from obscurity into the limelight.

"J.J. has this, I don't know, like, uncanny knack for casting women," Torv's co-star, Joshua Jackson, said. "It's crazy."

Torv, a native of Melbourne, is perhaps best known for starring in the BBC series Mistresses and the cable miniseries The Pacific. She auditioned by tape for Fringe and was one of thousands of actresses considered for the difficult lead role of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham. Before she knew it, Torv was on a jet to Toronto, where the two-hour pilot was shot, and is now living in New York, where the series will be filmed.

Fringe centers on FBI agent Olivia Dunham, who finds herself drawn into an investigation of a mysterious aircraft disaster in Boston. Olivia's desperate search for help to save her gravely injured partner leads to brilliant scientist Walter Bishop (fellow Aussie John Noble), who has been institutionalized for the last 17 years. And the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son, Peter (Jackson), in to help. The investigation gets weirder and weirder as Olivia discovers that things--and science--are not what they seem.

Torv spoke with SCI FI Wire exclusively on the Manhattan set of Fringe last week. Fringe premieres Sept. 9 and will air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Tell us about your character.

Torv: I play Olivia Dunham, who's an FBI agent, who ... all of a sudden is exposed to this whole other world and is kind of forced to deal with it, which she does. She sort of tends to take on all the responsibility she can get. She has a real sense of duty. When we first started shooting it, we were able to talk to a retired FBI agent, which was fantastic. Yeah, it's really good. And even just talking to him, I mean, not about any secrets stuff, but ... these people that do these kind of jobs have ... just such a strong sense of duty. Like, a strong sense of duty and just total focus and tunnel vision, ... high expectations of themselves, too. And I think Olivia really does fall into that category.

And she's ex-military, used to being in charge. She's used to being able to figure out what's happening, and suddenly is thrown into these situations that are mystifying?

Torv: I think so. ... I think she's used to hard work and, like, following the trail, and the stuff that she's dealing with is horrific, because it's huge. ... One of the beautiful things about J.J.'s show is that there's always this overriding thing that follows you that you can't quite get to the bottom of. Real characters in totally outrageous situations, and yeah, this is the same.

Roberto Orci told us that the subtext of the show for him was about the family that you choose: that these people sort of need each other and that's why they come together. Do you agree with that?

Torv: I do, absolutely. And I think that as the show progresses they will need each other more and more and more. ... The entire cast is fantastic. ... The power of three's a fun little number, because ... the dynamic is always going to shift, and you're always going to need one person more than the other. ... I was brought up in a family of three, and there's always two people against one.

Tell me about some of the crazier stuff you've had to do.

Torv: I don't know what I can say. I mean, seriously-- ... this sounds so boring--but, legitimately, standing outside of a hospital in minus-45 degrees with the wind blowing in my face, with no hat on, no gloves on, nothing on my face. That was insane. And the scene got cut from the pilot anyway. ...

In the pilot, they shoot you in a water isolation tank a la Altered States.

Torv: Yeah. I don't know, how long did we do it? I think only a day, I think it was only one day in the tank. And that was OK. They were really sweet. They had to put Epsom salts in so I could float a little bit. ... I was having to use my stomach muscles. But I was glad I was in first, because they did all of my stuff, and then the camera guys got in the tank with their big boots, and shot back up. So I got off easy. ...

Can you talk about the sort of concept of the show. It's pretty out there, and sort of tough for people to wrap their brains around.

Torv: I'm really excited for the show to premiere so then I stop getting asked the question, because ... I never know which way to go. It's kind of got a bit of everything, I don't think it's genre-specific. I think that it is very science fiction, but more emphasis on the science as opposed to the fiction. There's drama, because your characters are all real, but they're dealing with these ... horrific [scenarios], so I think there's elements of horror. There's elements of action. There's investigative [stuff]; there's crime-solving. I mean, it's just all consuming and far reaching. ...

It sort of feels like a J.J. Abrams show because he'll take many genres and sort of smash them together.

Torv: Totally. And seamlessly, you know? And that's the kind of thing. I was actually just thinking about that the other day, going, "Oh, my God. We were up to episode four, and the cases are the things you've looked at and seen, or the characters have seen, is ridiculous. And yet it all seems to kind of gel and work.

Just briefly watching you this afternoon, rehearsing with the other actors, it's like you guys have a lot of fun.

Torv: Yeah. Well, especially scenes like this, because ... we're all together doing stuff, and it's not, like, high high high stakes. It's legitimately doing and asking questions and moving and doing. I love any scene were we actually get to move or walk and talk. That's my favorite.

This came up pretty suddenly for you. You were in Australia, and suddenly you're moving to New York and you've got this TV series.

Torv: Good things sometimes come really quickly and easily, actually, and it was just the most painless audition process I think I've ever had. And I got the part really quickly, and I mean it was a no-brainer. I said, "Yes, thank you, I am so excited." And I actually hopped on a plane the next day. Went to Los Angeles and met J.J. and some of the others and flew to Toronto, like, the next day, and we started shooting that week. And then we had a little bit of time between the pilot and starting the series, so I had a little bit of time to prepare to come to New York and sort all that stuff out. But, yeah, I don't know. I think also, and then since I've been in New York, too, I've just been working nonstop, so, all this sort of external stuff that's going on is really almost nonexistent. We're working so many hours a day, and I literally go from home to set to home to set. But I'm having fun. ... I'm really having fun doing the show. --Patrick Lee, News Editor

Fringe Behind the Scenes Footage and Interviews

Fox Television has released 3 videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the Fringe pilot episode, and interviews with Alex Graves, Mark Valley, Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv.

1. B-ROLL: features behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the Fringe pilot episode.


2. About the car chase: features interviews from: * Alex Graves -- Director / Exec. Prod. (pilot) * Mark Valley -- "John Scott"


3. About the foot chase: features interviews from: * Alex Graves -- Director / Exec. Prod. (pilot) * Joshua Jackson -- "Peter Bishop" * Anna Torv -- "Olivia Dunham"

Fringe Promotional Photos: Episode 1.01 - Pilot

Fox released these "episodic photos" from the Pilot episode of FRINGE, which premiers Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

* Thanks to SpoilerTV. Photo credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/FOX

Fringe Preview Comic: Character Profiles

The FRINGE Preview comic given out at Comic-con, contains profiles of the main characters in Fringe (in addition to a Massive Dynamic ad, and a prequel comic ...coming soon...)

The characters Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, Walter Bishop, Charlie Francis, Phillip Broyles, John Scott, Nina Sharp, and Astrid Farnsworth are all profiled, with their Age, Birthplace, Education, Occupation, and quotes like this gem from Dr. Bishop: They have this... horrible pudding. This butterscotch pudding on Mondays. It's dreadful.

E Online Inverviews Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson, the Stars of J.J. Abrams' & FOX's New Drama Fringe

Here's a video interview with two of Fringe's stars, Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham) and Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop).



...The answer is, it's a limitless universe on Fringe, so anything and every thing they can dream up, hopefully we will be able to put on screen. One other note--aside from the scarf(!?)--is how Joshua comes to Anna's rescue in the interview, and whether in typical Abrams leading lady fashion, that dynamic is reversed on screen.

How Australia's Anna Torv Became Fringe's Olivia Dunham

During a May 15 interview at the Fox upfront presentation to advertisers, Sci Fi Wire's Ian Spelling has JJ Abrams saying:

"Well, she's just so damned ugly," ... "No, the thing is, honestly, we saw many, many, many actors, a lot of good ones. And there's that thing where you're looking for that thing that clicks, and often it's just sort of an indescribable, strange sort of quality."

Abrams said the right actress proved elusive, at least until Bad Robot casting agent Ann Webster showed him Torv's audition tape for an Australian show. He watched it, and "I knew that was her," Abrams said, referring to Torv's Fringe character, Olivia Dunham. "She wasn't even reading our dialogue. Then we sent her our pages, and she auditioned for that, and it confirmed it. She came out and got the job."

The writer-producer-director explained that the concept for Fringe came about quickly and easily while he was "hanging out" with longtime collaborators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. They were "talking about the kind of show we'd love to see on the air," Abrams said. "For better or worse, like most of the things that I do, it just comes from stuff that I'd love to watch. It's sort of a boring answer, but that's kind of what the truth is."