Elizabeth McGovern is chilly.

Not icy, like her mysterious character Helen in AMC’s new Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe entry, Talamasca: The Secret Order . Like legitimately chilly. That’s because it’s a snowy-cold November afternoon in Manchester, England and the doors of the local watering hole being used for the show’s Porkies Pub keep opening as crew members mill about.

Yet she’s also warmly welcoming during our visit to the set. Bundled up in a long puffy parka in between takes, the Downton Abbey vet was chatty and insightful about her role, which viewers just got a taste of in the two-episode premiere. As one of the top agents at the supernatural CIA tasked with monitoring the witches, vampires and werewolves hiding in plain sight around the world, Helen is clearly at the top o

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