Catching up with.....Mckenna Grace

Lifetime's THE BAD SEED RETURNS is the sequel to 2018's THE BAD SEED, and 16-year-old Mckenna Grace reprised her role, executive-produced and co-wrote the film with her father, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ross Burge. The flick premiered on Labor Day and is now streaming via Lifetime. Grace shared during the TCA press tour that she and her father conceived and wrote the script while under Covid-19 quarantine.

(ex-Faith, Y&R, 2013-15)

How was it to revisit Emma after all this time? "So rad. I love that because it's sad [when] you shoot one of these films for like three, four months and then you never see any of these people again, or you get lucky and you work with them again. So, it's nice to be able to have a little family on set that you can come back to. It's familiar, and it's pleasant to be able to have characters that you know inside and out. So, it's great."

Do you like playing dark characters like Emma?

"I enjoy it. It's fun, honestly. I don't know what it is about it, but I always seem to gravitate toward these darker, scarier roles, and I appreciate getting these roles."

How was it working with Patty McCormack, who is reprising her role as Dr. March and starred in the original The Bad Seed in 1956, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress?

"When we shot the first one, Miss Patty was on set for a little minute and she taught me how to do the skip that she used to do in the old film, and gave me a Bad Seed rundown. Emma's totally evil, and that's the fun thing about her. She's very planned out but unpredictable. It's fun."

How was it writing with your dad?