The second season of "Warehouse 13" has been particularly rewarding for the character of Pete Lattimer, portrayed on the series by Eddie McClintock. Throughout this year's episodes, Pete has been reunited with his former lover and partner Kate Logan (played by Tia Carrere) before finding a new love in the young veterinarian, Dr. Kelly Hernandez, with Paula Garces ("The Shield") stepping into the role in several episodes.
As the season winds down to the finale next week, Garces and Carrere recently teamed up to discuss their experiences on the show and offer their theory on who Pete should end up with.
Q: How did you both come to "Warehouse 13"?
Paula Garces: I was offered the part and it was a lovely surprise and I'm glad I took the offer because everyone was just super welcoming and nice. And the whole concept of "Warehouse 13" was just amazing to me and I'm a true fan, like I was watching it. So to be offered something that I was actually watching and wanted to be a part of, it was really cool for me.
Tia Carrere: Well I had gone in for another role and I guess this role came up and they said this is much better for you so that's how I got this one.
Q: What's your favorite part about working on the show?
Tia Carrere: Gosh, I just love the chemistry, the chemistry of the people you're working with, there are only so many stories, there are only so many, you know, story lines and, we've all worked many different places in the world but it's the group of people that you work with that makes it fun and enjoyable at 2:00 o'clock in the morning, like Paula said she had to work at 2:00 o'clock in the morning.
It's really about the leads on the show and the show runners and the producers that you're dealing with on a daily basis. And they have such a great group of people together, I loved working with them.
Paula Garces: Yes. I guess I can second that. And I really felt the passion about the show and about the stories from everyone. Everyone from the crew, the writers, the creators, the actors on the show, they're all very passionate about what they're doing and the stories that they're trying to create and how they're trying to entertain their public.
And they really love working there and being together that it's infectious. The vibes on set is infectious and I really enjoyed it and wanted - I left wanting more. I left wanting to work on it more so it was really great.
Tia Carrere: You know what Paula? I do agree. I think they didn't settle for just like the same old thing. You know what I mean? They really - everybody wants 110% in the writing, in the production and the acting of it. You're right.
Paula Garces: Yes. And I also felt that Warehouse 13 was trying to bring something new that wasn't done before for Syfy. And I feel like they're doing that. I really - I feel like they are definitely accomplishing something different.
Q: What do each of you like best about the characters you play on the show?
Tia Carrere: I like being a ballsy broad. The dialogue is very Hepburn and Tracy. And I challenge him and I know his bag of tricks and I call him out on it. And I like that. I love playing strong willed women.
Paula Garces: I like the fact that Kelly is sweet and sassy but is also open to romance and I don't know. I just - I feel like the dialogue that was written for me was very much taken from the way I speak myself naturally. And I really felt comfortable. I felt like I could just be and just let the words take me where they would or where the moment would take me.
And so I really like that about the character, the fact that she's a free spirit and that she's smart, that she loves animals, that she's well educated but again open to being in love and being in a relationship. I really like that.
Q: Since the two of you are being paired together on this call, does that imply that there's going to be some sort of love triangle with Pete coming up in the future?
Paula Garces: Oh my God. Oh well that would be an amazing honor for myself. I am definitely a Tia Carrere fan and have been for a very long time. So for me it would - that would...
Tia Carrere: Oh my gosh.
Paula Garces: That would be amazing on many levels.
Tia Carrere: No, thank you. We don't know. I don't know. Maybe they just wanted to give you two hot chicks at the same time. How's that?
Q: We're all for it.
Tia Carrere: Albeit from two different generations so maybe we sleep with all of you.
Q: Well, if your characters both vie for Pete's affections, would you actually go up against each other in a fight scene?
Tia Carrere: I think in a Jello fight. Wouldn't that be fun Paula...
Paula Garces: That would be a lot of...
Tia Carrere: ...Jello in like a kiddy pool?
Paula Garces: Tia I'm liking your vibes, a lot. Keep it going. I like it. I'm down...
Tia Carrere: We got a whole other show here now.
Paula Garces: I am so down for Tia's ideas, absolutely.
Tia Carrere: Ah boy.
Q: Tia, did your time on "Relic Hunter" help prepare you for the premise of "Warehouse 13"?
Tia Carrere: Well it certainly gave me a shorthand with - actually even Saul Rubinek, he made the connection. He said Tia you've been on all - he interviewed me on set I think for Syfy's Web site. And he said Tia you've been on all three shows that shot here in Toronto that handled magical relics and icons. I said what's that Saul? He said you were on "Friday the 13th: The TV series," "Relic Hunter" and now "Warehouse 13." And while they all handle, you know, magical power, you know, powerful magical objects, they're all very different shows. And, it keeps getting better and better because I have to say I really like the fact that they framed it in a government warehouse which is very, very plausible in this day and age.
And I love that they're these two feisty secret agents that, you know, are a little bit bikersins and a little bit brother and sister. And it just makes it refreshing and fun.
Q: Paula, have you been to any Comic-Cons or sci-fi conventions?
Paula Garces: I was just at Comic-Con this past [summer] introducing my own comic book called "Aluna." And I urge everyone to go to my Web site, paulagarces.tv and they can see everything that's going on with that. And I am a big, big geek at heart and a Sci-fi fan. And I love the Comic-Cons.
I will also be at the New York Comic-Con coming up, also introducing a second volume to the new comic book that I put out.
Q: Will your characters will be meeting in any of the upcoming episodes of "Warehouse 13"?
Tia Carrere: We'll have to leave that to the mind of Jack Kenny, the show runner. I leave it in his capable hands.
Paula Garces: That's right. I don't know. I mean I don't see why they couldn't and I don't see why it wouldn't be a lot of fun. I mean it'd definitely be a lot of fun for me.
Tia Carrere: That'd be so awesome. That'd be great.
Paula Garces: I think, yes, and I think - I don't know. I think fans would really love that so let's put that out there.
Tia Carrere: Okay. I'll manifest it.
Q: Since your both of your characters are love interests of Pete, which one do you think should end up with him?
Tia Carrere: Oh dear. Myka's probably going to end up with him. Let's be honest.
Paula Garces: I don't know. That's a hard one.
Q: Are you both voting for Myka then?
Paul Garces: Yes. I think so.
Tia Carrere: I don't know. What do you think Paula?
Paula Garces: No I agree. I agree.
Tia Carrere: But that would have to be like Season 5, you know, where they jump for sharks and stuff.
Paula Garces: That might end up together.
Q: How do you think your characters would actually react if they learned the true nature of what Myka and Pete are actually doing with all of these artifacts?
Paula Garces: I would love to answer that question but I don't want to give up too much information of my coming episode. I will tell you that very question will definitely be dealt with by the Kelly character. She's definitely going to be conflicted to that.
Tia Carrere: Well being that I'm also an agent, Agent Kate Logan, I think over the course of the couple of episodes that I've seen so far, she's pretty savvy and she's getting the drift of it. And I think more and more the picture's coming together of what Pete and Micah do. And it kind of freaks her out but it also intrigues her.
Q: Did either of you have any funny moments on the set with Eddie?
Paula Garces: No, let's see. Eddie and I have a pretty physical scene coming up. And he's kind of fighting for his life with me. And, you know, Eddie was trying to be all like macho and thinking he could do his own stunts. And he kind of got hurt in the groin area.
Tia Carrere: No.
Paula Garces: Yes. And he was like, all right, "I think I should have had a stunt double." And I'm like yes, "well you're trying to show off for the girls or something."
Q: If you two could determine how your characters meet on the show, how would you have that happen if you were writing the script?
Paula Garces: I wouldn't mind them meeting. That would be cool, Tia's and my character meeting. It would be kind of a sweet awkward cool moment. And I don't know. Tia what would you like your character to be doing?
Tia Carrere: That would be interesting, like what if we both had to come back because it was an icon that had to do with the love that he has for people or whatever. And then we have to come back to counteract its sort of, you know, some sort of magical power that this thing has over his mind, you know what I mean, that you and I have to reach out to him by going into his mind or something.
Paula Garces: Yes, like an artifact that makes him think about his past loves or...
Tia Carrere: Yes. Yes. That'd be kind of cool.
Paula Garces: We have to save him.
Tia Carrere: Yes. We have to save him, exactly, by going into his mind and seeing what he thinks about us and what he fanaticizes about us.
Paula Garces: Ooo.
Tia Carrere: It's very "Matrix."
Paula Garces: Yes. Absolutely.
