Vanessa Morgan stars as Max Mitchell in Wild Cards. You can watch new episodes on Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW and stream free the next day.

WILD CARDS is a crime-solving procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a by-the-book, sardonic cop and a spirited, clever con woman. Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) is a demoted detective who has begrudgingly spent the last year on the maritime unit, while Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) has been living a transient life, elaborately scamming everyone she meets. But while arrested and being held at the station, Max ends up helping Ellis solve a local crime. The two are offered the opportunity to redeem themselves – Ellis needs to get back to his detective post and Max needs to stay out of jail. The catch? They have to work together, each using their unique skills to solve crimes. For Ellis, that means hard-boiled shoe leather police work; for Max, it means accents, disguises, schemes and generally befriending everyone in sight, while driving Ellis absolutely nuts. The two will have to learn what it means to trust another person and maybe actually become partners.

“For me, personally, it’s just being a number one on a show, how much work that actually entails, like every single scene, every single day. Then when you go home, you have more work to do, prepping for the next day. It’s kind of never ending and you don’t have a social life for those three months. On Riverdale, I still had — there were some days off, some time to myself, breaks on set. So it’s really, really full on,” she explains to me, reflecting on how the role challenged her. “It’s been a growing experience for me. Me and Giacomo call it the Olympics of acting ‘cause it’s just like… it’s intense! Like, you’re constantly just, you know, when you don’t have a scene break, you’re just next one, next one, drill the lines, drill the lines. So I’ve just learned so much and it’s really made me feel like I could do any role after this experience.”

I spoke with the actress about the incredible fan support, what she enjoys most about Max outside of being a con woman, fun Riverdale Easter eggs, which of her past characters she would want to team up with to solve crimes, teasers for the next two episodes, learning from being a #1 on the show, dream storylines for season 2, and more.

Watch my interview here: