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Earth. Mars. The Asteroid Belt. It's time to pick a side in The Expanse. <\/p>\n
The producers of sc-fi series The Expanse had dreaded casting the role since production began. <\/p>\n
The character: Bobbie Draper, a soldierof Polynesian ancestry, six foot and 100 kilos of pure muscle. <\/p>\n
\"We dreaded the task of going out into the world and finding this person,\" The Expanseexecutive producer Hawk Ostly toldIndieWire. <\/p>\n
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Frankie Adams as Martian patriot Bobbie Draper in The Expanse. <\/p>\n
Based on books byDaniel Abraham and Ty Franck,The Expanseis set 200 years in the future as the human race expands into space. <\/p>\n
READ MORE: *Netflix aquires The Expanse, starring Frankie Adams *Shortland Street's Frankie Adams on Wentworth *Frankie's most embarrassing Shortland Street moments <\/p>\n
Bobbie Draper is a marine fromthe colony of Mars who dreams of the red planet having its own government. <\/p>\n
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Frankie Adams in The Expanse. <\/p>\n
The Expanse's producers were reportedly so aware of doing Bobbie right that they structured the plot of the season's first few episodes to ease the actress into the role. <\/p>\n
\"What we did on a creative level was slowly work [the character] into the season she's in [Episodes] 1, 3 and 6 partially so she could get used to the part and partially so we could get used to writing the character,\" executive producerNarenShankar said. <\/p>\n
Casting directorsRobin Cook (based in Canada),Julie Tucker and her team (working out of New York) and New Zealand-basedLiz Mullane were all involved in the hunt for Bobbie, but Ostby said that at the beginning of the search, he was pretty sure that \"New Zealand would be a very interesting place to look.\" <\/p>\n
Frankie Adams (centre) played inmate Tasha on Wentworth. <\/p>\n
Adams' New Zealand agent,Imogen Johnson, said they were lucky to have Mullane working out of New Zealand. <\/p>\n
\"We are very lucky that top New Zealand casting director Liz Mullaneis a huge fan of Frankie's and worked closely with her and us to secure this role. <\/p>\n
\"The production were doing a world wide search for this character but as soon as they saw Frankie's audition she was short-listed.We then worked in tandem with her US reps and assisted with closing of her the deal and she literally had to leave for Canada a week later. We couldn't be prouder of her!\" <\/p>\n
Frankie Adams as Ula Levi on Shortland Street. <\/p>\n
Adams, born in New Zealand of Samoan heritage, had two television roles under her belt, asUla Levi inShortland StreetandTasha Goodwin inWentworth. <\/p>\n
The Expanseproducers were excited not only by her acting experience, but also by her work as an amateur boxer. <\/p>\n
According to executive producer Mark Fergus, it was book author Ty Franck who first saw Adams' tape and identified her as the right choice. <\/p>\n
\"It was ahuge thrill for us that one of the guys who invented her character just saw right into her eyes and knew it was her almost immediately,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Getting the role was a huge thrill for Adams, too. Speaking to IndieWire, she said she \"screamed in excitement\" when she got the phone call. <\/p>\n
She was concerned she wouldn't be muscular enough for the part, so embarked on a training regime of strength and conditioning work, with no cardio. <\/p>\n
Shankar said finding Adams was well worth the search. <\/p>\n
\"It requires you to work harder and to go to places that haven't traditionally been on the radar,\" he said. <\/p>\n
\"But when you do, you're always getting rewarded for it.\" <\/p>\n
The Expanse Season Two premieres on SKY's The Zone on February 8, 8.30pm. <\/p>\n
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