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Dania Ramirez had decided to take a break from acting when Sweet Tooth came along. With the pandemic raging all around, a show about an apocalyptic virus that wipes out most of humanity might have been a little too real for some. But for Ramirez, it was a call to action. “The show is just such a beautiful and optimistic way to look at life,” the actor told Krista Smith in a new episode of the podcast Skip Intro. “And I think that’s where I was in my life. I think everything happens for a reason. And for me, that’s exactly when Sweet Tooth came into my life.”
In the series inspired by the DC comic book series by Jeff Lemire, Ramirez stars as Aimee Eden, a former therapist who provides a sanctuary — known as the Preserve — for the human-animal hybrids born in the aftermath of the Great Crumble. Playing someone who sees the beauty and hope in catastrophe helped her navigate the stress and anxiety of watching the world as she knew it unravel and “give into nature and love and motherhood.”
“It was such a difficult time in the world, and it was so easy to give up or to be like, ‘OK, well this is happening to me and this is so negative.’ To read a show [like] Sweet Tooth, and to be a part of it… it’s the end of the world, but it’s how do you look at it? How do you take this as an opportunity to see what else can you do in your life?”
Aimee, who gave her own life for the cause at the end of Season 2, would agree. Sweet Tooth has just been renewed for a third and final season. For more great celebrity interviews, check out Skip Intro on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
