Paget Brewster On Reprising Her Role In The Criminal Minds Reboot

Speaking to The List, Paget Brewster shared that she was already a huge fan of "Criminal Minds" and crime shows such as "Law and Order" before going on the series. The CBS series follows a team of criminal profilers as they work with the FBI to solve crimes by analyzing the behavior of the criminals. 

Brewster's character, Emily Prentiss, was the unit chief of the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit). Playing Prentiss was a much more tense role than sitcoms and other series Brewster had been part of, but she said the whole experience was "thrilling." "I was so excited to join 'Criminal Minds,' even though it's very contained, there's not a lot of smiling, there are serial killers and guns ... [It's] very serious and dramatic, but it was thrilling," she said.

The actress described what it was like going on set and seeing the crime scenes and victims set up to film for the first time. "You see the police tape, and there's a lovely young actress who's playing a dead prostitute, and you walk over, and they're covered in blood, and they're a little blue, and they're lying on the ground," Brewster said. "It's such a fun show to do, even though it's so dark, and maybe it's fun to do because it's so dark."