Sarah Connor Pilot is a Ratings Winner

It’s good to know that I wasn’t the only one watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles when it premiered on Sunday, because according to E! Online, the episode pulled in a whoppping 18 million viewers! Besides that great news, the boys and girls at E! also has an interview with Summer Glau, who plays everyone’s favorite cyborg stomper. Check out the interview below.

But you are totally badass.
Yes. I get to break things, I get to run people over and I get to beat up the guys.

It’s such a physical role! How did you train for it?
I did this one movie where I had to do martial arts. I did all the fights scenes myself, and they were choreographed from start to finish. And I’ve never worked so hard in my life. I had to do things I never want to do again. And then my stunt coordinator from this show, we’re [asking], “How does a terminator fight?” And he was like, “Basically, just pick people up and throw them, run people over and shoot big guns” Thank goodness, it’s much easier than martial arts! With the terminators—there’s no finesse involved.

Did you get any bumps or bruises?
If you watch the pilot, I have a scar on my face. I can’t remember which side it’s on. While we were at the shooting range, one of the shells jumped back and got stuck in my face. I had to pull it off, and it burned a hole in my skin. And then during the pilot, Dave Nutter, who is the director of the pilot, said let’s not cover it up, let’s just leave it, so you can see it in the pilot.

Read the entire interview here.