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"V star Jane Badler has revealed that her role in the ABC series is very different to the character she played in the &amp;#039;80s original. The actress, who first played Diana in a 1983 TV movie, told TV Guide that the new version of her character is &amp;quot;more mature&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;At first, I was trying to bring the old Diana into [the new character] even though [the producers] told me that it wasn&amp;#039;t that Diana,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;The more that the character developed, the more it became a separate entity and evolved into a new incarnation.&amp;quot; Badler added that the manipulative Anna (Morena Baccarin) more closely resembles the original Diana. &amp;quot;Anna is kind of like the old Diana, with her immorality, her impetuousness and her youth,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;[Those are] all the qualities I had as the old Diana. I come on [now] as the voice of reason.&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;Although I&amp;#039;m equally as powerful and would probably be as ruthless if I did take control, ultimately I&amp;#039;m a counterpoint to her views [and] someone that can have control over her. I&amp;#039;m brought on as a foil for her character.&amp;quot; The second season of V begins on January 4 on ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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