megan ward has stated in various interviews that in her opinion, kate howard is a woman full of contradictions. she is a character constantly trying to hide where she came from and who she really is, connie falconeri. ward explained "i'm not just playing kate, [...] [i]t's kate and connie and then the person who was in between in the arc of how she became kate. there are a lot of contradictions with her because kate comes on incredibly strong and incredibly dismissive[...] but, the reason she is that way is because she's concealing and hiding. she's projecting a persona to intimidate, but she's also putting up a wall to cover the truth of who she is and the emotion and vulnerability she has."