Ally Walker: Well, that’s an interesting question and that’s actually what I used to laugh at. I’m the beginning, I said, “Look guys, I’m on the side of right. You guys aren’t.” I think the way that I sort of painted the character is that everything that she’s doing is for the right outcome. If you really look at her reasoning behind everything, the problem with her is her own ego has gotten in her way, and now it’s all about “June.” It was probably always this way. It’s so personal that she wants to win. It’s not about doing the right thing anymore. It’s about, “I’m going to beat you at your own game.” In that respect, she lowers herself. But I really do believe that June is sociopathic, at least that’s how I play her. I think in her mind, she’s always right.
I’m not really sure why the timing was right. You’d have to ask Kurt Sutter that, but no, actually it wasn’t a surprise to me. Last year, I had filmed a scene in bed with a female lover, so I’d kind of built that into the character last year. Stahl, obviously, is kind of a sociopath. At least that’s how I sort of like to play her and an opportunist, so I don’t think her sexuality is really about being— It’s interesting. I think she is gay probably, but I think she swings both ways depending on what works for her. So no, it wasn’t a surprise to me. I actually had it last year and I loved it, but for some reason, they cut it out.
When I got the character thrown at me last—or given to me, not thrown at me—but there was a lot thrown to me right away with Stahl. In order to really kind of understand her, I had to sort of understand that whatever worked for her in that moment was how I was going to go what—June—I was going to go. That really is a sociopath, whatever works for her. So she’s kind of like this wonderful little actress. At least that’s what I like to think. I don’t know if she’s so wonderful, but— That’s what I did with her. I just made everything, anything that was to her advantage, she was lovely. She could turn on a dime, and I really like that.
On what makes Sons of Anarchy crackle:
There’s the obvious sort of bad-guy element, bad-boy element that everybody wants to be a rebel and sort of a renegade and bikers sort of epitomize that, but I also think that the soulfulness and the sort of family bonds that these people have—the way they watch each other’s back—is a very old-fashioned notion, if you will. Maybe not old fashioned but it’s a romantic notion. You don’t really see a lot of that anymore. It’s become much more of a narcissistic society where it’s the loners are there for themselves and people don’t hang together. This is really a wonderful family. They all take good care of each other. There are codes that they live by that are very honorable. I think that really appeals to people, especially in tough times having, knowing that people have your back and they definitely do.
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