Sara Canning<\/strong>\u2018s guest spot on Murder in a Small Town<\/em><\/a> is a full circle moment after she originally auditioned for the lead role.<\/p>\n \u201cThe show has definitely been on my radar because I got to read the pilot and audition. I immediately loved it,\u201d Canning, 38, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> about her appearance in the Tuesday, November 4, episode of the Fox series. \u201cA good friend of mine was in the pilot and the nice thing about being in the industry is having gotten to know a lot of actors really well. I get to see a lot of them in shows that are shot locally. So it was pretty cool to get to join for an episode.\u201d<\/p>\n Based on novels written by L.R. Wright<\/strong>, Murder in a Small Town<\/em> follows a police chief named Karl (Rossif Sutherland<\/strong>) who investigates mysterious murders with the help of a few others, including his girlfriend, Cassandra<\/a> (Kristin Kreuk<\/strong>). The procedural format allows the show to feature celebrity cameos such as Canning\u2019s, who played Mackenzie in Tuesday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n Before joining as Mackenzie, Canning initially read for Kreuk\u2019s character<\/a>, Cassandra Lee.<\/p>\n \u201cKristin is such an incredible actor and it\u2019s so beautiful to watch the chemistry between her and Rossif [Sutherland]. It was really special to get to come aboard,\u201d she shared about her role.<\/p>\n Canning\u2019s character is originally introduced<\/a> as someone who organizes a memorial after the death of her sister. The event went awry after a bear attack, but it was ultimately revealed that Mackenzie planned to kill someone during the memorial to avenge her sister\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really interesting playing a character who is in the middle of such a traumatic event and processing so much grief. It is about living in the reality of the trauma of the event of the bear attack,\u201d she told Us<\/em>. \u201cTo have all of these scenes in a hospital bed, you have to try to differentiate between where she\u2019s at in processing what\u2019s happened and suddenly feeling like she\u2019s being investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n Canning called the opportunity a \u201cpretty challenging\u201d role.<\/a><\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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