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SPOILER ALERT: This interview incorporates spoilers from “The Mickey,” the Season 7, Episode 7 of ABC’s “The Rookie.”

Jenna Dewan by no means anticipated to stay round on “The Rookie.” However after Dewan signed on to the ABC police procedural for a multi-episode arc in 2021, the actress’ fun-loving firefighter Bailey Nune instantly made an impression by arriving at protagonist John Nolan’s (Nathan Fillion) entrance door sporting solely a shower towel. (She had by accident locked herself out of the neighboring property that she was house-sitting.)

For Dewan, the chance to play Fillion’s potential new love curiosity within the Season 3 finale felt, at most, like a welcome respite from the then-raging pandemic. However as soon as creator Alexi Hawley seen a right away spark between Nolan and Bailey, he determined to advertise Dewan to collection common in Season 4. Since then, Bailey’s storyline has developed into a girl realizing that she will be able to’t outrun her traumatic previous.

Halfway by Season 4, Bailey’s abusive husband, Jason (Steve Kazee — Dewan’s real-life fiancé), who was convicted of embezzlement, acquired out of jail. Jason tracked Bailey down in Los Angeles, throwing her complete relationship with Nolan — then unaware of her marriage — into query. After Jason admitted to planting cocaine in Bailey’s automotive in an act of retaliation in opposition to her, he minimize a cope with the DA to behave as an informant contained in the felony group the place he was laundering cash. However his failure to uphold his finish of that deal despatched him again behind bars.

Within the Season 6 finale, simply as Nolan and Bailey started to settle into married life, Jason broke out of jail together with his confederate, Oscar Hutchinson (Matthew Glave). Following an elaborate ruse to make Nolan and Bailey consider that he’d fled town, in Episode 5, Jason tracked down Bailey at work, hit her together with his stolen automotive and kidnapped her. Nonetheless, Bailey was capable of battle again, breaking Jason’s arm and forcing him to crash the automobile. Jason ultimately met his demise by the hands of Malvado (Jimmy Gonzales), a hitman whom Bailey had communicated with on a burner telephone. And on this week’s episode, whereas Nolan struggles with whether or not he can forgive Bailey for successfully conspiring with Malvado to kill Jason, Bailey lastly opens as much as a stranger in regards to the extent of the abuse she suffered.

Beneath, Dewan opens up about taking part in out her character’s harrowing abuse storyline with important different Kazee, how opening up about Jason will enable Bailey to maneuver on — and what she personally discovered from working for Janet Jackson (whom she nonetheless considers an in depth good friend) on the flip of the twenty first century.

Curiously sufficient, you aren’t the primary actor I’ve talked to who has enlisted their real-life associate to play their abusive ex on TV. Jennifer Love Hewitt lately informed Selection that working along with her real-life husband on “9-1-1” really allowed them to really feel secure sufficient to go deeper into their characters’ storyline. Was that additionally your expertise with Steve?

I’ve all the time been a extremely huge fan of his expertise. So when Alexi had this nice concept, I used to be instantly excited. He’s such an excellent actor that I felt we might have the ability to push one another and actually go to locations that you just really feel safer to go to when it’s somebody you belief and also you’re going residence with. It simply feels as in the event you’re going to unlock new sides to your relationship. It’s additionally enjoyable to do one thing outdoors the field and completely different in your relationship on the whole. [There’s] nothing like going by the each day motions of parenting 24/7 at residence after which attending to go and play these actually excessive moments collectively.

In our first scene, we had an actual second of, ‘Oh, thank God, we work properly collectively!’ We wouldn’t have recognized that till ‘The Rookie.’ I believe it was enjoyable for him to play a extremely unhealthy man — simply actually, outright unhealthy — and it was enjoyable for me to have the ability to unleash on him. They’d say ‘minimize!’ and we’d instantly have a look at one another and begin laughing, like, ‘What are we doing?’ We had the ending battle within the fifth episode the place Jason dies. That episode was actually surreal, as a result of we had simply had [our daughter] Rhiannon. So we have been thrust into this loopy automotive battle — beating one another up, throwing one another round, yelling at one another — all of the whereas our new child was within the trailer, and I used to be going forwards and backwards to breastfeed. We had each coloration on the emotional spectrum collectively.

Let’s speak about that battle scene on the finish of Episode 5: Bailey was dragged round like a ragdoll at first, however her fast pondering permits her to get the higher hand as Jason spirals uncontrolled. What sort of story did you wish to inform by that sequence?

I completely agree. She was being dragged round, and I really feel prefer it was a pleasant illustration of the emotional arc that Bailey goes by on the subject of home violence and this ex-husband. She needed to discover her personal solution to battle again in opposition to it, as a result of for thus a few years on this state of affairs, she was all the time the sufferer and the one which’s having to take it. So, lastly, she’s talking as much as him and telling him he’s Sideshow Bob — all this stuff that you just really feel nervous to say to anyone who’s bodily, emotionally and verbally abusive. You might see that she lastly acquired to that time the place she says, ‘I don’t care anymore. I’m performed with this,’ and breaks [his] arm and punches him. She lastly acquired to her breaking level, discovered her energy and was ending the cycle.

As you started to flesh out this storyline with Alexi over time, what sorts of conversations did you’ve got with different victims of home violence? How did you wish to floor Bailey’s personal expertise of abuse?

Via talking to folks I’ve recognized in my life, those who have handled home violence in several methods, I do hear fairly often a chorus that even [if] the risk is managed or minimized, you’re feeling the PTSD of that power interacting in your life. So it’s nonetheless there, and since you’ve got the patterning of it, there’s numerous work that goes into counteracting that sample. I believe [with] Bailey, by the season, you see that: ‘Am I secure right here? Oh, I’m secure right here. OK, that’s gone.’ Nonetheless, the reminiscence of these emotions are nonetheless there. I believe that the ethical dilemma that she confronted — and faces — hopefully is known within the sense of, in the event you’ve had a risk that has been round for years upon years, you by no means really feel freed from that; it’s actually tough to disregard. Partly the place I discovered empathy for Bailey was that feeling of, you need it to be performed so badly, you wish to be happy and also you need your security. I believe that’s a extremely tough factor for her to take care of.

On this week’s episode, Bailey befriends Diana, a fellow sufferer of home abuse who runs an area girls’s shelter. What’s Bailey capable of get out of lastly having the ability to open up about Jason to this girl?

I believe Diana got here into her life for a purpose: to reflect her personal sensitivities and her personal blind spots. With regards to your therapeutic, I believe so many instances you undergo trauma and also you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m higher. That was then, however I’m good now.’ I believe Diana represented the instance of: You’re residing with it and also you’re bearing it down, however it’s good to notice how a lot this affected you, and that it’s okay to acknowledge that. I believe in letting her guard down, Bailey begins the therapeutic course of. I believe that’s continuous; I don’t assume it’s simply one-and-done.

At one level within the episode, Bailey confesses to Diana that she had a tough time labelling what Jason put her by as abuse, as a result of she didn’t seem like a typical sufferer. She didn’t have any black eyes or damaged bones, so she didn’t really feel like — or wish to be seen as — a sufferer.

I assumed that was actually an unimaginable second of writing, as a result of it’s true. All of us have these opinions of what issues ought to seem like or ought to be as a way to categorize it as one thing, and I even discovered at that second, violence, abuse and home abuse seems to be completely different for everybody. Simply because it’s not the stereotypical black eye or damage — it doesn’t should get to that time essentially, or these issues don’t must occur, for it to be home abuse.

That was a extremely attention-grabbing second for the viewers to see, ‘Oh, it’s how somebody’s performing in direction of me and the way that appears. It may be manipulative; it may be covert.’ That’s one thing I’ve seen in my very own life. I felt like there was freedom for Bailey to listen to that, to specific that. There was a launch of disgrace that occurs when you’re a sufferer of abuse — that you just really feel such as you’re doing one thing mistaken — and to have Diana mirror that for her made her really feel like, ‘OK, I’m not alone on this.’

And I believe you’re proper. I don’t assume she ever desires to be seen as a sufferer. However on the finish of the day, she was a sufferer; she is a sufferer. So accepting that was an enormous step. It’s virtually like, what you resist persists, so she lastly goes, ‘OK, advantageous. You’re proper. I used to be a sufferer.’ After which she’s capable of transfer on.

Nolan has been unable to assist Bailey heal, largely as a result of he nonetheless doesn’t know the total extent of what Jason did to her, however Bailey appears prepared to come back clear to him in an try to maneuver on and rebuild the sense of belief between them. What do Nolan and Bailey see in one another that makes them wish to make their relationship work?

For Bailey, Nolan looks like a secure place for her to be susceptible and to be herself. Nolan looks like Bailey is somebody that’s all the time bringing him into new experiences. They maintain one another on their toes concurrently there’s an understanding. When two folks have that stage of hazard of their jobs, it’s onerous for anybody else to acknowledge and expertise that until you’re in it. So there’s numerous commonality with that, and I believe he will get a kick out of her. Bailey is an entire, full-fledged highly effective girl in her personal proper, and I believe that’s actually seductive, they usually have nice chemistry collectively. I additionally assume that Nolan being such a secure place and having the ability to maintain her feelings and her huge emotions encourages her to specific herself extra, be humorous and playful with him. I all the time say he’s like one huge therapeutic in each solution to Bailey.

Earlier than the specter of Jason re-entered their lives, Nolan and Bailey have been contemplating increasing their household by adopting a baby. Will they resume these talks this season? What does their relationship seem like going ahead?

Now the place they’re at with the household of all of it is realizing, particularly recovering from Jason and Malvado, there’s a second of, ‘Our lives are actually not conducive to bringing a baby in as it’s proper now. Each of our lives are in danger.’ It’s not like one individual’s not residence and has this excessive job. We each have excessive jobs, and I believe there’s an understanding that it may not be the correct time for us to handle that till we are able to create a bit of extra stability in our personal lives. I believe that maturity is a cool second between Nolan and Bailey. So it’s undoubtedly nonetheless on the desk, and I believe they each need it. It’s simply timing.

Will Bailey should cope with any authorized penalties for her actions later within the season?

Sure and no. After all, there are the ethical complexities of that state of affairs — being married to a cop and all of that’s complicated, at greatest. However there are additionally another elements that current themselves that designate sure issues a bit of bit extra, so it seems a technique however you then notice there’s extra to the story.

“The Rookie” has blown up lately on TikTok, so the demographic of the present’s followers has unexpectedly begun to skew a bit of youthful. What does your 11-year-old daughter, Everly, take into consideration your work on the present? Does she have the performing bug like her mother and father, or is she extra of a dancer? [Dewan shares Everly with her first husband, Channing Tatum, whom she met on the set of their film “Step Up.”]

She undoubtedly is extra of the dancer facet of us. She is a aggressive Irish dancer, so a very completely different approach than I went, however [she’s] nonetheless within the ballrooms of Marriotts all world wide competing. She loves it; she’s tremendous into it.

And it’s humorous — she’d seen an episode or two of ‘The Rookie’ up to now, however it was all the time a bit of bit scary for her. Nonetheless, lately she stated, ‘Mother, I actually wish to watch “The Rookie.”‘ I believe I’ve a number of the boys in her sixth-grade class to thank, as a result of they’re coming to highschool saying how good it’s. So she’s in love with the present now. Each night time she’s like, ‘Can we watch a brand new “Rookie”?’ So we’ve gotten to the purpose now the place my daughter can formally watch a number of the issues that I do and actually prefer it. She watched the episode with Steve and I lately, and he or she was identical to, ‘Oh my gosh, that was so intense! I can’t consider that’s you guys!’ It’s cool to have the ability to share it along with her.

Your “Easy Legal” dance with co-star Mekia Cox final season was seen over 39.2 million instances and acquired over 3.8 million likes on TikTok. The dance was improbable, however the connection you’ve got is even cooler: You and Mekia share the excellence of being former back-up dancers for a Jackson — Mekia danced for Michael, you danced for Janet. How did that dance come about?

To begin with, sure, what irony that we each danced for a Jackson. We couldn’t recover from that once we put that collectively, once we first began working collectively. I simply noticed that dance on my TikTok. I noticed it as one of many really useful movies, and I beloved it. ‘Easy Legal’ is considered one of my absolute favourite movies, so I despatched it to her and I stated, ‘Ought to we do that? I do know I’m six months pregnant, however I’ll strive my hardest to maintain up.’ She’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, we should always do it!’ So I undoubtedly pulled in all probability 4 muscle tissue in my uterus doing that dance, however we had a blast.

We wish to discover one to do collectively once more. However it’s about, when are we filming the identical scenes collectively? When are we on set collectively? It takes a minute to be taught it and all that stuff. However we had a lot enjoyable and we laughed so onerous. We have been like, ‘That is the very best second to have this recorded.’

You’ve credited Janet with serving to to launch your profession 25 years in the past, and also you reunited along with her on stage in 2017 on the Hollywood Bowl. Whenever you mirror again in your expertise of working for her, what stands out to you? What did you be taught from her?

I do credit score Janet, as a result of Janet was my first dream come true — a real imaginative and prescient board second that really occurred. All I wished was to bop for her. I used to be picked to be in her [‘Doesn’t Really Matter’] video, after which she personally got here as much as me and requested me if I wished to go on tour. I bear in mind I virtually handed out, and I stated sure. I actually discovered from her tips on how to be a pacesetter, tips on how to do it with grace and love, and tips on how to work with others and convey it collectively in a unified approach. She actually understands what it’s wish to be a crew participant, and he or she retains her dancers near her. She’s good to the folks she works for. She has the identical folks round her she’s had for one million years. She is so beloved — and it’s as a result of she treats folks rather well.

Greater than something, I noticed how far that may attain and the way you’re feeling in her presence. After which while you end her tour and you’re employed with different artists, you notice that that’s not the norm. So that you begin to notice that being an excellent chief goes a good distance. I do assume that impacted me rising up. I used to be 19 to 21 after I labored along with her, so that actually impacted my life, and it was simply such an unimaginable expertise to tour the world together with your idol, who is also the sweetest, kindest human on the planet and a drive on stage. It gave me confidence to essentially go after every thing I need in life.

This interview has been edited and condensed.