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Rose McIver on the Many Brains of The CW's "iZombie"

Rose McIver on the Many Brains of The CW's "iZombie"

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For the past two seasons of The CW series iZombie, star Rose McIver has managed to enjoy relative anonymity when the cameras stopped rolling. Thanks to the deathly pale zombie complexion and platinum wig of her character Liv (Olivia) Moore, the actress can “walk among us” virtually unrecognized, although from time-to-time she does encounter that look. “People really don’t tend to recognize me,” she revealed to me during a recent interview. “Occasionally I get a strange look and people think I went to high school with them, so that’s quite funny.” However, all that may change during Season 3, when Liv indulges in what’s known on the show a Tan & Dye: a process undertaken by zombies in which their paled features are altered to look more alive and allow them to blend in. “There’s some really fun stuff in those episodes,” McIver said of the Tan & Dye experience. “I don’t have to wear a wig, so that was a lot of fun.

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