Found Star Explains Mysterious New Character & A Scene That Gabi & Trent Shippers Will Absolutely Hate
NBC's Found follows the team at Mosely & Associates as they work with local law enforcement to find missing people before they're lost forever. The agency's founder, Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton), was abducted by Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) during childhood. However, the pilot reveals that she turned the tables by capturing her former kidnapper and keeping him prisoner. In the show's second season, Sir has escaped Gabi's basement to pursue his own agenda, while still trying to prove his twisted affection.
Found season 2introduces Danielle Savre's character, Heather Tollin, in the January 16 episode, "Missing While Targeted." Although she only plays an introductory role in the winter premiere, Savre will have a heavier presence as the season continues. The actor is best known for portraying Maya Bishop on ABC's Station 19, a Grey's Anatomy spin-off that ran for seven seasons before ending its run in 2024.
ScreenRant interviews Danielle Savre about working on Found, as well as her acting career as a whole. She talks about what viewers can expect from Heather in future episodes, and how her relationship with Trent (Brett Dalton) may upset viewers who ship him with Gabi. She also compares Heather to Maya and reveals whether she'd be open to reprising her Station 19 character in the future.
Heather's Job May Impact Her Potential Relationship With Trent In Found Season 2
"What's interesting is the fact that Heather, as an attorney, can really be immersed into the M&A world in a lot of different ways."
ScreenRant: First, I know you can't say, but are you Sir's "secret accomplice"? We all want to know who it is.
Danielle Savre: I'll never tell. I think it's going to be very exciting to see how it unfolds.
Can you tease how your relationship with Trent might spill over into the main story of the show—the cat and mouse chase?
Danielle Savre: Absolutely, and I do love that phrase, the "cat and mouse" thing, because I think that this show has a lot of it from every element and dynamic, and what's interesting is the fact that Heather, as an attorney, can really be immersed into the M&A world in a lot of different ways, whether that's because Lacey is also studying to be a lawyer, or because the people that they might be finding might need lawyers on either side of it. Is she representing the good or the bad?
And in regards to Trent, how is that going to impact this possible relationship in its future, based on who she's representing? He's obviously on the side of law, as she is as an attorney, but as an attorney, she might represent both good and bad. So I think that will impact their relationship as it goes on, and her relationship with M&A, because maybe they don't see eye to eye on some things as they unfold.
And Trent is already on thin ice with them, or vice versa.
Danielle Savre: Also, could Trent also be on the opposing side of M&A at some point?
Throwing a lawyer into the mix is always a recipe for something fun. I'm trying to think of words to describe your character.
Danielle Savre: Besides "ambitious and mysterious?"
I'm thinking more like, "dangerous bombshell."
Danielle Savre: Dangerous bombshell, I'll take it! I love that too, because it's so different than the character I played for seven years. She is quite a dangerous bombshell. I think that's what's so interesting about her. And like you said, it's this one scene that really happens in that first episode. But that one scene, at least for me, when I played it, and when I got to see it in the ADR session, really says a lot and holds a lot of weight, because there is so much mystery to it. These two people basically have a one-night stand, but they have so much chemistry.
And yet, they know nothing about each other. He's waking up and asking, "So you're a lawyer or something? What do you do?" And she's like, "And what do you do?" And yet, we want more of it, right off the bat. Well, some do. Some people probably want Trent and Gabi to get together, so this is going to be a very hated scene for them. But I think, regardless, it definitely brings the danger and the mystery as to who this person is, and what kind of bomb she's going to set off in the M&A world, and how that's going to reverberate through the entire show.
Savre Says Station 19's "Beautiful" Ending Serviced Its Fans
"Never will I close the book on Maya Bishop or Station 19."
You mentioned a certain character you played for seven years. Station 19 had a definitive ending, which is rare in the TV world. Was it a privilege to get to close the book on Maya Bishop?
Danielle Savre: It was. And it was beautiful, the way that both Zoanne and Peter decided to play it out, because they could have decided, "Okay, we're going to do big cliffhangers, or people are going to pass away," or things like that. But they really did a service to the fanbase, and made it as much of a happy ending as they could. Those flash-forwards were really beautiful. And I think we really all got what we wanted for our characters in the end, which was happiness and success and all of us having all of our wishes and dreams come true.
Which was funny, because a take on that, was people were saying, "No, these were just fantasies," so that, if the show were to ever continue, you make them out to be actually like, "That's not what happened." And chaos ensues. None of that was real, these flash-forwards. So it was a fun kind of thing to be like, "Well, if anything happens, that's what we can kind of do." Play with these flash-forwards in a way that maybe they're not really reality, and how would that unfold if they weren't?
I was thinking of how Will & Grace had a big flash-forward ending, and then when they brought it back, Karen was like, "It was just a dream."
Danielle Savre: Yep. And that's exactly what they would have done with Station 19 if they had been able to save it, so...
With that in mind, even with the flash-forwards showing your character's happy future, do you feel there's room for you to pop up on Grey's Anatomy? Or have you closed the book on Maya?
Danielle Savre: Never will I close the book on Maya Bishop or Station 19. She meant so much to me that I will gladly say "yes" to Grey's Anatomy if they ever want a little snippet of Maya Bishop. We were just cracking jokes the other day, like, "What if she just pulls up in the ambulance to drop off a patient?" I was like, "I would happily show up for one word, one scene, or just literally a background walk on Grace Anatomy, if that meant getting to revive Maya for the world, for that entire universe."
That's kind of the implication of the ending, right? She's there, she's the boss, and she's just going to do it until the wheels fall off.
Danielle Savre: Yeah. And I would. There are so many things I would love. But I mean, they have 17 series regulars, so bringing over Maya for a significant role on Grey's would be highly unlikely, but I never say never. I definitely would love to just come over there, just to say "hi" and to play with the whole Shondaland family.
There Are More Similarities Than Differences Between Savre's Found And Station 19 Characters
"They're both very ambitious people, and that ambition stemmed from a very traumatic place."
How would you compare Heather and Maya?
Danielle Savre: I think what's interesting is, there's actually more similarities than differences in a way, because they're both very ambitious people, and that ambition stemmed from a very traumatic place. With Heather, we don't know what that trauma was and how that led to the ambition she has. We know about Maya's trauma, obviously, and how she became the person she was, but it's really interesting to see the trauma unfold with Heather as to why she is as ambitious as she is.
And I think, another similarity between them is, sometimes, their ambition can lead to bad choices. How will people react to those bad choices? Can you redeem yourself after making those bad choices? I didn't realize it at first, because on the surface, they feel so different. Heather is this very fashionable and big, intense presence that takes up space and is like, "Hello, I'm here. I say all the right things. And I know all the things!" and she's amazing to play, and so was Maya.
But she comes in very differently on the surface than Maya did. Yet, at the root of it, they have a lot of similarities in their ambition and where it comes from. So it'll be interesting. I wonder if anyone else will be making that comparison when they watch it unfold. But for me, as an actor, I was able to draw from a lot of the same kind of similarities. And I think that's what's beautiful about the show, Found, is that it feels like a lot of the characters stem from a place of past traumas and how those wounds turn into wisdom, and how they're able to manifest their lives past that trauma that they experienced.
One more question, inspired by Deep Blue Sea 2, do you want to get eaten by a shark in a movie at some point?
Danielle Savre: No, but I do love a good death scene. I do love a good death scene, but getting eaten by a shark, that would not have been fun. It just would not have been fun!
Fair enough!
Danielle Savre: Unless it's, like, a Jaws reboot. If it's a Jaws reboot, if we're talking like a classic and you're like, "Now do you want to get eaten by a shark?" I'd be like, absolutely. Because we're replicating Jaws. But in Deep Blue Sea 2, I really enjoy being the badass who gets to defeat them all.
More About NBC's Found Season 2
Created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (series star and producer Shanola Hampton), who was once herself one of those forgotten ones, and her crisis management team make sure there is always someone looking out for the missing.
Gabi, however, has a chilling secret: In the midst of grief, she imprisoned her childhood kidnapper, Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Now Sir has escaped and is on the loose, and her biggest secret is now her biggest threat.
Check out our other interviews with the Found season 2 cast:
- Arlen Escarpeta
- Brett Dalton
- Dionne Gipson
- Gabrielle Walsh
- Karan Oberoi
- Kelli Williams
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar
- Shanola Hampton
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Found season 2 returns Thursday, January 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Found
- Release Date
- 2023 - 2025-00-00
Found is a crime-drama television series created for NBC by Nkechi Okoro Carroll. The series follows recovery specialist Gabi Mosely and her colleagues as they attempt to find missing persons across the United States, unified by each member of the team's own experiences with disappearances. However, Gabi's secret to success lies in her basement - where she keeps her former kidnapper locked away.
- Network
- NBC
- Cast
- Shanola Hampton, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Arlen Escarpeta, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Karan Oberoi
- Showrunner
- Nkechi Okoro Carroll
- Directors
- DeMane Davis
- Writers
- Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Jennifer King
- Producers
- David Madden, Greg Berlanti, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Sarah Schechter, Shanola Hampton
- Seasons
- 2
- Streaming Service(s)
- Peacock
