‘Trauma’ Pumps up the Drama with Make-ups and Break-ups
Mar 15, 2010 Entertainment
"Trauma" premiered last fall with helicopter crashes and multiple-car pile ups on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. After a hiatus, the show is now back on NBC, and the second half of the season will cut back on the special effects and focus more on getting up-close and personal with its cast of characters.
"At the beginning, these were larger-than-life characters, super heroes," Aimee Garcia, who plays helicopter pilot Marisa Benez, tells ET. "Rabbit [a daredevil flight medic played by Cliff Curtis] shows up with sunglasses; Marisa is chomping on her gum and flying her helicopter. There is that super-hero complex these people have. You do have to be confident in your abilities so you can calm the victim and the victim’s family. But there is much more to what these people do after work."
So with the new episodes, we will see the more human side of Rabbit, Marisa and the rest of the medics and EMTs on the show, but their essential character traits will stay the same.