Beautiful Blonde Brit Sophia Myles is every man's dream. Unfortunately, the man she, or rather Beth Turner--the character she plays on her horror-infused hit CBS show Moonlight--dreams of just happens to be dead. But nobody's perfect, right?

Moonlight was a surprise hit for its network this season, finishing as CBS's second-highest rated new show. Even more impressive--it netted a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Drama. Not bad for a a little show some folks assumed would be a cheap knock-off of Joss Whedon's late, fondly remembered Angel. The vampire romance wrapped its intitital twelve-episode arc last Friday night, and its DVD release date has yet to be announced; but Myles has given us the perfect cure for our post-finale, pre-box-set blues. The former Underworld star (that's right, Moonlight's hardly her first brush with vamps--see also the BBC's latest Dracula adaptation) chatted with us last week about the success she's suddenly enjoying and what we might look forward to seeing in Season 2!

We heard that there?s a possibility of season two for Moonlight and obviously with the writers strike scripts haven?t been written, but do you have any ideas about what we can see from Beth Turner in season two?

Well I don?t know yet until the strike is over and there are some new scripts for us. But it?s very exciting. I don?t know if you?ve seen the final episode yet but when I read the script you just want to know more. I won?t be satisfied if we don?t come back and make more.

Have you seen any preliminary ideas?

No, everything is speculating and everyone is excited. Just having won the people?s choice award and I?ve just been told Alex has been voted sexiest man by TV Guide. We love making it so much and it?s so much fun. People seem to really love it and it?s so optimistic.

How would you describe the atmosphere on the set of Moonlight?

It?s hilarious. I mean it?s a family so we have our good days and bad days. But there?s a lot of laughter and it?s infectious. I think because there are such talented people working on it across the board and all of the actors are really strong and clever. There?s a really great creative sense.

When the show started there were a lot of rumors about the show having different executive producers. Are you surprised how well everything turned out?

I?m absolutely baffled. It?s strange. Moonlight is such a force to be reckoned with. I had no idea what I was getting myself involved with coming over here and making the show. I saw a pilot that they shot before and I didn?t know if it had any life. I didn?t know but it?s just been this organic thing. A - it refuses to die and B - it keeps getting stronger and stronger and more powerful and exciting each show. So bring it on.

How did you get the part of Beth?

I was written a letter from the producer of the show and Joel Silver?s people basically asking me to come and do it. I couldn?t really believe it and at first I didn?t think that it was legitimate just because I didn?t think I could be off with something so magical without auditioning or anything. I was just so intrigued at the opportunity to come be in Los Angeles already with a job. I was just kind of interested in the adventure of it all.

What attracts you to a role?

If I want to go on that adventure or go to that world and experience that. It?s as simple as that, whether I?m interested on going on this journey or if I can bring something to this that?s going to make it even better than what is on the page. What?s my part in this? I like playing strong women. It?s hard to find really good roles for women so I like to play females that are really well written and not just written for men or to be the sex object. That?s boring because loads of people can do that. I?m interested in the workings of the female mind.

As an actress how do you prepare for the parts that you play?

I am the most non-method actress you?ll ever meet. I kind of figure it out as I go along. You start thinking about it as you read the script and it helps once you see the costumes or meet the costume designer. It?s a collaborative effort. It?s not just me creating Beth Turner?s character. There?s someone who designs her clothes, there?s the make-up artist, and hair stylist, and the set designer who designs my apartment. If you think about it someone?s apartment can tell you a lot about their character.

In the Doctor Who episodes, you also played a strong female role that was also in love with an immortal. Is that similarity something that attracted you to your role as Beth?

[Laughs] Well I?ve never thought about it actually and it?s something I realized only recently that there are a lot of parallels between the Doctor Who story and [the] Moonlight story. It?s sort of an extension or elongated telling of the tale. I hadn?t thought about it at the time but I know what you mean!

Since the last episode, were you surprised how quickly the love triangle evaporated?

Especially after Beth and Mick kissed I kept saying to the producers come on guys she needs to deal morally--to be a good girl?tell Josh or end it or stop ending out with Mick. I was quite compromised and was like; you can?t just send him out on vacation. That?s not really dealing with it. He just disappeared for a few episodes if you remember and then he was back. When they finally did end the relationship I thought it was a little extreme. But I?m relieved that that dilemma is gone from her life and it makes it so much more exciting. It?s so deep now and it?s such a huge thing. It?s traumatic what has happened to her.

What are the differences between working in the industry in the United Kingdom to working in the United States?

Well the one thing I?ll tell you is (and I?m not complaining here) the hours. They [in the US] really work you hard. Its six days a week and sometimes up to 16 hours a day on a really tough day. You?re working a lot. When you?re on the show, you?re pretty much always at work and probably only home about 10 percent of the time. It?s fast. On films in England there?s lots of sitting around having cups of tea while they set up the lights but in America it?s go-go-go.

What is the best part about making films and what?s coming up for you?

I just love making films. It?s what I love to do. I loved working with Alex O?Loughlin, that?s one of the joys of Moonlight. And I loved working with Jamie Bell. I did a film with him directed by David Mackenzie called Hallam Foe. It?s the name of a sensual character set in Scotland.

And another film called Outlander with James Caviezel and Ron Pearlman. It?s set in 709 A.D. and this alien ship crash-lands on planet earth. It?s sort of a science fiction/period drama. It?s very interesting. I?m going to play a Viking warrior princess in that one.

You?ve been in quite a few genre films with roles in Underworld, Doctor Who, and now of course Moonlight. Are you a fan of sci-fi or horror?

I love sci-fi. I don?t know about horror. Horror freaks me out. I crap at watching it because I just get terrified. Vampires, I can take or leave them. [Laughs] But I like science-fiction or anything with planets and all of that.

Beth has sort of been thrust into this scary situation where she?s confronting a vampire which is probably a big fear of many, but personally as Sophia what is your biggest fear?

Human beings scare me?probably more than vampires. The ocean scares me. I?m okay if there?s a clean white sandy bottom but when it?s too deep and murky I?m really scared. Even when I?m in a swimming pool I think a shark is going to come out of a trap door somewhere. [Laughs]

For more Moonlight coverage, enjoy our last interview with Sophia Myles, when she was still anxiously awaiting her show's premiere.

And watch our exclusive video interview with Alex O'Loughlin, Myles' co-star and leading man, a.k.a vampire detective Mick St. John (pictured above with her, the lucky stiff).

Finally, if you want even MORE Moonlighty goodness, check out our interview with Shannyn Sossamon, whose vamp (and vampish) character Coraline is responsible for Mick's tragic undead state.

Stick with us, Moonlight fans--we got ya covered! And if you?ve missed it you can see the final episode online now!