Callie Thorne Doesn't Need Rescuing

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Callie Thorne Doesn't Need Rescuing

When FX's series "Rescue Me" wrapped filming for the season recently, Callie Thorne knew she woiuld be sad.

The actress, who plays Sheila Keefe on the show, considers the rest of the cast to be family. She has a little separation anxiety when they go away for the off-season.

She enjoys the show, in which she says the writers have created a world where anything can happen-particularly for Thorne's character.

She had no idea what her character would be doing until she received the first episode.

Sometimes when she reads a script with powerful material for her character, she says her "upper lip breaks into a sweat. I think, 'Oh my God, they think I'm better than I am.'"

Thorne says the storylines this season are "mind-blowing." The new season got a delayed start because of the writers' strike.

She expects that the stories will more than make up for the wait.

For now, though, while they aren't filming, she expects to be sad until she gets used to it.

"When you're lucky enough to have a job, a stable job, the hiatuses are a little daunting."

Gina Wilhelm Actress