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The Hindu : Twenty three-year-old Michelle Ryan feels “Bionic Woman” is ‘a normal girl with everyday concerns’. “What’s even cooler is she can leap from building to building if she needs to.” The British actress who acted in Sean Ellis’ “Cashback”, Stephen Surjik’s “I want Candy” and the BBC series “East Enders”, now stars as Jaime Sommers in the updated version of “Bionic Woman”.Michelle Ryan who has been acting since she was 16 says, “My journey as an actress has been unpredictable. I don’t think I have followed a pattern that anyone else has. I think I just very much got my own way. And I work very hard. I am willing to take the risk and challenge myself. I work with good people and take advice from people around me.”She feels that she didn’t do anything deliberately to separate herself from the original “Bionic Woman” series. “I just focus on the script and I just love the character which is a great mix of strength and feistiness.”Her move from a British production to a Hollywood one, she admits, has been quite a leap. “Though I’ve worked quite a bit on ‘EastEnders’, this is the first big break. So it’s amazing, it’s exciting, scary and everything.” She feels, “When you’re on set, it’s the same everywhere you go. But in the US, the scale it’s just so much bigger. ‘Bionic Woman’ is a huge set, and there are hundreds of crew.”She admits that she has not seen the original because it was before her time. “I read the script and it’s a really strong character and that’s what sold to me. It’s going to be quite graphic and different.” Accent training wasn’t much of a problem. “I have been pretty good at doing the accent. The American accent is pretty easy to pick up and I have a really good dialect coach.”She chose to move from the UK…More