Claire Holt: Rebekah & Marcel Find 'Forbidden Love' on 'The Originals'

Claire Holt is all smiles while making an appearance on Extra on Monday afternoon (October 7) in Universal City, Calif.

The 25-year-old Australian actress recently opened up about her new show The Originals.

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“At first she’s coming to make amends so she doesn’t really care about Hayley when she arrives, but then she starts to feel protective of her and this child and feels the maternal instincts she wouldn’t normally get to nourish because she can’t have a child of her own,” Claire told ET Online of her character Rebekah’s reaction to Hayley’s (Phoebe Tonkin) pregnancy. “It’s kind of nice to have that bonding going on.”

Claire also dished about Rebekah’s relationship with Marcel (Charles Michael Davis). “[It's] heated, intense, they have such a history together and I think it’s really going to be apparent throughout the season that they have a real forbidden love, which is great,” she said. “Passion that can’t be fulfilled is an exciting emotion to play for me.”

FYI: Claire is wearing an Express top and skirt.

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