At the end of the first season of Spartacus, entitled Blood and Sand, it appeared that Lucretia, portrayed by Lucy Lawless, and her husband Batiatus (John Hannah), the owners of a gladiator school, the House of Batiatus, came to a gory end. Well, Batiatus did, as his head was practically severed from his body by Spartacus. But this is TV, and despite the fact that Lucretia looked virtually dead, she's coming back for season two.
In season one, Katrina Law played Mira, a slave who was forced to seduce Spartacus and become his lover, but instead helped him plot and execute the gladiators' escape from Batiatus' ludus.
In season two, Spartacus: Vengeance, the gladiator rebellion continues and begins to strike terror in the heart of the Roman Republic.
Lucy and Katrina spoke with TV critics last August about the series, which premieres on Starz in January.

So how did Lucretia survive that very lethal-looking wound? And will there be a flashback to that day or any explanation at all?

Katrina: It was just a flesh wound!.

Lucy: That's right, just a flesh wound. There is a scar, actually. I'm [not allowed] to tell you, but you do find out how she survived, and it's going to backfire horribly on her. Poor little Lucretia!

How many great scenes do you get to play with Viva Bianca this season?

Lucy: Many. Ilithyia left us at the end, she barricaded the door and effectively enabled the massacre to happen against her own people. So the series is called Vengeance, and my relationship with Ilithyia will certainly be a testimony to an act of vengeance. So there's lots with her, lots of vicious parlor games, which is where all of the real punishment is meted out.

Could you both talk about playing women in this era when women didn't have a lot of power. Your characters seem to have their own sense of power.

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