{"id":29634,"date":"2026-08-06T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29634"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:54:22","slug":"anna-pigeons-tracy-spiridakos-learned-horseback-riding-for-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29634","title":{"rendered":"Anna Pigeon&#8217;s Tracy Spiridakos Learned Horseback Riding for Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Tracy Spiridakos<\/strong> didn&#8217;t want to wing it for her titular role in <em>Anna Pigeon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why the 38-year-old quickly started researching &#8220;survival stuff&#8221; to play\u00a0her park ranger character in the new TV show, based on the crime novels by <strong>Nevada Barr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to learn how to ride a horse first and foremost,&#8221; Spiridakos exclusively told E! correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/eonline.com\/news\/will_marfuggi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Will Marfuggi<\/strong><\/a> at the USA Network show&#8217;s Los Angeles premiere on Aug. 5. &#8220;That was kind of the biggest one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though the actress also knew the &#8220;basics&#8221; of wilderness exploration thanks to various camping trips she took as a child, her experience portraying Detective Hailey Upton in <em>Chicago P.D.<\/em> didn&#8217;t necessarily help her get into character this time around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If anything, I had to kind of unlearn some of the stuff that I knew from playing a Chicago police officer for such a long time,&#8221; Spiridakos explained. &#8220;There&#8217;s such a comfort in kicking down a door, and I think that&#8217;s something that Anna isn&#8217;t as comfortable doing. 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