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NBC's Quantum Leap burst onto the TV landscape carrying the double responsibility of serving a Large nostalgic fanbase while at the same time drawing in newcomers with modern narratives and fabulous guest stars.

As spotted at the end of Quantum Leap Season 1 Episode 3, Anastasia Antonia plays Eva Sandoval in the upcoming adventure, Dr. Ben Song's newest "leapee" and the first woman he's landed in since his time-traveling body-jumping began.

Speaking with TV Fanatic from Zoom from Los Angeles, Anastasia describes the unique experience of playing someone inhabited by someone else as well as sharing some of the many projects she uses to express herself creatively.

With the new Quantum Leap being a continuation of the 1990s Scott Bakula/Dean Stockwell series, Anastasia did due diligence in familiarizing herself with the concept before joining the show.

"It was before my time, actually. I missed that Quantum Leap: Original Series [era]. However,...

Scott Bakula, who famously played Dr. Sam Beckett on the 1989 original series “Quantum Leap,” posted a statement on Instagram which confirmed his lack of involvement in the upcoming NBC reboot series.

“Here’s the simple version of what’s going on with the Quantum Leap reboot and me: I have no connection with the new show, either in front of the camera or behind it,” Bakula’s Instagram post reads.

Speculation about Bakula’s involvement in the 2022 revival have surrounded the show since the pilot episode was greenlit in January of this year, though there wasn’t any communication about Bakula’s role until the actor put out the new statement.

“As the show has always been near and dear to my heart, it was a very difficult decision to pass on the project, a decision that has confused and upset so many fans of the original series,” Bakula continued.

Stars: Dade Elza, Kambra Potter, Jake Red, Anastasia Antonia, Anastasia Antonia, Gary Sturm, Jim O’Heir, Terri Ivens | Written and Directed by Lili Matta

A bloodied man makes his way down a Los Angeles street while a police helicopter flies overhead looking for him. This is Travis (Dade Elza; You Can’t Have It) he’s armed, dangerous and heading towards Melrose Avenue. Which is where he ducks into the first open building he finds, the art gallery at 86 Melrose Avenue and takes everyone hostage. And then the flashbacks begin.

We get a quick scene of the gallery’s two very obviously gay owners bickering over the company’s finances. Then we go to Travis’ house where his wife Madeline is having dinner with an old friend, Dallas (Jake Red; Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge). An argument between the two men turns deadly and Travis goes on the run.

"Have you ever sacrificed everything for your country?" Gravitas has released a trailer for an indie hostage thriller titled 86 Melrose Avenue, the latest film written & directed & produced by Lebanese filmmaker Lili Matta. An ex-marine with Ptsd storms into a gallery, taking hostages and forcing them to confront their own complex past and looming mortality, as time ticks by. Starring Dada Elza and Jim O'Heir, with a cast including Anastasia Antonia, Gregory Zarian, Terri Ivens, Langstone Fishburne, Michael Polak, Andy Evans, Richard Sabine, Helen Kennedy, and Gary Sturm. It looks like another attempt to comment on the Ptsd crisis in America and how hard it is to overcome the trauma of war. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Lili Matta's 86 Melrose Avenue, direct from YouTube: A diverse group of people at a gallery opening is taken hostage by an ex-Marine suffering with Ptsd and forced to confront their cultural differences,...