The NZ Weekend Herald 05 October 2013 in their canvas headstart section talk to Beth Allen. Beth was Pilee / Vanessa in the Xena episode “Daughter of Pomira”
TO BE OR NOT TO BE...an Actress
Beth Allen
There’s a very interest tidbit about working on the show and Lucy’s advice to her:
“I did an episode of Xena when I was a kid and I was incredibly nervous on my first day. Lucy Lawless took me aside and said: “You just gotta go for it: all these crew members watch me doing ridiculous stuff every day. Never be embarrassed about your performance.” Not long after that chat I was hit in the face with a fake axe by a stuntperson and needed stitches.
Some screencaptures from the episode:
DAUGHTER OF POMIRA
Season 4, Episode 11
May 1, 1999
Reviewed by Sheryl-Lee Kerr
slkx@hotmail.com
RATING: 5.5 chakrams
SCRIBES & SCROLLS: Written by Linda McGibney; edited by Robert Field; directed by Patrick Norris.
PASSING PARADE: Beth Allen (Vanessa/Pilee); Craig Ancell (Milo); Bruce Hopkins (Rahl); Mandy McMullin (Adiah); Watchman Rivers (Cirvik); Andrew Kovacevich (Garth); Bob Johnson (Lieutenant).
STORY SO FAR: Xena rescues a child adopted by the Horde only to find the girl is caught between two worlds.
DISCLAIMER: No blonde-haired, blue-eyed Horde girls or their extended families were harmed during the production of this motion picture. Lakota toti. Bonai. Soli bonai. (No fight. No war. Family, in Pomiran)
REWIND FOR: There is the funniest pissed-as-hell look on Xena’s face when Pilee/Vanessa informs Xena matter-of-factly that her big tough adoptive daddy is gonna come and make her plenty dead. It comes right after the little darling says "Why run?" and Gabrielle is about to pull Xena off to one side. Tee hee, way to rile a Warrior Princess.
That’s a big lass they have there. At the gate when she’s rattling on it to get out, Gabrielle and Vanessa’s mother walk up to her to lead her away and she seems almost taller than them both.
QUOTABLE: "I know that a child needs her mother and her father, right Xena?" Oh sheesh, Gabrielle, talk about foot and mouth disease. And while you’re at it, find some salt for Xena’s wound...
Best Comebacks:
Xena: I’m saying total wipeout - no prisoners, no terms, complete annihilation.
Milo: Marry me.
Xena: Take some men and go to the south wall before we boil up the oil.
Milo: She’s ba-ack.
Gabrielle: I did all that? Hmm and they call you the hero.
Xena: Wanna switch? Fine, you kick butt and I’ll take notes.