First Look: Natalie Zea Goes Under the Dome
                                               Jul 22, 2013 09:26 AM ET
by 
William Keck
		
		
	
	
She's had enough of playing the damsel in distress. In the wake of the  brutal knife attack on her character Claire in the season finale of 
The Following, 
Natalie Zea will take on the role of a tough gal on CBS's 
Under the Dome beginning August 19.  
"I  play Maxine, an out-of-towner who has been in Chester's Mill since the  dome came down but has been hiding, lying in wait, ready to make her  move," Zea says. "She came to Chester's Mill on an errand and has  associations with some of the key players, including Big Jim [
Dean Norris]."
Maxine is a real estate broker and has a connection to the mysterious Agatha (
Mare Winningham),  who has been looking after one of the town's homes. "Maxine is not  happy being stuck under the dome but is making the most of the  situation," says Zea. "And I get to carry a gun, which I rarely get to  do!"