'The Purge' star Amanda Warren on Jane's "strong moral compass" and finding justification in her actions

Amanda’s character Jane is the first domino in ‘The Purge’ setting off the series of events by hiring a purge hitman to do her dirty work.
PUBLISHED NOV 2, 2018

Since the first ‘The Purge’ movie in 2013, stories about a dystopian future where all crime is made legal once a year have regaled and thrilled us. Now, with a 10-episode series on ‘The Purge,’ USA Network is fully exploring the various ways in which this limited edition of legalized crime impacts various individuals, the choices they make and the events leading up to these decisions in a way the 90-minute movies were not able to.  

Amanda Warren, who plays Jane Barbour in ‘The Purge,’ is a big fan of the movies and it shows in the way she talks about her confidence in the show's ability to develop the backstories for the characters. “With 10 hours you are going to tap into something from the past just as sort of justification and reasoning if we are going to come through. So, I knew that it will be fleshed out a little bit more and that there would definitely be better character development,” she tells Meaww.  

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