9 Quick Questions for Rebecca Wisocky

In the popular CBS series Ghosts, Rebecca Wisocky, 51, plays the deceased character Hetty Woodstone, who, along with a host of other entertaining spirits, haunts Woodstone Estate. The wife of the estate’s original philandering owner, Hetty is slowly evolving from a haughty aristocrat into a more tenderhearted, feminist-thinking soul. Back among the living, Wisocky reveals her favorite scary movie, who she’d love to see guest star on the show and what it’s like wearing that snug corset all day.

Do you have a favorite on-screen ghost?

I recently watched The Ghost and Mrs. Muir again. That’s a classic. And also one of the original Ghostwriter stories, which is kind of a theme in our show. And everybody loves [Patrick] Swayze. Swayze’s [role in the movie Ghost] was pretty on it.

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Wasn’t one of your earliest roles in a horror movie?

Well, yes, very, very early. I don’t know if [1996’s The Fountain of Death] even qualifies as a movie at all. But yes, I had my spinal fluid ritualistically drained on the shores of Long Island somewhere.

Are you a fan of scary movies? And do you have a favorite?

I am. I’m a fan of movies. I like movies, a good thriller, something that can move you, something that can shock you, jar you. Don’t we all love that? I do love that movie The Descent — the one where all the girls are spelunking and that sisterhood of terror. Those are some pretty intense scenes of going deep down into a dark, mysterious cave. I loved that movie. I thought that was really masterful and truly scary.

If Hetty could bust out of her tight corset, what would you want her to wear?

She might have a heyday in Flower’s costume [the blissfully chill hippie ghost played by Sheila Carrasco] for a minute. I love the costume. … The costume does so much to inform the character in the way that [Hetty’s] so uptight and is so held. The way she breathes or can’t breathe. The costume has been a great gift.

It’s not uncomfortable?

Oh, it’s horribly uncomfortable.

Wisocky plays Hetty Woodstone in the hit CBS series “Ghosts.”

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Hetty’s power has yet to be revealed. If you could have a real-life superpower, what would you hope for?

Time travel would be very wonderful. [Hetty’s] one of the few characters [wherein] we don’t know how she dies specifically or what her special powers are, or even if she has one. I think it might be very interesting if she’s the one ghost without any kind of power because that would drive her so crazy, and that would be another wonderful journey to take.