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The <I>CSI</I> series have been around for years, but several actresses are just getting into the game.<p><font color=yellow>Megalyn Echikunwoke</font> was attracted to the role of Dr Tara Price because joining <I>CSI: Miami</I> gave her the chance to play a grown-up character. "I have never had the opportunity to play this kind of character, to play a professional, strong, intelligent woman, and it was very attractive to me," she told <A class="link" HREF="http://wdef.com/">WDEF News 12</a>. "I'm usually someone's girlfriend or someone's daughter or something like that. So this has been really, really fun for me."<p>Portraying a medical examiner requires the actress to rattle off medical jargon, which can be very complicated. "But I enjoy the challenge," Echikunwoke explained. She also added that the most difficult part is saying the technical words while simultaneously pretending to be a coroner. "I'm usually cutting someone open or digging inside of somebody, so that can also be a little bit distracting," she said. "But it's fun."<p><font color=yellow>Lauren Lee Smith</font> also joined the franchise this year, playing Riley Adams on the original series, <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I>. Coming into an established show is "a little bit overwhelming, I'm not gonna lie," she admitted. "I had been a huge fan of the show beforehand, so it was definitely very daunting. Fortunately, I didn't have all that much time beforehand to let my nerves get the better of me. I was cast, and then basically I had to start shooting a couple of weeks after that."<p>The original interview is from <A class="link" HREF="http://wdef.com/blog/interview_megalyn_echikunawoke_lauren_lee_smith_from_csi_miami_csi/11/2008">WDEF News 12</a>, a local CBS station in Tennessee.<center></center>