"He was the first person that told me about lionesses. I didn't know they existed," Wagner said.
"Taylor has created this version of them that you see, but these women exist, and there are badass women that go on these ops, and they do these jobs and we're telling their story."
Wagner credited Sheridan's passion for the military as a driving force behind the show.
"He loves the show, and that's what makes this show so brilliant, because it's his brain and his passion for our military."
Balancing Stardom and Family
Working alongside lead stars Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman has been a learning experience for Wagner. She admitted to moments of self-doubt on set.
"It's so cool. You look over and you just learn things by osmosis," Wagner said.
"There were points where I looked over at them and I thought, 'I shouldn't be here. Oh gosh, I don't belong in this room.'"
She has since learned to overcome those feelings. "Recently I've just looked over and said, 'No, no, no, stop telling yourself that.'
Whether you're a woman or a man, you have to get to a certain part in your life where you're, like, 'I do deserve to be here and sit in that.'"
The physical demands of her role as Bobby, combined with executive producer duties and raising two daughters, present ongoing challenges.
"I think the challenges remain the same for me. Just the executive producer side of it.
Obviously, there are those challenges, and then there's the physicality challenge of Bobby and the fact that I'm also trying to be a mom and it's really hard to keep those three things together," Wagner said.
