Very nice to read that you had such a positive experience with her, Uncle Roger.
One of the reasons I was really disappointed that the '04 pilot never moved forward was because I was very curious to see how Kelly Hu would have played Julia and how her Julia would have been opposite Alec Newman's Barnabas. When we saw the pilot, we certainly got to see her in intense doctor mode, which she had down pat - but, alas, Julia never got to share a scene with Barnabas...