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'24's' Clock Starts Ticking Again

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For theater actress Jones, playing the president has been a thrill ride.

"With '24' there's no past, there's no future there's literally just that moment," said the Tony Award-winning actress. "You come in to '24' knowing so little about your character. I didn't know what state I was from. I didn't know how many children I had. I didn't know whether I was a good guy or a bad guy."

But she is the show's first female president. "I feel like they've done two male black presidents, two or three white presidents," Jones said. "They were going to really start to look antiquated and '24' doesn't like to look antiquated."

Jones had not seen an episode of "24" when she joined the cast in 2007, but once she started watching DVDs to catch up, she couldn't stop.

"I became addicted like everybody does. We have shot 20 episodes [of Season 7] and we just have four more to go and I don't know how it ends," she said earlier this month. "I'm dying to know. I'm the ultimate audience member right now. I really care."

'Redemption' on DVD

"24: Redemption" will be released on DVD on Tuesday (20th Century Fox, $26.98). While the civil war portrayed in the movie is fictional, the plight of child soldiers is real. The DVD features a documentary that was made in conjunction with UNICEF and Human Rights First about child soldiers.

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