How Katie Cassidy prepared for being 'try-sexual' on 'Melrose Place'

Katie Cassidy, the reigning vixen on "Melrose Place," talks about the challenges of being bisexual in the new issue of Saturday Night Magazine.

On the show, people. On the show.

On fashionista/publicist Emma Simm's bisexuality:

"She is 'try-sexual,' meaning she will try anything," jokes Katie. "She is so open and so free, you never what she is going to do. I think it comes from a place where she is desperately seeking love and acceptance from everyone around her."

Was it daunting to play bisexual?

"It definitely crossed my mind. I have to be ready to make out with women or have a threesome," Katie admitted. "I need to be ready for anything. Being an actor, a character might have an element or two that might be uncomfortable for you. But I'm not playing 'Katie Cassidy,' I'm playing 'Ella Simms' and that is a part of her. You have to be able to take on anything, and I was open to it. It sounds fun!"

Fun for us, too.

More Melrose Place Dish:

Katie Cassidy on her onscreen rivalry with Heather Locklear.

Katie Cassidy's fave pig-out food: cookie dough?

Photo:  Saturday Night Magazine.