Jill Marie Jones thought Starz had made a typo when it described "Ash vs Evil Dead" as a comedy.

From her time on the sitcom "Girlfriends," Jones knew how to identify a joke on the page, and she saw nothing funny in the sides for her character, Amanda Fisher, the disgraced cop trying to track down Ash (Bruce Campbell), who she believes killed her partner.

"I think in the world that [Amanda] lives in, it's a pretty normal detective world... and then crazy stuff is happening around," Jones told Headlines & Global News in an exclusive interview. "But the difference between this show and another [cop] show, we don't live in a world where Deadites live amongst us."

Jones may not get to play the comedy that the "Evil Dead" franchise is known for, but she was happy to stretch her drama muscles again, originally studying dramatic acting. Her role on "Ash vs Evil Dead" has given her the opportunity to play a little more action than in past projects.

Amanda's smarts and toughness attracted Jones most to the role, as did the character's ability to handle a gun. She was up for another project at the time of casting "Ash vs Evil Dead," but Starz secured her before the other network could act.

"'Ash' is the one that I really wanted," Jones admitted.

Overall, the Dallas native was impressed by all of the female characters on the show coming from a franchise that had been male-dominated in its feature films.

"They're tough chicks and they're smart and they're scrappy. That's one of the reasons I wanted this particular job because I just loved the female empowerment of it. Fisher and Ruby (Lucy Lawless) and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo), they can handle their own and they're not waiting on man," Jones said and added, "Nothing's wrong with falling and slipping into his arms and blinking with doe eyes, but we've seen that a lot."

Jones worked closely with Lawless, whose character Ruby has vowed to kill Ash for being responsible for the death of her family. The two characters join forces to find Ash for their own separate reasons.

"First of all, I have a girl crush on Lucy. She's my girl. We've played around with things, we're like Thelma and Louise," Jones gushed about her co-star, who also gave her some great travel tips while filming in New Zealand, Lawless' home country.

Read more of HNGN's interview with Jones below and catch the season one finale of "Ash vs Evil Dead" tonight, Jan. 2 at 9 p.m. on Starz.

"Ash vs Evil Dead" did a lot of promotion at conventions. Was this your first experience at a Comic-Con?

This was my first Comic-Con in this fantasy type of world, yes. I was having all firsts.

Was there anything particularly crazy that stuck out during these conventions?

I don't think it's crazy. I just think it's really awesome. I try to think back in my own life: Is there anything that was so my everything? I go back to Prince because I was in love with Prince. Literally, I used to cry to my mom when I was a kid, "I'll never meet him, mom, ever in my life."

It was really great to see all the Ashes and how much work and time they put in to creating that costume. But it was just so much love. I mean the fans are the reason why the show is even on because they asked for it and here we are.

Are you excited to see people at next year's Comic-Con coming dressed as Amanda Fisher?

If I saw a little nine-year-old dressed as a young Fisher for Halloween or at a convention, I think that would melt my heart. That would be super cool.

You're active on Twitter. What response to the show and/or your character have you seen on social media?

I've been very fortunate that I don't really get bad tweets or comments on Instagram or Facebook. And I have friends, sometimes it's like, wow that's so mean the things that people say. But it's all been positive [for me] and I think that goes across the board. I haven't heard anything but love and support and excitement.

What did it mean for you to get the early season two renewal from Starz before the show even premiered?

It definitely feels great. Starz has been incredibly supportive to the show. Also they had already seen all 10 episodes and also too, this is not some new baby being born. This is like 30 years. There's already amazing fans of these movies and then on top of that you have Sam Raimi. The genius that is Sam Raimi. So it kind of seems like two plus two equals four.

Have you received word on when "Ash vs Evil Dead" season two will start filming?

I'm not completely sure. We went in April this first season. I think the dates are going to be pushed up a bit, which would be lovely because we were in the winter in New Zealand and if you push it up a bit it will be on the tail end of summer.

New Zealand is gorgeous by the way. It's like the backdrop of a postcard. There's this beautiful place called Piha that's a black sand beach. It's just beautiful. And there's a place called Waiheke where all the vineyards are. If [filming] is pushed up a bit then I'm sure it's going to be even more gorgeous because of the summer time.

What kind of insight about New Zealand did you get from your co-star Lucy Lawless?

She would text me a list of places that I should definitely check out. Also our whole crew, almost 100 percent, are Kiwi [people from New Zealand]. The great thing about being on location is you really get to bond with your cast and crew because when you work in L.A. at the end of the day you go back to your life and everybody goes back to their lives. But when you're on location, you're having dinners together. On the weekend, you're going out together. You really get to bond. So it was great. I feel like we had so many tour guides, which was awesome.

Did you always want to pursue acting or was that a natural progression from modeling, dancing and being a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader?

It sounds like such an easy question but it's not the easiest for me to answer. If you talk to people like my mom, she was not surprised at all that this was my path. Just stuff that I would do as a child and the way I would mimic Erica Kane [Susan Lucci's character on "All My Children"]. I grew up on ABC soaps, so as a little girl I would mimic everything thing she did, little things that showed that I kind of wanted to entertain or go into this industry.

I don't know if I was a little girl and acting was on my brain but I can say this, seeing Diana Ross in "Lady Sing the Blues" be the star, be brown and be the star of a movie, not to say that she was the first, but she was the first one that I saw, which really opened my mind to, "Oh that's possible for me."

Your mother worked as a federal investigator. Did she hesitate with you pursuing a career path in such a tough business like acting?

You know, one of the many things that I'm very blessed in terms of my life is my mom didn't clip my wings ever. There were some crazy things that I thought growing up that I wanted to be and she just supported it. By the way, let's be very clear, if we're going into our 20s with these crazy things, I want somebody to sit down and have a real conversation [with me] but no, she never clipped my wings.

Starring on "Girlfriends" which aired on the small network of UPN, what have you thought about the success of shows like "Black-ish" and "Empire" on bigger networks?

I think it's incredible. First of all, I love both shows and I think that it's showing the masses that you can put African-Americans on television and people will watch. If you didn't know before, now you know.

Is there any show on television right now that you'd love to guest star on?

Oh my goodness, there's so many. I would love to have a Joan [Tracee Ellis Ross' character on "Girlfriends"] and Toni moment on "Blackish." To and play around for an episode. I'm in love with "Power" [on Starz]. But I don't want to be in a penthouse with Louboutins. I want to be on the street.