Hilary Swank Takes ET On Set of Journalism Drama 'Alaska Daily' One Month Before Pregnancy News (Exclusive)

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Hilary Swank made an exciting announcement on Wednesday, revealing she's pregnant with twins! But weeks before her pregnancy news, the two-time Oscar winner took over the ET mic for an exclusive set tour of her new ABC drama, .The drama series, which debuts Thursday, follows Swank's Eileen Fitzgerald, a talented and award-winning investigative journalist who leaves her high-profile New York life behind after a fall from grace to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption.

She soon finds herself at the center of a years-old cold case involving the death of a missing woman who was abducted when she was a teenager. «I call my character, whose name is Eileen, a truth seeker,» Swank says to the ET camera as she shows off the Vancouver set, before referring to the mystery at the center of her quest. «So, this is what brings her here.

And this, by the way, is really happening in real life and something we need to get to the bottom of. And so hopefully, the show will shine a bright spotlight on that.» Swank also played interviewer, turning the cameras on her co-stars — and introduced viewers to Moon, her rescue dog who accompanies her on set -- as they previewed the new series.

Created by 's Tom McCarthy, the actress credits him for being «one of the biggest reasons why I'm a part of the show.»«I've been a fan of his work since.