We left Lucy Spiller last season, literally spilling her guts after being stabbed by her rival Julia Mallory. But it takes more than a near-fatal wound and a coma to keep Dirt’s ruthless tabloid editor away from the office and the next big story.
We’ve been digging up a little Dirt of our own thanks to the show’s leading lady Courteney Cox. She gave us the scoop on what’s coming up when season two premieres on FX March 2. Here’s what to expect …
Stories ripped straight from the tabloid headlines:
“We thought that would be a good way to just start the season, and it is absolutely ripped from the headlines. We usually do a hybrid of celebrities and then add to the story…you’ll be able to guess who this person is we might be talking about, even though it’s not really about them.”[PAGEBREAK]
Friends, but not Friends like Jennifer Aniston:
“We have great guest stars this year. We don’t have any cast members of Friends, but we do have, Tom Arnold and Rosanna Arquette, my sister-in-law, and Vicki Lewis and Sharon Lawrence and Richard Karn, all just really great actors.”[PAGEBREAK]
Lucy to gain a whole new perspective on life:
“She is ruthless, but she definitely has a different outlook on life. She doesn’t take it quite so seriously. I think she’s a little more appreciative of what she has — I think she just likes her job more…I think that she’s a little more daring in certain ways, but for a better reason, just for a more fun outlook as opposed to…some personal vendetta against people.”[PAGEBREAK]
A new assistant named Kenny who can’t handle criticism:
“He is such a great character, and there is a condition like that where people get really nervous and need to self-soothe. But yes, I think he adds for a lot of comic relief and he continues to be throughout the whole season. He’s great, just a really great actor [named Kevin Wheatley].”[PAGEBREAK]
Paparazzi photographer Don Konkey, minus the hallucinations:
“He’s on medication now so his schizophrenia has been toned way back and he’s much more in control, which makes him have to look at what he’s doing for a living and how far he goes for Lucy. So they’ve kind of reversed roles a little bit. As opposed to her taking care of him, he’s taking care of her more.” [PAGEBREAK]
Seven episodes and no cliffhanger:
“Well, we didn’t know that we were going to not finish, but the strike kind of changed all of that. So luckily, what works in our favor this year, which would have not have worked last year at all, is that each episode is self-contained, even though there may be a character that goes over a few episodes you can watch each one and feel like you’ve wrapped up a story. So luckily, episode seven, which is the one that we finished on, if you didn’t know it wasn’t, no one’s getting stabbed, but it’s still an exciting episode. I mean, did we have bigger plans? Sure, but does it work? Yes.” [PAGEBREAK]