{"id":6035,"date":"2010-02-02T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T09:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?p=6035"},"modified":"2015-05-06T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:07:56","slug":"interviews-with-shiri-tv-guide-and-ny-mag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2010\/02\/interviews-with-shiri-tv-guide-and-ny-mag\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviews with Shiri &#8211; TV Guide and NY mag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the third episode of CW&#8217;s new family drama series &#8220;Life Unexpected&#8221; aired. Shiri Appleby plays radio host and mother of Lux on the show. Several interviews with the former &#8220;Roswell&#8221; actress were released. <\/p>\n<p>She spoke with TV Guide about being back on the network where she got her start, and on a show that&#8217;s &#8220;about people being there for one another.&#8221; Read here a snippet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>[&#8230;]\n<p>TVGuide.com: Can you relate to Cate at all?<br \/>\nAppleby: Totally. I think the idea of deciding to trust someone and make yourself open is a very scary, nerve-wracking decision and who do you choose to spend your life with? Those are big questions.<\/p>\n<p>TVGuide.com: And if you return for a second season, what would you like to see?<br \/>\nAppleby: I hope that she and Ryan can really build a life together and I&#8217;m not necessarily sure how that will all work out. I think Cate has to resolve or deal with the fact that she does have feelings for Baze as well and you hope that Lux and Cate can work through a lot of the issues that they have. We don&#8217;t wrap up all of the issues between the two of them in one season so hopefully have a chance to work through more of that.<\/p>\n<p>TVGuide.com: Do you think the fact that you and Kerr Smith starred in old-school WB hit shows gives your show a nostalgic quality?<br \/>\nAppleby: I think so. It seems to be something people bring up a lot. I loved watching Felicity, I loved watching Dawson&#8217;s Creek. I still love those actors, so if I see them in anything I&#8217;m prone to wanting to watch it because I grew up watching them. Hopefully we&#8217;re having the same sort of reaction for other people. <\/p>\n<p>Life Unexpected&#8217;s Kerr Smith talks about new series and days on the Creek<\/p>\n<p>TVGuide.com: Both Dawson&#8217;s and Roswell had long opening titles with songs that became hits. Do you miss that about most shows today?<br \/>\nAppleby: Ours started last week. We were all like, &#8220;We want opening titles!&#8221; so they made a great opening title sequence for us with a great song, so it feels very much in the vein of those old shows.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Make sure to read the entire interview here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/News\/Life-Unexpecteds-Shiri-1014386.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Life Unexpected&#8217;s Shiri Appleby Previews the Fallout of Cate and Baze Sleeping Together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the NY mag published the text <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/entertainment\/2010\/02\/life_unexpecteds_shiri_appleby.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Life Unexpected\u2019s Shiri Appleby on the CW Cabal, Fading From the Spotlight, and Playing a Mom at 31&#8221;<\/a>. &#8220;Roswell&#8221; is mentioned here, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote>[&#8230;]\n<strong>There was such a flurry of attention around you when Roswell came on \u2014 you were definitely made into an &#8220;It&#8221; Girl. And then it seems that all went away for quite awhile once the show was off.<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, it was awhile. In a way, I got pretty lucky. When Roswell was on, there wasn\u2019t as much paparazzi, though I was in a lot of magazines. When the attention went away, I focused on finding what my own life was like. People get tired of you after awhile; you\u2019ve been on a show for three years, and episodic TV can sometimes feel very repetitive. It took me awhile to get a job again, but once you start working, it\u2019s the smartest advice to just keep saying yes.<\/p>\n<p>Does Brittany Robertson, who plays your daughter on the show, remind you at all of yourself in the Roswell days?<br \/>\nI see it with Brittany \u2014 she\u2019s actually 19 now, the age I was when I started Roswell. She reminds me of what I was going through, the nerves and the fears. A lot of things she\u2019s saying, I can say I totally relate: this is what happens; these are the feelings; this is how your friends are going to react; this is a perspective that worked for me and I hope will work for you. Brittany and I live in a house together in West Vancouver, where we shoot.<\/p>\n[&#8230;]<\/blockquote>\n<p>Popeater interviewed Shiri on her show and other fun things. She talks about &#8220;Life Unexpected&#8221;, old WB days, her fear of animals&#8230; and even &#8220;Twilight&#8221; is mentioned.<\/p>\n<blockquote>[&#8230;]\n<strong>I know you brought up &#8216;Roswell&#8217;, which I loved. I had read that you would be interested in doing more sci-fi. Is that true?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;No. I mean, I would do it, obviously. If James Cameron came calling, I would do whatever he wanted. [laughs] But it&#8217;s definitely an interesting genre, but I definitely connected more to the love story aspect on that show, as I do with this one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I can see why! Did you know there is a thread on IMDB saying you should have played Bella in &#8216;Twilight&#8217;?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;[laughs] The Kristen Stewart role?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah.<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;That&#8217;s funny! I think she&#8217;s doing pretty well for herself.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This cool interview is located here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popeater.com\/2010\/02\/01\/shiri-appleby-life-unexpected\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shiri Appleby&#8217;s &#8216;Life Unexpected&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the third episode of CW&#8217;s new family drama series &#8220;Life Unexpected&#8221; aired. 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