SUBURGATORY Casts Tessa’s Mom! Creator Emily Kapnek Talks About How She Comes Into the Show and What Their Requirements Were
August 23, 2012 by Marisa Roffman
Get ready SUBURGATORY fans, we’re about to meet Tessa’s long-MIA mother — Warner Bros. confirms that CHILDRENS HOSPITAL’s Malin Akerman has landed the much-discussed role of Alex. (EW and TVLine first broke the casting news.)
When I spoke with SUBURGATORY creator Emily Kapnek last month, she shared that were already big plans for the role of Tessa’s mother in the upcoming second season.
“She’s going to be in the Thanksgiving episode and the Christmas episode,” she told me. “I think Tessa wants to spend the holidays getting to know her mom and it becomes a little more complicated than she anticipated, being away from George and all of their traditions, and feeling a little homesick for Chatswin.”
And, of course, when they went about casting this pivotal role, there were a few things they were specifically looking for.
“We know that we want [Alex] to be youthful and almost immature to the point where she tries to identify with Tessa almost more like a sister,” Kapnek shared. “So we want someone who has that spirit and that playfulness which at first Tessa thinks is super cool, but then after a while it’s like…don’t treat me like an adult or we’re equal or siblings. We want someone who is really good at comedy and likeable. We don’t want her to be a villain.”
Are you excited to see Akerman on SUBURGATORY?
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