By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Mar 1, 2009
Amber Tamblyn admits her first reaction to ABC's "The Unusuals," in which she'll be seen starting next month, was not exactly positive. "I said, 'Oh, God. A cop show when I'm 25 years old? It sounds not good.'" But her agent said, "Trust me,'" she recalls, and pointed out that the show's creator is "Bones" writer-producer Noah Hawley. "Then I read it, and I was blown away."
The forthcoming series has Tamblyn as a very odd NYPD undercover officer -- "you see enough of her on the job to know just how bad she is at pretending to be a hooker" -- who works with equally quirky fellow cops. "It's about the cops as characters -- their things that they're hiding, their neuroses," she says. She adds, "It's like 'NYPD Blue' meets 'The Office.' Very different. I love the fact that ABC is bringing out a bunch of unique shows."
As far as the network cutting back its episode orders for some of those shows -- hers as well as Bobby Cannavale's "Cupid" remake, and "Castle," with Nathan Fillion as a roguish mystery writer -- Tamblyn is upbeat. "I think it was good they cut right in the very beginning so everyone could adjust. We're still doing 10, and they've been very supportive of us."
She reports that they're currently shooting the eighth of the first 10 shows, and after that, she's planning to "take some time off, take some time with my boyfriend," says the actress, who's linked with comedian David Cross. Last year saw Tamblyn in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" and the TV movie "The Russell Girl," in addition to making the forthcoming big screen "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" and "Spring Breakdown." Now, "I'm going to chillax, as the kids say."
As far as the rumored "Sisterhood 3," there's certainly nothing set as yet. Whether producers move forward with the project, she notes of her cast mates and herself, "It's not our decision to make."
Amber Tamblyn admits her first reaction to ABC's "The Unusuals," in which she'll be seen starting next month, was not exactly positive. "I said, 'Oh, God. A cop show when I'm 25 years old? It sounds not good.'" But her agent said, "Trust me,'" she recalls, and pointed out that the show's creator is "Bones" writer-producer Noah Hawley. "Then I read it, and I was blown away."The forthcoming series has Tamblyn as a very odd NYPD undercover officer -- "you see enough of her on the job to know just how bad she is at pretending to be a hooker" -- who works with equally quirky fellow cops. "It's about the cops as characters -- their things that they're hiding, their neuroses," she says. She adds, "It's like 'NYPD Blue' meets 'The Office.' Very different. I love the fact that ABC is bringing out a bunch of unique shows."
As far as the network cutting back its episode orders for some of those shows -- hers as well as Bobby Cannavale's "Cupid" remake, and "Castle," with Nathan Fillion as a roguish mystery writer -- Tamblyn is upbeat. "I think it was good they cut right in the very beginning so everyone could adjust. We're still doing 10, and they've been very supportive of us."
She reports that they're currently shooting the eighth of the first 10 shows, and after that, she's planning to "take some time off, take some time with my boyfriend," says the actress, who's linked with comedian David Cross. Last year saw Tamblyn in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" and the TV movie "The Russell Girl," in addition to making the forthcoming big screen "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" and "Spring Breakdown." Now, "I'm going to chillax, as the kids say."
As far as the rumored "Sisterhood 3," there's certainly nothing set as yet. Whether producers move forward with the project, she notes of her cast mates and herself, "It's not our decision to make."
