Revenge: Stars Tease Season Two and Reveal Who They Want to Play Emily's Mother!-E! Online

Here's an article by E! Online's Lisa Abdolian, which gives some scoop on season 2 of Revenge. In the article, Madeleine Stowe basically comfirms that Victoria didn't die in the airplane explosion at the end of the season 1 finale. (Not that I believed for one second that Mike Kelley would action kill Victoria off the show.) Stowe also gives some scoop on Victoria's relationship with Emily's mother, and several stars from the show share their thoughts on who should play Emily's mother. Here's an excerpt from the article where Stowe talks about the dynamic of Victoria's relationship with Emily's mother and the cast talk about who they think should be cast as Emily's mother:



Fret not, Revenge fans: We all know it would take more than a little bomb to kill Victoria Grayson, queen of the Hamptons!

 "She's not dead," Bowman tells us exclusively. "You can't kill off Victoria!"

So yes, you can all put down the red Sharpies as there's no need to exact revenge on creator Mike Kelley just yet. But what will the next season bring? Stowe let slip a juicy season-two tease while chatting with us about Emily's mother, who was revealed to be alive in the season finale.

"My understanding is we're antagonistic toward each other," she says, before quickly adding that this will happen if Victoria returns, of course. Her top choice for the part? Marcia Gay Harden!

 "I would love a wonderful, strong actress who is a contemporary to play with. I'd love Marcia Gay Harden, but I don't know if she's been discussed for this," Madeleine tells us. "She would be fantastic. There are great actors on the show, but it would be fun to work with someone who is my contemporary."

 

And just like his onscreen mother, Bowman would also like to see Harden take on the role, telling us, "Marcia Gay Harden would be great. It's got to be someone who's got a little bit of a screw loose and can do that well. Marcia's done that a few times; she's good at it."

As for Daniel, Bowman speculates that Daniel is going to get as dark as ABC will allow, a turn possibly fueled, in part, by his guilt about the intense conversation he had with his mother before she boarded the plane.

"I mean if your mother died, I'm sure you'd be plagued with guilt," he reasons. "Within the ABC parameter, [Daniel] can't get too dark, but I'm sure that he's going to have this kind of M.O. throughout in terms of this sort of darker side to him."



Link to the full article:Revenge Stars Tease Season Two and Reveal Who They Want to Play Emily's Mother! - E! Online



My thoughts: I have to say that I couldn't love the idea of Marcia Gay Harden playing Emily's mother more than I already do if I tried. The first thing I ever saw Marcia Gay Harden in was the movie The First Wives Club, and she was hilarious in that movie. I recently watched season 2 of Damages for the first time on DVD, and Marcia was brilliant on Damages. If you've never seen Damages already, I highly recommend that you buy the DVDs of the first three seasons and season 4, which will be released on DVD next Tuesday. The DVDs of Damages are worth every penny, if you ask me. While I'm beyond grateful to DirectTV for purchasing Damages from FX when they decided to cancel it, I hate that I have to wait until the DVDs come out to watch the show now since I don't have DirectTV. Damages is definitely one of the most brilliant shows on TV right now, if you ask me, but I digress. If Marcia Gay Harden isn't cast as Emily's mother, then my next choice would be Elizabeth Mitchell. I think she would be great on Revenge.