TV Guide Online
17 October 2003
Lucy
Lawless Meets Tarzan!
Actress Lucy Lawless
concluded her six-year saga as Xena: Warrior Princess in 2001. Where
is she now? TV Guide Online rang up her celly to ask!
"At this moment,"
she says, "I'm having my hair done in Beverly Hills for the show." She
means the WB's Tarzan (Sundays, 9 pm/ET), where she plays Travis Fimmel's
newspaper mogul aunt, Kathleen Clayton. Is this rich lady role easier
than living in Xena's tough skin?
"It's very lovely,"
Lawless coos. "I'm luxuriating in comfort. Nobody's telling me to 'Lie
down in that pool of blood.' I could not be happier."
Still, the 35-year-old
mom of three isn't committed to Tarzan beyond this season. That's because
she's signed a development deal with the WB to find her own series to
star in. Another action show? "No!" she scoffs.
"Possibly a combination
of comedy and drama. I've turned down a slew of action television ideas.
I've kinda done that. I will always be grateful for the chance to play
Xena, but how am I going to find a better action role than that?"
Speaking of her
old show, Lawless and Kevin Sorbo are currently suing Universal Studios
— the company behind Xena and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys — for
breach-of-contract. As previously reported, the stars claim they've
been denied their fair share of the popular action series' profits.
"What we're talking about is our percentage of the merchandising," she
says. "It's just anything that came out of the Xena franchise. I guess
we haven't yet participated in any of the profits, if there are any
profits to be had. So that's what we're looking into. We're just having
a proper look at the books."
From TVGuide Online.
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