Grace Van Patten & Jackson White on Creating a Supervillain Couple on Hulu's 'Tell Me Lies'

you're down for them to be endgame yeah it'd be awesome cuz then it's like a super villain couple the stars of tell me lies are spilling the Deets on a wild season 2 Hulu's tell me lies is the seductive series that follows the toxic on again off again relationship between college students Lucy Albright and Steven DeMarco over the course of eight years season 1 ended on quite the Cliffhanger with Steven betraying Lucy and getting back together with his ex and now it's seemingly war between the one-time lovers stars and life couple Greece Van Patton and Jackson white chatted with The Hollywood Reporter all about playing the now possible enemies was it fun to sort of poke the barar and torture each other a little bit on set or was there a scene that was particularly fun to play off that Dynamic it was so fun I mean the first scene we shot of this season together was the when we first see each other for the first time at the party and that was so fun because it was so loaded and neither of us were saying the things we wanted to say and we were kind of just like masking it all with these pleasantries the tension um of being deprived of each other was really fun to play and when we would be in the same room it would just be so loaded season one of the series adopted by showrunner and AP Megan Oppenheimer produced by Emma Roberts and based on the novel by carola lovering was widely praised by audiences for the chemistry between its stars and the jaw-dropping twists and turns in every episode fans can expect the same in the upcoming season when you're reading the script are you ever like oh I didn't see that coming usually not until I say it out loud and then it's like whoa that's mean do you ever feel frustrated with Lucy's actions cuz she does a lot of like crazy stuff this season it's heartbreaking it's like more like come on she's very unlike Stephen where he has a plan for everything and Lucy is I think very impulsive and is not thinking about consequences is not thinking about how things can add up and affect her and everyone around her so it's very like spur of the moment led by anger or hurt or embarrassment or shame and she kind of just acts on that the two also shared if they think Lucy and Steven will ultimately be endgame I mean I don't think they should be but I can see with with just historically that they could not get out of the cycle you're down for them to be endgame yeah it' be awesome cuz then it's like a super villain couple that's true they could like not be bad to each other but start channeling it out and just take over the world yeah that's super Punk that's like that's sick season two of tell me lies is airing now on Hulu for more on this interview head to th.com and for the latest entertainment news and updates keep watching The Hollywood Reporter news

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