'Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce' News: Lisa Edelstein Says Series Can Be 'The Tragic Reality Of Life,' It Has 'Real, Raw Emotion' [VIDEO]
Lisa Edelstein stars in Bravo's first scripted Bravo series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce where she dished on the series and what made her choose to sign on.
On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter posted an interview with the former House actress who talked about how she connects with her character Abby McCarthy, an author who struggles to live her single life.
"There were maybe only four jobs that I wanted that I didn't get or just didn't work out timing-wise," Edelstein said. "This was finally that one because she's a smart woman who's my age, but who's also vulnerable. Especially since House, people just see me as this 'I've got it under control' woman, and this woman does not have it under control. I get to use more of me to play her."
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The actress then described Girlfriends as a humorous show that that comes from reality instead of jokes.
"It's the tragic reality of life sometimes, where ridiculous things happen or you get in certain situations that are unavoidable," she said. "It's coupled with real, raw emotion, real feelings of friendship, complicated stories. It's not simplified. There's not a bad guy or a good guy in our divorce. It's very multicolored, multifaceted."
Edelstein mentioned that the show is being compared to Sex and the City since that has a similar concept of a story about women, but Edelstein said that Girlfriends has much more to it than that.
"But I think if you were to start there, it's a much more raw take on relationships than you would see in Sex and the City," the actress said. "You're not going to see those kinds of scenes in Sex and the City."
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce airs on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo.
