Lie to Me made some behind-the-scenes changes this season, translating into on-screen changes for Kelli Williams' character, Gillian Foster.
Shawn Ryan tells the truth about reinventing Lie to Me
The 39-year-old former star of The Practice says the addition of executive producer Shawn Ryan and a focus on character-based stories has helped the series, which premiered as a midseason replacement in January. Williams says she welcomes the changes, which have opened numerous possibilities for Foster's future.
"Foster was in a much heavier place at the end of last year with her marriage falling apart," Williams says. "This season there's a little bit more levity in the office. And since I'm no longer with my husband, there are a lot of places they can take Foster."
For one thing, the writers chose to make Foster less of a stickler...
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Following weeks of cruising comfortably on American Idol's coattails, Lie to Me now must face a hard truth: It has the burden of kicking off Fox's Wednesday line-up. Kelli Williams (who with Tim Roth plays a top-notch deception detector) previews the show's 8 o'clock debut.
TVGuide.com: As nice as it was to have the Idol lead-in, are you now nervous about having to kick off the night at 8 o'clock?
Kelli Williams: There's always a little concern when they start moving your show around, but it's good that we're at least on the same night. But yeah, I have one little concern. We were worried that maybe we'd lose some of the more adult themes, but so far so good!
TVGuide.com: Speaking of Idol, I have noticed that Simon Cowell often uses his middle finger to scratch his nose. Discuss.
Williams: Oh, he's consciously flipping people off! That's interesting... For a couple of months ...
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Fox has made an honest show of Lie to Me, committing to the midseason drama starring Pulp Fiction's Tim Roth as a human lie detector. The drama, from the producers of 24, centers on Cal Lightman (Roth), a cutting-edge researcher who can detect people's lies from their faces, voices, and body language. The Practice's Kelli Williams plays his colleague, Dr. Gillian Foster, described in a Fox news release as "a woman whose guidance he needs whether he knows it or not."Will you tune in? Or wait to see how a similar concept plays out on CBS's The Mentalist? — Tim Molloy
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Kelli Williams, best known as The Practice's feisty Lindsey Dole, will join Tim Roth in the human lie detector business, in the Fox pilot Lie to Me.The drama series centers on Cal Lightman (Roth), a cutting-edge researcher in the field of "deception detection," says the Reporter. Williams will play his colleague, Dr. Gillian Foster.Roth joins a long list of movie vets segueing into the world of television: Christian Slater on My Own Worst Enemy, Glenn Close on Damages, Holly Hunter on Saving Grace, Kyra Sedwick on The Closer, Patricia Arquette on Medium. Do you think Roth and Williams will make a believable duo? — Erin FoxRelated:• Pilot News: Tim Roth Tells a Lie
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Another obstacle is taking root for Marin and Jack on Men in Trees.Ex-Practice star Kelli Williams is joining the cast as a love interest for James Tupper's conversationally challenged environmentalist. But in a bit of a twist, the two won't connect in Elmo. Far from it, in fact. "Jack's going off to do a job far, far away and he's going to meet a woman named Julia," Trees creator Jenny Bicks reveals to me exclusively. "She's happily married, but they are going to bond emotionally over something very significant that happens on the high seas." Williams is on board for at least five or six episodes, beginning with this season's seventh.
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