Practice Starlet Gets Own Show!
Not that we're bitter or envious — Never! — but isn't life just a tad too ducky for Marla Sokoloff? Let's count her bountiful blessings: The cute 22-year-old actress gets to play saucy secretary Lucy on The Practice and date James Franco offscreen. Now, Madonna's Maverick Films has tapped Sokoloff to star in her own hourlong drama on ABC!
"The show is called Alyx," she tells TV Guide Online. "It's about this girl who's a larger-than-life pop star. She decides she wants to be a rock star, so she leaves the pop world behind and kinda has to start from scratch.
"It's very similar to the Alanis Morrisette story," Sokoloff adds. "Alanis was huge in Canada and then came here to do her own thing. Alyx is really big in Germany — almost like a Britney Spears with her dancers, glitter and shiny lipstick. Then, she decides, 'I don't want to do this anymore. I play guitar and write my own music. I don't want to lip-synch anymore, and I don't want to sing this s----y [prefab] music.'"
Fortunately, this gives Sokoloff a showcase for her songbird talents. "I'm going to be writing the music for the show and singing, as well as acting," she enthuses. "There's going to be an album that comes out with the TV show. Hopefully, it'll be great."
Just in case it's not so great, she pragmatically hopes ABC will let her keep her current gig, along with Alyx. "The new show could flop, and hopefully I'll still have my job at The Practice!" she laughs. "I would hate to leave. I love it there, but it's all up in the air."
One co-star would love to retain Sokoloff at his legal Practice, yet feels sure she's moving on to bigger things. "Marla and I, we just laugh all the time," smiles Dylan McDermott. "I'll have to find someone new to laugh with on the set, but it's a great [opportunity] for her."
