Sandra Bernhard Cases Jordan
You think Veronica Mars is TV's quippiest lady detective? Wait'll Sandra Bernhard debuts on Sunday's Crossing Jordan (10 pm/ET, NBC) in the recurring role of Det. Roz Framus. Trust us, she hasn't kicked ass and taken names like this since Will & Grace last felt her wrath.
"I've known [series star] Jill Hennessy for a while. Two or three years ago, she put me up for another role, but the producers went with someone else — and it was a disaster," the mouthy broad tells TV Guide Online. "So I was kind of in their consciousness. They had passed on me, then realized, 'Oh, we should've gone with you in the first place.' That stuff happens a lot with me. I scare people."
Although this is Bernhard's first appearance on CJ, she explains that Jordan and Co. have known Roz for years — we've just never seen her on screen before. "They already know me and they're all [groaning] like, "Oh, she's back.' 'Cause I'm kinda tough and I'm kinda real," she chuckles. "[Creator Tim Kring] wrote a back story with Bug (Ravi Kapoor) where I have a flirtation with him. Bug and I have had an affair and he's embarrassed. It's very odd, but it's kinda cute... in an odd way.
"I'm involved in the case of the week where this brilliant mathematician goes nuts," Bernhard continues. "He dies [because] he was involved in a sports-betting scam, so we track down the murderer. Apparently, the show was very happy with my interrogation prowess."
Next up, Ms. Bernhard does several episodes of The L Word (Season 2 debuts Feb. 20) as Jenny the bi-curious hussy's new college lit prof. But for the full scoop on that, y'all will have to come back and read next week's Insider. We know, we're such a tease! (But not in a dirty way like that Jenny.)
