Grace Van Patten attends the Walt Disney Company Post-Emmys Celebration on September 15, 2024.Photo:Disney/Stewart Cook
Disney/Stewart Cook
Tell Me Liesis never short on drama and starGrace Van Pattenis revealing where she pulls inspiration from to dive into the tumultuous world.
She toldIMDbthat her “guilty pleasure reality show” is hands-downVanderpump Rules, but it’s not only escapism for her — it’s also a way to dive into the chaotic mindset of Lucy.
“It was a huge guilty pleasure of mine in prep forTell Me Lies, actually, because I find it to be very inspiring for these characters,” she told the outlet.
Van Patten went as far as to compare the storylines of the Hulu series and the Bravo show, as she said, “I really feel likeTell Me Liesis the scripted version ofVanderpump Rules.”
Both are about “a bunch of young people just being awful to each other,” she continued. “So, not only was it a guilty pleasure, but it was prep for me. So thank you,Vanderpump Rules.”
Lala Kent, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix, Andy Cohen, Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz, Scheana Shay attend the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ reunion.Nicole Weingart/Bravo
Nicole Weingart/Bravo
Ahead of the season 2 premiere ofTell Me Liesearlier this month, Van Patten caught up with PEOPLE and dished on how the new installment of the sexy series continues pushing the envelope.
“Each scene is so loaded and so tense, there were so much going on beneath the text,” she said of the moments between her character and Stephen. “Those scenes were so fun to shoot.”
The actors are also a couple in real life, which she admitted can be “trippy” at times. She explained, “He knows me better than anyone. So I had this fear of, ‘You’re going to know when I’m acting.'”
“And then once we were on set, I was like, ‘No, it’s actually the opposite.’ It makes me feel so safe and so comfortable and able to go there and be vulnerable, because I’m so comfortable with him,” she added. “And that part of it was so beautiful.”
Grace Van Patten as Lucy in ‘Tell Me Lies’ season 2.Disney/Josh Stringer
Disney/Josh Stringer
She also clarified thatwhile their onscreen relationship is addictingly toxic, they are “wildly different” in real life. “Thank goodness,” she said.
“It’s like — we get to fight and let it all out on camera and then we’re great. It’s our couple’s therapy.”
Jackson White as Stephen, Grace Van Patten as Lucy in ‘Tell Me Lies’ season 2.Disney/Josh Stringer
The show’s creatorMeaghan Oppenheimer told PEOPLE that season 2 is “more of a war story than a love story,“as it picks up with a new school year following Lucy and Stephen’s devastating breakup — and with Lucy “out for revenge.”
Per the official synopsis, season 2 finds Lucy and Stephen “very much at odds” yet “in a new version of their addictive dynamic - which is as infuriating as it is inescapable.”
“Meanwhile, the story expands deeper into the lives of Lucy and Stephen’s friend group as the fallout from season one impacts all of their lives in unexpected ways,” per the description.
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New episodes ofTell Me Liesseason 2 air Wednesdays on Hulu.
source: people.com