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06-28-2010, 06:55 AM
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'Drop Dead Diva' star fondly recalls the years she lived in Oklahoma
Actress Brooke Elliott, a former Oklahoman, plays an aspiring model who dies in a car accident and comes back in to life as a plus-size attorney in "Drop Dead Diva" on Lifetime.
BY MELISSA HAYER Oklahoman
Published: June 28, 2010
When actress Brooke Elliott, star of Lifetime Television's "Drop Dead Diva," thinks of her time in Oklahoma, she thinks about a "jumpin' little juke joint" in Stillwater.
Elliott took a few minutes out of her filming schedule recently to talk about the show and her Oklahoma ties via a phone interview.
"I love ... Eskimo Joe's. I have tons of Eskimo Joe's clothes and cups in my house, 'cause I love Eskimo Joe's," Elliott said. "It's a fond memory. I like that store and the whole gig."
Elliott, 35, who was born in Minnesota, moved around a lot with her family when she was a child, and one of the family's stops was Enid for about four years.
Now, she's a star in a prime-time television series that airs at 8 p.m. Sundays. She still comes back to Oklahoma at Christmastime to visit her parents and sister, who live in the state.
"Drop Dead Diva" is about Deb, a model wannabe who dies in a car accident and whose soul ends up in the body of plus-size, recently deceased attorney Jane, played by Elliott. Through a twist of fate and divine intervention, Deb restarts her life as Jane. Surprises and enlightening situations ensue in this comedy-drama.
When asked about the filming of the second season of "Drop Dead Diva," Elliott said, "I think it's going great. Hopefully the audience is loving what we're giving them and keeps coming back."
In hints about upcoming shows, Elliott said, "We're going to have a little bit of some news with Tony (David Denman) ... there'll be some fun stuff with Kate (Levering, who plays Kim Kaswell) and Parker (Josh Stamberg) that will come up. And Grayson (Jackson Hurst) and Jane will confront some new things between the two of them."
What does Elliott like most about playing Jane in "Drop Dead Diva"?
"I like that it's so vast of a role," she said. "I'm not actually stuck in some type of box. ... I get to play from here to there and every emotion in between, and that's really freeing and challenging as an actor."
Elliott said it's really fun to play Deb in Jane's body, since Jane's brain influences Deb's behavior.
"It's fun to go through the script and try and figure out, 'OK, what does Deb know? What does Jane add to this? Does she know that word in the law, in the court? Does she not?' And it's really fun to figure that out," Elliott said.
'Drop Dead Diva' star fondly recalls the years she lived in Oklahoma
Actress Brooke Elliott, a former Oklahoman, plays an aspiring model who dies in a car accident and comes back in to life as a plus-size attorney in "Drop Dead Diva" on Lifetime.
BY MELISSA HAYER Oklahoman
Published: June 28, 2010
When actress Brooke Elliott, star of Lifetime Television's "Drop Dead Diva," thinks of her time in Oklahoma, she thinks about a "jumpin' little juke joint" in Stillwater.
Elliott took a few minutes out of her filming schedule recently to talk about the show and her Oklahoma ties via a phone interview.
"I love ... Eskimo Joe's. I have tons of Eskimo Joe's clothes and cups in my house, 'cause I love Eskimo Joe's," Elliott said. "It's a fond memory. I like that store and the whole gig."
Elliott, 35, who was born in Minnesota, moved around a lot with her family when she was a child, and one of the family's stops was Enid for about four years.
Now, she's a star in a prime-time television series that airs at 8 p.m. Sundays. She still comes back to Oklahoma at Christmastime to visit her parents and sister, who live in the state.
"Drop Dead Diva" is about Deb, a model wannabe who dies in a car accident and whose soul ends up in the body of plus-size, recently deceased attorney Jane, played by Elliott. Through a twist of fate and divine intervention, Deb restarts her life as Jane. Surprises and enlightening situations ensue in this comedy-drama.
When asked about the filming of the second season of "Drop Dead Diva," Elliott said, "I think it's going great. Hopefully the audience is loving what we're giving them and keeps coming back."
In hints about upcoming shows, Elliott said, "We're going to have a little bit of some news with Tony (David Denman) ... there'll be some fun stuff with Kate (Levering, who plays Kim Kaswell) and Parker (Josh Stamberg) that will come up. And Grayson (Jackson Hurst) and Jane will confront some new things between the two of them."
What does Elliott like most about playing Jane in "Drop Dead Diva"?
"I like that it's so vast of a role," she said. "I'm not actually stuck in some type of box. ... I get to play from here to there and every emotion in between, and that's really freeing and challenging as an actor."
Elliott said it's really fun to play Deb in Jane's body, since Jane's brain influences Deb's behavior.
"It's fun to go through the script and try and figure out, 'OK, what does Deb know? What does Jane add to this? Does she know that word in the law, in the court? Does she not?' And it's really fun to figure that out," Elliott said.