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kill? A new
10-partseries–
from thecreator
of Desperate
Housewives
- examines that central questionby
following the lives of three different
women living in the same housein
three different decades: the ’60s,the
’80s and the present.
Star billing in Why Women Killgoesto
Lucy Liu, who’s fresh from herseven-
season stint onElementaryandjuggling
being a singlemumtosonRockwell,
three. Lucy, 50,playsconfident’80s
woman Simone,
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starringherself ’
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actressenthusesoftheshow.‘The’80s
wasa greatdecade.I thinkit wasa time
ofexperimentation’.Plus,Lucygetsto
‘relishinallofthatcolour,shoulder
pads,andglitter’!
JoiningLucyisBigLoveandOnce
Upona TimestarGinniferGoodwin,who
playsperfect’60shousewifeBethAnn
- butthatfaçadeslipswhenshediscovers
herhusbandischeatingonher!‘I’vebeen
givenanopportunitytogotoplaces
emotionallyandpsychologicallythatI
haven’tbeenbefore,’sharesGinnifer,41.
‘ThankGodI’minthe1960sandcantake
it offattheendofthedaylikemygirdle.’
RoundingoutthecastisKirbyHowell-
BaptisteofKillingEveandBarryfame,
whoplaysbisexualpowerlawyerTaylor.
The talentedactresstakes thelead in a newdark dramed
about women– andtheir reactionto betrayal
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In the series, Lucy’s
character’s ‘sparkling social
life, blithe superiority
complex and seemingly
picture-perfect marriage
gets rocked to the core’.
We can’t wait!
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Lucy played
Alex Munday – a
brilliant scholar,
linguist and
fencer – in the
2000 Charlie’s
Angels flick and
its 2003 sequel.