Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon on all things Big Little Lies season 2, possible season 3
The second season finale of Big Little Lies — and that epic court battle between Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and her mother-in-law Mary Louise (Meryl Streep) — had fans sitting on the edge of their seats.
Now, Kidman and fellow BLL star/executive producer Reese Witherspoon talk with EW exclusively about that ending, the reports that have surfaced that season 2 director Andrea Arnold supposedly lost creative control to season 1 director Jean-Marc Vallée, and whether fans will be able to enjoy another season of the women from Monterey, Calif.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was it like to get everyone back for another season?
REESE WITHERSPOON: The collaboration was otherworldly, particularly having Meryl joining the cast. And then having audiences respond the way they do and love these characters and take them into their homes and hearts. That’s a big deal. That’s lightning in a bottle. I think Nicole and I frequently text each other and say, “Can you believe this is happening?”NICOLE KIDMAN: Meryl in that cardigan, with those teeth and delivering that dialogue, I mean, that is such a unique character. I’ve never seen that on screen. That makes me happy. I’ve not seen that kind of strangely unique, woman-in-a-cardigan, wielding those verbal swords. It was sort of delicious. We’ve always said this show needs to be delicious. And hopefully it will still culturally penetrate. Obviously, so much of what we are grappling with is, “I believe you, I don’t believe you.” And to have a woman on the stand saying “I don’t believe you” with such vehemence to another woman, a momma to a momma, all of those things — for that to get lost is sad. We are trying to interweave all of these story lines, six women and their story lines, and having seven hours is still not really enough. We started to put our toe in the water with euthanasia; we started to deal with the cultural ideas of… once again there is a society that says “I don’t believe you; I believe you brought it upon yourself.” Those things are still very much in existence: “you caused someone to rape you,” “maybe you didn’t realize what you were doing,” “maybe actually it’s your fault that he wanted to hit you.” All of those things are very prevalent in this culture right now. To have them discussed and still in an entertaining way, and then to be dealing with the weight of a secret, how do you heal when you are still holding on to secrets? All of that is very complicated. Trying to deal with these complicated issues and have them still resonate with people in an entertaining way was something we were open for. Did we succeed or fail? Reese and I always say, “Hey, we are always going keep trying.”
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Following on from our previous 2014 TV appearance update, we have an even bigger one for you this weekend! Over 6,000 photos & screencaptures from Reese’s TV appearances in 2015 have been added to our Gallery in the last few weeks. Reese started off the year with a couple of appearances to promote Wild during awards season, then promoted Hot Pursuit, and within that did some promotion for Draper James. She and Sofia Vergara also did the rounds of various Mexican talk shows which was fun to watch.
We’ve also added a few sets of screencaptures from some online interviews released this year. The Fandango interview is particularly great – Reese and the interviewer watch a scene from Wild and talk through it in depth.
I loved Reese’s interviews this year and she looked amazing! There are so many fabulous photos to browse through in this update, including rare photos from the Mexican TV shows. My favourites are the Despierta America, Good Morning America and Live With Kelly & Michael photos 
Many of the interviews are posted further down this post for you to watch, and enjoy browsing through the screencaptures in the Gallery:
• Talk Shows from 2015
• Interviews from 2015
E! News have shared this fantastic old segment with the cast of Legally Blonde from back in 2001. Listen to Reese talking about the work she put into the role, and her co-stars singing her praises!
• E! News – Unknown 2001 x156
Big Little Lies: One of the Monterey Five Was Supposed To Die
CONTAINS BIG LITTLE LIES SEASON 2 FINALE SPOILERS!
Poorna Jagannathan is a veteran actor of stage and screen with a long CV that included a central role on HBO’s The Night Of. But when she got the call to appear in Big Little Lies, the actor was immediately overwhelmed by both absolute joy and enormous stress. As Katie Richmond, the lawyer originally hired to represent Celeste (Nicole Kidman), Jagannathan had a front-row seat to the prestige drama TV showdown of the century: Kidman vs. Meryl Streep.
“I would have taken this role no matter what,” Jagannathan said in an interview for the latest episode of Vanity Fair’s Still Watching podcast. But the chance to work with the most “elite cast in the world” was frosting on the cake. You can listen to Jagannathan’s full interview—including her revelation that in her version of the script, one of the main characters didn’t make it through to the end of the season—here.
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‘Big Little Lies’ Goes Out Large With Season 2 Finale Viewership
CONTAINS BIG LITTLE LIES SEASON 2 FINALE SPOILERS!
It was pure courtroom drama and David E. Kelley playing to his strengths for the Season 2 finale of Big Little Lies on Sunday – and viewers flocked to it in record numbers.
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The season 2 finale of Big Little Lies aired last night! It was a tense episode full of revelations and decisions. There were a couple of really nice scenes highlighting the friendship between Madeline & Celeste, but for us the highlight was again the Madeline & Ed scenes – although we won’t spoil it for those that haven’t seen the episode yet! Reese looked beautiful in her flower head-dress! Although this season was not on a par with season 1 for us, kudos goes to Reese for her incredible work as a producer on the show, and for her performance that just reminds us what a versatile and heartfelt actress she is. Seeing Reese spar with Meryl Streep on screen has certainly been a highlight of Reese’s career for us!
Just FYI, Big Little Lies was not eligible for the Emmys this year as it premiered after the May cut-off date the TV Academy have. It will be eligible for the Emmys this time next year in 2020, and the Golden Globes, SAGs etc. in 2019/2020.
A clip from this episode plus a behind the scenes look for the season from Hello Sunshine can be watched below. We have gorgeous HD screencaptures in our Gallery for you – remember that they obviously contain spoilers:
Season Two Finale. Celeste questions Mary Louise about a tragic event from Perry’s childhood; Madeline worries their lie is tearing the Monterey Five apart.
• 2×07: ‘I Want To Know’ x329
The leading ladies of Monterey discuss the path to healing in part 4 of the Big Little Roundtable.
The penultimate episode of Big Little Lies‘ 2nd season – ‘The Bad Mother’ – aired on HBO on Sunday night. Madeline seems to be taking more of a back-seat this season which is a shame, but she again had a couple of nice scenes attempting to make up with Ed. The season finale airs next Sunday … how do you think it will end?!
We have HD screencaptures in our Gallery, and you can watch a preview for the finale below (HBO have not posted any clips from this episode, unfortunately).
Celeste is blindsided by Mary Louise. Renata learns that Gordon’s missteps are more than financial. Bonnie contemplates a solution to her mother’s suffering and her own ongoing guilt. Ed entertains an unusual proposition from Tori, before catching Madeline in an unguarded moment. The Monterey Five feel the pressure of increased scrutiny of Perry’s death.
• 2×06: ‘The Bad Mother’ x313
The Morning Show (2019)
