Elisha Cuthbert was a little nervous before starting work on her new ABC series Happy Endings.
?I had some anxiety because most of my work on television had been with 24, and I was used to that element,? the former Calgarian says. ?Once I got on the set, I felt like this was a good place for me. I felt comfortable.?
Happy Endings is a modern romantic comedy that looks at what happens to six close friends when Cuthbert?s character calls off a wedding to another member of their group. This totally disrupts the friendship dynamic.
The series also stars Eliza Coupe, Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally, Damon Wayans Jr. and Casey Wilson.
Cuthbert, who mostly has worked on TV dramas, was willing to take the plunge into TV comedy because she liked the flawed character so much. It was a chance to play someone who wasn?t perfect, who didn?t have all the answers.
She describes her role as an ?honest take on a girl in her late 20s-early 30s going through life at that time.?
Cuthbert been working since she was seven ? most notably as Kim Bauer on several seasons of 24. Nothing that happens with Happy Endings can be as testing as her days on 24.
The writers didn?t quite know what to do with her character after the first season and often created storylines that took idiotic turns. Kim was kidnapped five times, came face-to-face with a mountain lion and was wooed by a weird survivalist.
Cuthbert never said a word.
?I didn?t complain about it because I thought this is where they see the character going. I kind of went with it and tried to think of the best way to play the scene,? Cuthbert says.
Because she wasn?t in every episode, she had time to pursue other work. She made mainstream films like Love Actually and The Girl Next Door.
It?s all been part of what Cuthbert calls ?a weird career path.? If Happy Endings is a hit, Cuthbert won?t have much time to make movies. She?s OK with that.
?I look forward to doing more movies in the future. But TV?s such a great place to be, especially now. I can reach an audience that?s much bigger with television than going off to do these independent films.?
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