UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Viewers who enjoyed the late "Veronica Mars" take note: "Mars" creator Rob Thomas' new Starz series, "Party Down" (10:30 p.m. March 20) features many familiar faces.
"Largely the people in the cast comprise largely of people who I have worked with," Thomas acknowledged.
The comedy, about Los Angeles caterers who really want to work in the entertainment business, features "Mars" actors Ken Marino, Adam Scott, Jane Lynch and Ryan Hansen in leading roles. A "Party Down" trailer, which was pretty amusing, also showed "Mars" inhabitants Enrico Colantoni and Ed Begley Jr. as guest stars.
Thomas said Ms. Mars herself, Kristen Bell, may make an appearance.
"Kristen Bell visited the set the other day and wants to do an episode," he said. "She has a gap free at the end [of our shooting schedule], so I think Kristen may appear in the show, which could be really great."
For Scott, "Party Down" is a sea change from his last series, HBO's dark "Tell Me You Love Me." On that show, he said his big concern was, "I hope I can cry properly when we lose the baby. Yeah, [this is] a much easier ride."
Posted
Jan 10 2009, 05:06 PM
by
Rob Owen