Big Little Lies - Season 2

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copying over from candids, Bill confirms that Alex is working with Meryl in BLL S2
#BillSkarsgård talks about the proud papa moment #stellanskarsgård had when #merylstreep called #alexanderskarsgård “such an amazing actor” after working with him on #biglittlelies season 2

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Oh man, S2 is gonna be really good if this is any indication...

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Reese Witherspoon Hurls Ice Cream at Meryl Streep While Filming Big Little Lies: 'I Got Her!'
JODI GUGLIELMI
August 02, 2018 12:53 PM

Reese Witherspoon has done the unthinkable.

While filming a scene for the upcoming season of Big Little Lies, Witherspoon was spotted throwing an ice cream cone at Meryl Streep — and the internet went wild.

In the photo, Streep (who plays Perry’s mother Mary Louise Wright in season 2) has her back turned as Witherspoon’s character Madeline Mackenzie walks behind her. While it’s unclear what prompted the action, Witherspoon is seen furiously throwing the ice cream through the air at Streep.

Naturally, the photos quickly went viral.

“All I care about are these photos of Reese Witherspoon throwing ice cream at Meryl Streep,” wrote one Twitter user. “If these were the only photos to ever exist, that would be okay.”

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It didn’t take long for Witherspoon to get in on the fun. The actress confirmed her cone did in fact hit Streep while responding to a fan on Twitter.

“Oh Matt! No need to pray. I got her!” the Oscar winner wrote back.

While there is no synopsis available for the upcoming season of the series, the photos make it clear that Witherspoon’s character is as fierce as ever.

Along with Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz are set to return for season 2.

HBO announced that Streep, 68, had joined the cast in January. The screen icon will play Mary Louise Wright, the mother-in-law to Kidman’s character Celeste, whose husband Perry (Alexander Skarsgard)

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met a fatal end in the season 1 finale after physically abusing his wife and raping young mom Jane (Woodley).

Season 2 will seemingly deal with the consequences of his death.

“This show is so much about the life we present to the world that could be very different than the life we live behind closed doors,” star and executive producer Witherspoon said during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.

“I want to thank everyone who broke their silence this year, and spoke up about abuse and harassment — you are so brave,” she added. “And hopefully, shows like this, more will be made, so people out there who are feeling silenced by harassment, discrimination, abuse … time is up. We see you. We hear you. And we will tell your stories.”

Big Little Lies is expected to return in 2019.

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S2 filming has wrapped!

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Awwwwww. This was a nice twitter find. Pretty sure the pictures with Alex are from S1

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Yes, the Alex pics are from S1, they've been published before.

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It's been mentioned in a few other places, but Alex has officially confirmed to multiple outlets that he is going to appear in BLL S2.

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Alexander Skarsgard Says ‘It Is Quite An Honour To Have Meryl Streep As My Mother’ On ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2
By CHANDRA PRICE. 12 Sep 2018 11:29 PM

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We caught up with Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman at the Toronto International Film Festival this week and of course we were eager to find out what’s in store for season 2 of “Big Little Lies”.

It will be an incredible mix of characters with Meryl Streep added to the storyline as Perry’s mother.

Talking with Skarsgard on the “Hold The Dark” TIFF red carpet Wednesday night, the actor told ET Canada “it is quite an honour to have Meryl Streep as my mother” on the HBO series.

He added that he has read the script and said he isn’t giving anything away when he revealed it is “extraordinary.”

“It is going to be extraordinary, it’s intense,” he said, adding “you’re in for a ride.”

Meanwhile, Kidman had fun chatting with Cheryl Hickey on the red carpet at the TIFF premiere for “Boy Erased” on Tuesday night. “I love Meryl,” Kidman told Cheryl, but she was tight-lipped about what it was like actually working with Streep as her character Celeste’s mother-in-law. “You’ll have to watch the series,” she said, chuckling.

But Cheryl and Kidman did share a moment when the actress expressed how much she adores her mother-in-law in real life, Keith Urban’s mother, Marienne. “I love my mother-in-law,” she revealed.

But we’ll have to wait to find out whether Celeste loves or hates her mother-in-law when season two of “Big Little Lies” premieres in 2019.

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Nicole Kidman made a surprise appearance with her husband Keith Urban on CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” December 31 and shared a key bit of intel fans of “Big Little Lies” have been eagerly awaiting. Cohen asked her when the second season will debut on HBO and Kidman replied, “It’s looking like June. I think June.”

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June for BLL2

HBO has revealed the first set of images from Big Little Lies Season 2 and if you’ve been waiting to see the “Monterey Five” back together, then you won’t be disappointed. Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz are reunited once again in the new photos, and they’ve got some might fine new company — none other than miss Meryl Streep, who’s stepping in to play Mary Louise Wright, mother of Perry Wright (Alexander Skarsgard), the not-so-dearly departed husband of Kidman’s character.



Series creator, writer and executive producer David E. Kelley joined his cast on stage at the Winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California to tease new footage from the second season and talk about what’s in store for everyone’s favorite housewife frienemies turned literal partners in crime. While there was plenty of chatter about Streep joining the cast, they obviously kept plot details light.
One major change in Season 2? As previously announced, American Honey and Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold takes over the directors chair for Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed every episode of Season 1, a change that Kidman noted brings the “female gaze” to the show. Another change is the removal of the Greek chorus of witnesses that teed up Season 1, setting the stage for the mystery that unfolded. “The biggest difference in this one is that we don’t have the Greek Chorus,” Kidman said, “which was very much a part of he first series. For some reason that just fell away and that I think changes some of the tone.”



“We felt last year the Greek chorus, with each episode, wanted to go away a little bit,” Kelley added. “We didn’t want to be extraneous or distracting with it, because once the show intensifies around Episode 3 or 4, you kind of want to live in that intensity.”



The cast also teased a more dramatic tone compared to the comedy-drama hybrid of Season 1, and despite the fact that they’re all bonded now, don’t expect total harmony between the ladies. Dern joked that Renata is thrilled to have girlfriends for the first time in her life, but Kravitz promises a dynamic that’s still rife with tension, even if the gals aren’t rivals anymore. “The dynamic is really interesting this season because even though we are a group, we’re all going through so much, so there is conflict… watching us do this dance together because of this lie is an interesting thing to see.”



They also said there are no plans for a Season 3 at the moment, but were also quick to point out that they said the same thing about Season 2 last time they attended the TCA presser. For now, check out the batch of Seaosn 2 images below. Big Little Lies returns to HBO June 2019.



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4 Major Plot Points the Big Little Lies Stars Have Revealed About Season 2
February 26, 2019
by CORINNE SULLIVAN

It's safe to say that we're more than a little excited about the big return of Big Little Lies. With intriguing new characters (hello, Meryl Streep!) and insane new drama, the second season of the hit HBO show has sparked tons of speculation — especially since this season will be continuing the story of Liane Moriarty's original novel (which means we have no idea what will happen next!). Moriarty did pen the new story that season two will be based on, so you can rest assured that it is just as juicy. She and the Monterey mom-squad are divulging as little information as possible, but here's what we've gathered so far about what we can expect when the latest season premieres in June.

1. We'll Learn a Lot More About Bonnie
If you've been dying to know more about Bonnie (who's played by Zoë Kravitz), then you're in luck. Bonnie's character development was explored much more in Moriarty's novel than it was on season one, detailing her complicated childhood history. When Moriarty first spoke about her ideas for the second season, she said that developing the untold story of Monterey's hippest mom was one of her first instincts. "The obvious thing is, first of all, I think we could bring in more of Bonnie's story from the book," she told The Sydney Morning Herald.

Kravitz also mentioned that she's glad to see Bonnie getting a larger role. "Now [we're] revealing who she is, why she is the way she is, and why she did what she did," she told Refinery29. "I don't think you will be disappointed." One thing we know for sure: we're going to meet Bonnie's parents. Though they unfortunately won't be played by Kravitz's real-life parents, Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, we'll instead get to see Martin Donovan from Weeds and newcomer Crystal Fox take on the roles of Martin and Elizabeth Howard.

2. Renata Gets Welcomed Into the Fold
It seems that trouble-making mom Renata (played by Laura Dern) will finally put aside her differences with the other Monterey mothers and join their girl gang after what went down at the end of season one. As Laura Dern said, it's "thrilling for Renata to have any friends," since the usually abrasive mom will finally get a chance to open up for once. Reese Witherspoon added that it's "really cute" to see Renata bonding with the other ladies, breaking down the divide between the working moms and stay-at-home moms. "Dern's character is so excited that she has girlfriends!" she said. "And she wants to hang out and drink wine." Don't we all?

3. Perry Will Return
Wait just a second — isn't Perry dead? Though Alexander Skarsgard's character, Perry Wright, seemingly died at the end of season one, the actor was playfully cryptic when asked on the Golden Globe Awards red carpet if he'll return for the series' second season. "I don't even know if I'm really dead or not," he said. "I feel OK right now but we'll see." Skarsgard confirmed the rumors that he appeared on set for season two on The Tonight Show, but he was tight-lipped about whether his character appears as a flashback in the second season or even at all. "I don't want to get in trouble," he told host Jimmy Fallon. "I was on set, yes. But I can't disclose what I did on set." It sounds like we haven't seen the last of Celeste's despicable husband.

4. Celeste and Her Mother-in-Law Get Close
If you haven't already heard (where have you been?), Meryl Streep is taking on the role of Mary Louise, mother of Perry and mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman's Celeste, who comes to Monterey looking for answers about her son's death. Though it looks like Mary Louise and Witherspoon's Madeline will have a major showdown involving an ice cream cone, she and Celeste might actually bond despite the tension involving Perry's death. During the show's panel at the 2019 Winter Television Critics Association press tour, Streep kept pretty quiet about the dynamic between Mary Louise and Celeste, but when Kidman turned to her and said, "You love me," Streep agreed. "I do love you and I do love her," she said. "And that's the only thing I'll tell you."

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We have a premiere date!

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What You Need to Know About Big Little Lies Season 2
by CHRIS HARNICK | Tue., Apr. 16, 2019 12:22 PM

Those lies? They might not be so little anymore.

HBO released the first teaser trailer for Big Little Lies season two, and with it some tantalizing new information about the group of women now known as "the Monterey five." The trailer, which came along with June 9 premiere date announcement, features all your favorites. There's Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz all back, hiding things, like Perry's death.

According to HBO, season two "will explore the malignancy of lies, the durability of friendships, the fragility of marriage and the vicious ferocity of sound parenting. Relationships will fray, loyalties will erode…the potential for emotional and bodily injury shall loom."

SAME CAST
Everyone is back, including Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Adam Scott, except for Alexander Skarsgard, at least in any regular capacity. Since he's dead, and all.

SAME WRITER
David E. Kelley wrote all the scripts for the new season. Kelley, who was nominated for an Emmy for writing Big Little Lies season one and won one as executive producer on the then-limited series, wrote the new season from a novella done by Big Little Lies book scribe Liane Moriarty.

"We went to Liane [Moriarty, author of the original novel] and asked, ‘Do you see any more life in these characters? You wrote the book — do you see them having life beyond what you wrote?' She came up with a novella, which was key. David took it and thought, ‘Is there something I can do with it?' Reese and Nicole were involved, and they felt that there was more life in the characters. Everybody approached it from a place of love and care [for] these characters and this property, and again, with a little dose of skepticism along the way," HBO's president of programming, Carter Ploys, told Vulture.

THE NEW STORY
As for the plot, aside from the bits and pieces we've heard about Bonnie and new characters, this is how HBO describes the new season: "The subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies will explore the malignancy of lies, the durability of friendships, the fragility of marriage and, of course, the vicious ferocity of sound parenting. Relationships will fray, loyalties will erode…the potential for emotional and bodily injury shall loom."

THE NEW DIRECTOR
Andrea Arnold will direct all seven episodes. Oh yeah, the season will be seven episodes. Arnold won an Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action in 2005 for Wasp. She's helmed episodes of I Love Dick and Transparent, in addition to Wuthering Heights.

THE AFTERMATH
Season two picks up right where season one left off, with the women coming together on the beach, and is very much about the aftermath of everything that happened in the first season—the aftermath of abuse for Celeste, especially when the partner is dead, the aftermath of telling that lie about how Perry died, the aftermath of Jane's rapist finally being gone. It's about how people deal with trauma after the fact. Viewers will also go back in time and see what happened after the infamous push, according to scenes in the trailer.

"When we come back, their lives, like all of our lives, seem very well put together on the surface but then the fissures and the fractures being to emerge," EP David E. Kelley said. "Once the crevices start to widen, it escalates pretty quickly."

MERYL. STREEP.
Streep plays Mary Louise, the mother of the deceased Perry, and she's looking for answers.

"I'm playing someone who is dealing with whatever the defecits of her parenting were, whatever the mysteries and how you can't go back in time and fix something, all those issues," she explained. "That was interesting to me."

While it may sound like her relationship with Celeste could be tricky, she said of their mother/daughter in law bond," I do love her, and that's the truth."

"MY SON IS DEAD"
In the trailer, Meryl Streep's Mary Louise Wright says she wants answers, and she knows she's not going to get them from Madeline.

"My son is dead. I want to know what happened that night. I'm very tempted to ask you, but I don't think I would get the truth, would I?" Mary Louise says.

THE MONTEREY FIVE
In the trailer, it's revealed Bonnie, Celeste, Madeline, Jane and Renata are now known as "the Monterey five."

NO GREEK CHORUS
Season one featured various other Monterey residents offering their observations about what was going on, but Kelley says that through season one, it felt as if that element needed to go away. It's no longer present in season two, which "changes the tone of it," though there's still a mix of comedy and drama.

NEW CHARACTERS
There are new characters coming to create drama for the returning characters. According to Vulture, HBO is seeking actors to take on new roles including Michael Perkins, a new teacher at Otter Bay Elementary School who pisses off Renata (Dern) when his global warming lessons give Amabella a panic attack. Then there's a new employee at the school who befriends Jane (Woodley), with the two eventually sharing secrets. Also expect to meet Bonnie's (Kravitz) parents as we get to know Bonnie and her reaction to what happened at the end of season one.

SEASON 2 GOES DEEPER
Kelley says the second season doesn't so much broaden the world of the show but it deepens it to learn how the lie about Perry is going to "permeate the world of Monterey."

Kidman says we shouldn't compare season one to season two.

"It is its own entity and hopefully it will be taken that way," she said. "It was definitely made with an enormous amount of love."

RENATA HAS FRIENDS
Laura Dern said it's "thrilling for Renata to have any friends," since she's now a part of the group instead of being such an outsider.

"It's really cute that Dern's character has girlfriends," Witherspoon said. "All she wants to do is drink wine."

THE LIES TAKE THEIR TOLL
In the trailer, Bonnie is seen talking to Madeline about, you know, the big little lie.

"It's going to get us. It's going to get us all," Bonnie says in the trailer. "Who are you talking about?" Madeleine asks. "The lie," Bonnie says.

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THU, 02 MAY 2019 AT 11:58 PM
Alexander Skarsgard Says 'Big Little Lies' Season Two is 'Fantastic'



Alexander Skarsgard meets up with a friend for a stroll on Thursday afternoon (May 2) in New York City.

The 42-year-old actor sported a gray and orange, geometric-printed sweater and sunglasses for his afternoon outing.

The night before, Alex stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and dished on the upcoming season of Big Little Lies.

While Alex starred in season one of the hit show, he remained mum on if he is returning for the second season after – spoiler alert – his character was killed off.

However, he did share that the new season is “fantastic.”

“I’ve read the second season,” Alex shared. “I’ve read it, but I’m still not sure if I’m in it or not. It’s fantastic…It’s a very interesting take. It was meant to be a limited series — there was never meant to be a second season.”

Big Little Lies season two is set to air on HBO on June 9.

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Alex in Big Little Lies 2

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New behind-the-scenes pics of Alex and his TV sons (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti) during a photo shoot for Big Little Lies season 1 + previously released set photos!


“Photo shoot for season 1 of #biglittlelies . We miss our daddy! Don’t you?” -Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti (x, x)


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