This week, I got my third opportunity to take part in a conference call interview with House star Lisa Edelstein. She’s a very bright, upbeat person and talking to her is always very interesting, since she is quite open with her answers.
The next new episode of House airs on Monday, February 7 at 8/7c on FOX. But until then, here are Lisa’s thoughts about her character, what she thinks makes the show such a huge success and, of course, her thoughts on the Cuddy/House relationship.
Q: Given the dynamics between House and Cuddy, can you talk about the challenges that you and Hugh have with keeping pace with the emotional side of the character.
Lisa Edelstein: Challenges, we know each other quite well now, we’ve been working together for seven years, which in our line of work that’s like dog years, that’s like 49 years. So, I really feel like as our friendship as people, as we got to know each other better this kind of intimacy between the characters was an easier thing to do than if it had started from day one, where you have to kind of just jump in and pretend to know each other. So, it’s been great, I really appreciate if there was anybody that I would have to be intimate with on camera, to have it be somebody that I knew and trusted as much as I do Hugh.
Q: Can you talk about working with Candice Bergen and what it was like to play the emotional dynamics between Cuddy, her mother, and House?
L. Edelstein: Candice is amazing; she’s an incredibly bright woman, which I think just shines right through all the dialogue, and really fun to work with. I was really happy to be on set with her just historically, just because I’ve grown up watching her. It was really fun kind of pushing the envelope in terms of the fictional part of our lives and getting to see what it would be like for House to have to deal with a very pushy mom. I think having met the character of Cuddy’s mom, it’s clearer why she would be able to tolerate a guy like House.
Q: Regarding the season opener, the thing about that episode was [that] the dialogue between the characters was so natural and so real as opposed to— I mean just a regular episode, like say when they were picking up the glass in the bathroom. I was wondering if you could maybe elaborate on the shoot. How was it different?
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