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Por Tiffany Vogt 13 Oct, 2015

From curmudgeonly old men to frat boys, IZOMBIE star Rose McIver channels each zombie-brain effortlessly and Season 2 is already off to a rip-roaring start in zombie-land with zombie-crimes and zombie-torment. But last week, it was with heavy-heart that we learned that Major Lilywhite (Robert Buckley) has been forced to become a zombie-hunter in order to save the woman he loves and the weight of that responsibility and inner moral-conflict really starts to wear on the man who just wants to help people.

So in this week’s new episode “Zombie Bro,” while Liv tracks down the killer of a college frat boy, Major struggles and tries to cope with the guilt eating him up from as Max Rager has put a ticking clock on Liv’s life if Major does not do his evil bidding. As for Blaine (David Anders), while lets just say he has some series daddy-issues to resolve.

During a recent press interview, executive producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggerio shared a bit about what lies ahead in Season 2 of IZOMBIE and what is in store in “Zombie Bro.”

Why do some of the brains that Liv (Rose McIver) consumes seem to have a more pronounced presence than others?
DIANE: Some brains are stronger on how they affect her. Maybe “the force is strong in this one” and it kind of takes her over a bit more than normal. But, as you will see, it’s kind of hard to balance your profession and romantic lives when you’re just on party-brain.
ROB: Liv even says it in the episode: “I love this brain.” It’s like those guys on the planet who don’t seem to have a care in the world — to have a whole week without any introspection, no self-awareness.
DIANE: We kind of cut a part out for time, but she’s like, “I kind of love this guy — like we would have been bros.” She felt a little affection for him. And the thing about Rose is — and it would almost be annoying if it didn’t serve us so well — she’s good at everything and al these different things you see her do, she actually does them.

What other brains-of-the-week adventures can you tease that are upcoming in the next few episodes?
ROB: Next week is the best Rose has ever been. It’s a “Real Housewife” brain. She is spectacular and she looks great. She has every mannerism down. Then the next three are: Real Housewife brain, country western chanteuse brain, and basketball coach brain.

How have things changed in Season 2?
ROB: There are more moving parts. Last year, Blaine was the sole big bad and this year Steven Weber is occupying a bunch of that space, and I think Blaine still has really fun juicy stuff this year. So we’ve got those two things in play. Blaine is going to try to become the crime lord of Seattle — and we actually meet the crime lord of Seattle who will be a significant role as well — Eddie Jemison is playing the role of Mr. Boss.

So far, Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) is the only character left in the dark about zombies. Is that going to get difficult to sustain as the show goes on?
ROB: It will be difficult. It’s already one of those things that I see tweeted out: “How can Clive not figure this out?!” I always like to think like, “Well, would you figure out these are zombies?!” Maybe if you lived in a TV world, you might. But, for most cops — well, he’s a cop that believes in a psychic. I’ll tell you, it’s one of those things that is a blessing and a curse. Malcolm is so funny reacting to those scenes [when he notices Liv picking up traits of the cases they are working]. There is so much comedy gold there.

What can you share about Peyton’s (Aly Michalka) return in episode 3?
ROB: Last year she was largely a sounding-board and, later in the season, a love-interest for Ravi (Rahul Kohli). This year, she is very much in the thick of it. She comes back in her Assistant DA position and she gets asked by the DA to take over the Utopian Task Force. That’s right in the thick of the action. So it’s not just her popping into the apartment to hear how Liv is feeling. She’s deep in it this year.

What is Ravi’s journey going to this season?
ROB: We see a bit of his love-life. We had sort of made the decision that when Peyton comes back that they don’t fall into a relationship, that they are both going in different directions — and then the first scene we shot with the two of them together, it’s like in my handful of favorite things we shot and we in episode 8 right now — those two are so GOOD in that scene. It’s one of those moments where I might rethink everything because they are so good together. We didn’t see much of it last year, but they are very good. So we’ll see a little bit of Ravi’s love-life this year, and he’ll also be be incredibly involved with the remake of a cure and trying to locate the tainted Utopian. We also have an episode where Clive gets taken off the board and Ravi and Liv go out and investigate a case together, which is really fun.

What can you share about Major’s journey as a zombie-hunter this season?
ROB: That is his big mission: trying to keep himself and Liv alive — and in order to do that he has to take out these zombies. You’re going to watch him do that for a long time. It’s going to be a moral crisis for him. It’s a big part of the reason he’s going down into that Utopian well. It will be tearing him apart and it doesn’t get any easier for him for a long time. He’s not going to sit back and take it all season. At some point, he’s got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. So you will not watch 22 episodes of him forlornly simply going about this task. One of the things we pitched to Robert Buckley in Season 1 was that he would be this man of action and he’s been put in another pretty awful predicament, but part of the journey will be him trying to figure a way out of it.

Could that lead Major to team up with Blaine? It would be a good source and way to dispose of bodies. I mean, Blaine’s got a funeral home after all.
ROB: As of right now, we have no plans for that. We’re shooting episode 7-8 right now and they have not been on screen together yet.
DIANE: I don’t think Major is over the “you killed my kids” thing.
ROB: That will be a tough thing for him to get past.

But I could see him blackmailing Blaine with, “Hey, I know you’re no longer a zombie, so you’re going to have to help me out here.”
ROB: Maybe. (To Diane, Rob whispers loudly: “Write that down!”)

Ravi and Liv have successfully cured two people of zombie-ism: Major and Blaine. How will Max Rager feel when they find that out?
ROB: They haven’t found that out yet. At Max Rager, they have scientists working down there and they are working in a different direction. They believe in zombie-eradication and just pulling the “good stuff” out of the zombies. So I don’t know if or when they will. We certainly haven’t broken the story where they learn about the cure.

Are Major and Blaine actually successfully cured?
DIANE: You’ll have to find out!
ROB: Well, we have a “Flowers for Algernon” storyline playing. We have the one zombie rat New Hope, who will sort of be the canary in the coal mine for both Major and Blaine. Like once stuff starts happening to that rat, you have to figure that it will eventually happen to Major and Blaine as well.

Just how quickly will Liv’s new roommate Gilda (Leanne Lapp) be outed? It seems like it has to be kind of obvious at some point.
ROB: We’re writing episode 12 of this season and it hasn’t happened yet. She’s clever that girl — but I’ll doubt she’ll make it through the season.

How far down the line are you planning for this season — only 13 episodes or 22 episodes?
ROB: We are building towards all 22 episodes. I think we’re going to get all 22. I’m feeling bullish so we’re breaking towards 22. I feel good. We have 9 episodes that play before the break for the holidays and we built a really big episode for episode 9, and episode 13 is one we’re treating as just an episode as we heads towards a full 22 episodes this season.

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Rob Thomas habla sobre la Season 2 de ‘iZombie’, los personajes que regresan, cerebros y más
Por Christina Radish 13 Oct, 2015

In Season 2 of The CW series iZombie, Liv’s (Rose McIver) secret is now out and she will have to face new and even more powerful enemies, as relationships and friendships are challenged, and the line between good and evil becomes blurry. And with the zombies of Seattle mysteriously disappearing, Liv and Blaine (David Anders) reluctantly find themselves on the same side.

Collider was invited, along with a handful of other press outlets, over to The CW to screen Episode 2 and chat with co-creator/executive producer Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) about how much things will be escalating this season, where things are headed with Major (Robert Buckley), upcoming zombie brains that Liv will be eating, building towards a season of 22 episodes, how long it could take Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) before he figures out what’s going on, the return of Peyton (Aly Michalka), Ravi’s (Rahul Kohli) journey, Blaine’s relationship with his father (Robert Knepper), and Liv’s strained family dynamic. Be aware that there are some spoilers.

Question: How are you pushing things in Season 2?

ROB THOMAS: Well, the world is getting bigger, without a doubt. There are more moving parts this season. Last year, Blaine was really the sole big bad. And this year, Steven Weber is occupying a bunch of that space, and Blaine still has really fun, juicy stuff. Blaine is going to try to become the crime lord of Seattle, but we eventually meet the crime lord of Seattle and he will have a significant role, as well. Eddie Jemison is playing the role of Mr. Boss, which sounds like a silly name, but every name on iZombie is a silly name.

What is Major’s journey going to be, this season?

THOMAS: He’s trying to keep himself and Liv alive, and in order to do that, he has to take out these zombies. You’re going to watch him deal with that for a long time. It’s going to be a moral crisis for him. It will tear him apart, and it doesn’t get any easier for him, for a long time. He’s not just going to sit back and take it, all season. At some point, he’s got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. You won’t watch 22 episodes of him forlornly going about this task. One of the fun things about Season 1, and what we pitched Robert Buckley when we got him to agree to do this, was that there would be this journey and that he would be a man of action. He’s been put in another pretty awful predicament, but he will be trying to figure out a way out of it.

How far is Major going to go down the rabbit hole?

THOMAS: He will hit rock bottom. That’s the journey that he’s going on. He’s doing this horrible thing and can’t quite stand himself. We have a scene that I really adore, in which he officially hits rock bottom. Major will know that he’s made it all the way down, but that’s a few episodes away.

How long will it be before people figure out what Major is going through?

THOMAS: Pretty quickly. It’s pretty hard to hide. Ravi picks up on it really soon.

Did you intentionally want to go a little bit darker this season?

THOMAS: Yeah. We were excited about the moment that Liv and Major have it out. He certainly doesn’t want anything to do with her, at the beginning of the season, and at a certain point, not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That’s one of the things we wanted to build towards early.

When a zombie eats brains, why do they take on some traits and not others, especially when it comes to that individual’s sexuality?

THOMAS: With the painter brain, she actually was attracted to everyone. She just become very sexual. There’s no hard and fast rule. I would say there’s even been an evolution over the two seasons. Really, we’re just looking for fun stuff to play. That becomes the dominant thing. Last year, we had a theory that we were going to give her one thing that’s useful and one thing that’s a pain in the ass to deal with, but we’ve gotten away from that. This year, we’re finding the best luck when we have a stereotype to play with, like Frat Boy, Grumpy Old Man, or a Real Housewife. I think a lot of murder-of-the-week or criminal-case-of-the-week shows start from a place of figuring out a compelling murder mystery, but we’re always in the room saying, “What’s a fun brain to have Liv eat this week, and what will that give us to play? What comedy can we mine from that?” If anyone digs too far down, every person probably has a hundred characteristics and we just pick one. There was a big moment in Season 1 when we were sitting in the writers’ room, trying to decide how these brains affect people, and we talked about it forever. Back when we were doing Veronica Mars, we were doing a true noir mystery where we tried to put all of the clues in there and we worked very hard on all of that adding up and making sense. But somewhere at the beginning of last year, we decided that we were going to have fun. We have a zombie who inherits the memories of the dead, so a clue in a vision is always an outlet, but with this show, it’s about what would be fun to have Rose play. Sometimes we try to think thematically.

What can you say about the upcoming brains?

THOMAS: The next three are Real Housewife brain, country western chanteuse brain, and then basketball coach brain.

Is there a brain that you’ve come up with in the writers’ room that just hasn’t worked out yet?

THOMAS: When we used to do Party Down, the most fun we had was the first couple of days we would sit around and think of ten parties. With iZombie, the fun is thinking of what the brain will be each week.

Liv used to just eat the brains, but now she seems to be getting more creative with what she eats them with. Was that an intentional evolution?

THOMAS: That’s an alteration that we’re doing differently this year. It makes no sense, in some ways, because we’re having them be thematic, but she hasn’t eaten the brain yet. It’s just a wink. She’ll be on degenerate gambler brain and make brains casino. It’s a little joke for anyone paying attention, but she shouldn’t already be there. It’s silly, but we have fun in the writers’ room. We’ll be like, “What would a stalker eat?” They’re also fun episodes to name.

Are you building towards a full season, or are you taking it half a season at a time?

THOMAS: We are building towards 22 episodes. I think we’re going to get to do 22, so we’re breaking towards 22. If it’s a disaster, we’ll start thinking about 13, but I feel good. We have nine that play before the break for the holidays, and we’ve built a really big Episode 9. And then, Episode 13, we’re treating as just an episode on the way to 22. That could change, but that’s how we’re building it. We did 22-episode seasons on Veronica Mars, but it’s been a long time since I’ve done it and it’s a slog. Last year, doing 13 was so great. It was such a good life. Thirteen is such a good number, but we’d still rather do 22.

Will you ever have a case that takes longer than one episode to solve?

THOMAS: Last year, Episodes 12 and 13 ran together. And then, this year, Episodes 5and 6 also do that. You kind of get an answer at the end of 5, but they support each other. Even though they both stand alone, it’s the same cast of characters for two episodes.

Right now, Clive Babineaux is the only character that doesn’t know about Liv. Is that getting difficult to maintain?

THOMAS: It is, yeah. It’s already one of those things that I see tweeted out with, “How could Clive not figure this out?!” But, would you figure out that these were zombies? Maybe if you lived in a TV world, you might. Of course, he’s a cop who believes in a psychic. It’s a blessing and a curse. We’ve written scenes that have not made it into the show, where Clive looks at Liv and says, “You realize that you start acting like the people whose deaths we’re investigating,” a few different times. Malcolm [Goodwin] is just so funny reacting to her brains that there’s so much comedy gold there. Maybe at some point, we’ll know it’s time to shut that down, but right now, we just enjoy Clive sitting there when Liv is on some strange brain.

What can you say about Peyton’s return in Episode 3?

THOMAS: Last year, she largely was a sounding board. And then, later in the season, she was a love interest for Ravi. This year, she is very much in the thick of it. She comes back in her assistant D.A. position. She gets asked by the D.A. to take over the Utopium task force, and that puts her right in the thick of the action.

What is Ravi’s journey, this season?

THOMAS: We’ll see a little bit of a love life for him. We made the decision that when Peyton comes back, they won’t fall into a relationship because they’re both going in different directions. But then, the first scene we shot with the two of them together, was one of my favorite things that we shot in Scene 2. They’re just so good in that scene that I had to rethink everywhere I wanted to take that. He will also be incredibly involved with trying to remake a cure and trying to locate the tainted Utopium.

How will Max Rager respond to finding out that Liv has successfully cured two people of being zombies?

THOMAS: They haven’t found out yet. They’ve got scientists working, but they’re working in a different direction. They believe in zombie eradication, and they’re just trying to pull the good stuff out of the zombies. So, I don’t know when or if they will. We haven’t broken a story where they learn about the cure.

Are Major and Blaine successfully cured?

THOMAS: We’ve got a whole Flowers for Algernon story playing. There’s the one zombie rat, New Hope, who will be the canary in the coal mine for both Major and Blaine. Once stuff starts happening to that rat, you have to figure that it will eventually happen to Major and Blaine, as well.

Will we get to see more between Blaine and his father?

THOMAS: Yes, we do get to see [Robert] Knepper back in the show. We thought he’d be great, and he was great.

Liv is in a pretty bad place with her family. Will we see more of that?

THOMAS: Yeah. We don’t get back to the family right away, but we just shot a couple of episodes with them, so you will see them. Originally, when we broke the pilot, Eva and Evan were going to be series regulars. The thing that we learned was that our episodes are so tightly packed right now, and we like having them in our show, but trying to get in all of our bad guys and the case-of-the-week is a real juggling act. So, we will keep coming back to the family, but much like Season 1, it will probably be every three or four episodes.

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Productores adelantan el capítulo de esta semana de "iZombie"
Por Craig Byrne 13/10/15

iZombie illustrates how great it is tonight (October 13) at 9PM with a new episode called “Zombie Bro” that gives us a Liv without a care in the world, after consuming the brain of a fratboy who is murdered. Meanwhile, Ravi and Major have their own “broments” in a separate storyline.

Following a screening of “Zombie Bro,” Executive Producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright spoke a bit about iZombie Season 2, including tonight’s episode and how “awesomely” Liv reacts to being a “Zombie Bro.”

“I feel like some brains are stronger than others, how it affects her… maybe if the force is strong in this one… the bro is strong in this one, so I feel it kind of takes her over a bit more than normal,” Diane Ruggiero-Wright teases about how Liv will take her new bro personality. “It’s kind of hard to balance your professional and romantic lives when you’re on just party brain,” she adds.

The producers this year are mostly focusing on one aspect of the brains for Liv to play with — usually the strongest aspect of the character, which works best for the storytelling. “I mean, fratboy. Grumpy old man. Next week’s episode, which by the way, I think is the best Rose has ever been, is a Real Housewife brain… and she is spectacular,” Rob Thomas teases. “She looks great, but she has every mannerism down. It’s so good. We’ve really gotten to a place when we’re hunting for that thing — I think a lot of ‘murder of the week’ or ‘criminal case of the week’ shows start from a place of ‘what is a compelling murder mystery?’ And we’re always in the room saying ‘What’s a fun brain to have Liv eat this week, and what will that give us to play? What comedy can we mine from that’?” he says. “Any person probably has a hundred characteristics, and we typically pick one,” he continues. The “bro” brain will give Liv a chance to live a whole week with no introspection or self-awareness, and it sounds like it will be as fun for Liv as it is for the audience.
“This is a time where she actually not only enjoyed being on the brain, but she was like ‘I kind of love this guy. We would’ve been bros!’ She felt a little affection for him. The thing about Rose, too, that is just — it’s almost annoying if it didn’t serve us so well — she’s good at EVERYTHING. So, all these different things that you see her do, she actually does them. She could do anything. Instead of picking brains that are fun, I’m now just gonna pick a brain that I think she won’t be able to do. It’ll be bad for the show, but screw it,” Ruggiero-Wright jokes. “She can’t be that perfect! I’m going to find her weak spot!”


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Entrevista con Rahul Kohli de "iZombie"
Por starymag 13 Oct, 2015

Q) What can you tease is in store this season on “iZombie” and with your character Ravi?

A) This season I feel like the world that we’re set in has gotten bigger and has more depth to it. In Season 1, we spent a lot of time building the regular cast and their backstory. In this season, I guess the shackles are off a bit because we don’t need to introduce anyone. Now, we’re kind of fleshing out that world. You get to see far more grittier aspects of Seattle, far more of the zombie lore and mythology and a lot more relationships. It seems a lot less procedural this year.

Q) Will the character dynamics switch up or change in any aspects?

A) There has been a few changes. Some of them have been quite organic. It’s been a bit of a hybrid. Blaine (David Anders) and Ravi in Season 2 seem to butt heads a lot more. That comes from the scripts we have been getting. A lot of it has to do with the cure. Blaine is the guinea pig so that puts that in Ravi’s world because of the cure and trying to improve it. Obviously, Blaine puts Ravi in danger so they butt heads a lot. Through our working relationship with Babineaux, this season Babineaux, Ravi and Liv have a new dynamic and it is quite fun to play with. With the scenes we have together (which are usually the exposition scenes where we are talking about the case of the week) there seems to be a new dynamic where Ravi and Liv (Rose McIver) mess with Clive (Malcolm Goodwin). They poke fun and try to get him to crack. With him being very professional and straight-laced, they try to bring something out of him, a more fun side, which has been fun to play.

Q) Peyton is still missing at this point. How long will we be waiting for her to reappear?

A) I don’t think you have to wait too long since the stills from the upcoming episodes show her. I think Aly [Michalka] is just far too good an actress to stay gone long and everyone knew that. The main five of us are season regulars and Aly is reoccuring so we weren’t sure what her plans were and if she was going to come back. We were over the moon when we found out she was on board and wanted to come back to continue playing Peyton. We’re super excited to have her here and she has been here a lot more than she was in Season 1 so fans of Peyton and the Ravi/Peyton dyanmic will be happy.

Q) Will there bean awkward reconnection between Ravi and Peyton?

A) I don’t want to give anything away, but I was saying at Comic Con that their relationship was pretty much over before it began. They met, they liked each other and they began dating, but in a timeline sense I don’t think they were together that long before she left. The way I understood it was that there was a mutual understanding of what she witnessed and what caused her to leave was completely acceptable. Not everyone is going to take the news that Liv is a zombie the way Ravi did and embrace it whole heartedly. I don’t think it is particularly personal from Ravi’s end, but it is still an interesting dynamic to see how she comes back into their lives.

Q) We see the “bros before ex-fiancé” RaJor fans. What can we see from their friendship this season and what does it mean since Major will be working for Max Rager?

A) The thing with the Major-Ravi relationship is that we don’t get to indulge in it as much because Major (Robert Buckley) is going through a huge amount of change and spiraling into a whole new arena. So, it doesn’t feel right for him to be battling with what happened to him with Liv and him being cured and then have them sit down and play videogames every night. It’s kind of moved on from that. There is still a deep relationship there and they still care about each other, but Major is a bit of a cause for concern and Ravi is part of his support network. For fans of RaJor they really need to tune into episode two because it is the most RaJor episodes we have had. There are quite a few of them. In fact, most of the episode for me is with Robert.

Q) What can you share is in store for Liv and Ravi and what the cure means in terms of their friendship?

A) I work with some of the most incredible people I’ve ever met. We’ve made friends for life. It is a small cast and everyone is aware that we love spending time together. Whatever combo we are filming with the cast, we’re always excited to work with each other. I still get that buzz working with Rose. I have no idea what that is and we’ve never really addressed it. Since we worked together on the pilot, Rose and I have just clicked. I don’t know. Maybe it is the whole Commonwealth thing with her being from New Zealand, but we have a very sense of humor. We’re both fans of Ricky Gervais so when we’re on set we are constantly play fighting and she is taking chunks out of me because she treats me like her brother. I am so happy that people have taken to that relationship because it really continues when they yell, “Cut.” It’s just how we are with each other. They are very close. Obviously, with Peyton being her best friend and roommate and Major being her ex-fiancé, Ravi still seems to be the closest. They have secrets with each other and it is a very honest and pure relationship and there is no agenda behind it. I’m very excited (and I’ve been made aware for future episodes) that they get to go on their own adventures together away from the usual dynamic of Clive and Liv. You get to see a little episode of Ravi and Liv going on their own adventure.

Q) The cast have done these amazing films to promote the new season. Malcolm mentioned you were a integral part of them. Is there any chance you might want to try your hand at directing at some point?

A) That’s interesting you brought that up because I actually studied film before I became an actor. When I was in film school, a few times I was in my own short films and I enjoyed that more so I dropped out. So, I initially had an interest in directing. To be honest, I love coming up with ideas and I do take pride. I do enjoy putting stuff out on my Twitter, Vine and Instagram of stupid things I capture throughout the day. Malcolm is an incredible filmmaker and we are constantly on his case because we want him to direct an episode at some point. I don’t know if that will ever happen, but we are always in his ear telling him he can do it. We wanted to do something different and right now TV is evolving with some great female characters on screen like with “Orphan Black” and “Agent Carter.” We always had “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” in our DNA and in our foundation, but we wanted to play homage to some of our favorites. Ripley was mine and Princess Leia. We gave a shout out to Wonder Woman because we are all fans of DC. We decided after having so much fun with that – Well, we’ll see what happens. But Malcolm and I decided we’re going to write a few mockumentaries about filming “iZombie.” Maybe we will release them if the network likes them. We really loved the process of filming together and the crew is so giving. We showed them that clip of Aliens at like 11pm and they literally lit it, grabbed us a forklift truck, sirens and smoke machines. We have the best crew. We want to put out some more stuff becasue people really like it.

Q) What was [creator] Rob Thomas’ reaction to your videos?

A) He emailed us that he saw a few. Rob and I have a similar taste in pop culture and I think our Star Wars one really got him. He is there in LA so while we are one big family, we have a long distance relationship with LA. So, it is usually he mails here and there and texts. I think they really loved it. They really take pleasure in seeing their children or stars playing nicely together and they ultimately put us together with his casting. Rob is known for being pretty good with casting. I think he was pretty proud seeing us do this off our own backs while filming the TV show (which is a big task in itself). He was really proud.

Q) What are some brains Liv will be enjoying this season and what have been some of your favorites?

A) I think it is common knowledge that the first three brains are Grumpy Old Liv so we had the Gran Torino Clint Eastwood type of brains. We have the frat boy brain in the next episode and then we have the “Real Housewife of Seattle” after that. Particular favorite? The frat boy and the Real Housewife are interesting. If you look at the dynamic of our group, (this is a quite broad statement) but I tend to play a lot of the comedic relief. He is there to bring lightness to certain scenes and share certain sarcasm with Liv. Liv also has a dry, snarky sense of humor, but some of these brains get to show Rose McIver’s comedic timing. And she’s absolutely hilarious! So, with the frat boy and Real Housewife’s brains she really went for it and nailed it! She was exceptional since the day we did the pilot, but with this episode it brings out the comedy guns. I need to step up my game a little bit because she is going for the comedy crown.

Q) You have great comedic timing. Is that something that is a natural ability of yours or have you had to work on it?

A) I don’t know. It’s one of those things. Rob Buckley is probably the funniest out of the group. He could easily do comedy of the biggest scale on screen because he really could sit next to the heavyweights because he has an amazing handle on comedy. It’s more of an ask for me. Because of this character requires it, I do it. It’s not something I bring to the table or pride myself on. It just works for Ravi. I know his cadence and I do spend a lot of time researching different styles of comedy. I’ve been doing that in this season as well. I don’t want to be doing the same gags and I don’t want people to be able to predict how Ravi is going to give the next line. I kind of want to keep the audience guessing. I know the writers watch the dailies and write their gags in for us. Then, they watch the dailies the next day and I take pride in the unintentional laughing where we did not expect for it to play like that. So, I’ve been watching stuff like “The IT Crowd.” That’s what I’ve been binging on at the moment and “Arrested Development” and “Parks and Recreation.” I always go back to Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor and Kevin Hart. I did a lot of morgue research and medical research when I first did the character. I’ve kind of put that down because I know more in terms of what I’m doing for the job. Now, I’m looking for inspiration through comedy heroes and masters to try to find the formula that will keep audiences entertained.

Q) Is there anything else about the season that you would like to share with fans?

A) A personal favorite of mine seems to be more Star Wars references. We all have our own relationships with the writers and producers and what they do for us. They write to our strengths and give David some of the most delicious dialogue. They just get it. They understand what he sounds like and they just do it. They are allowing Robert to do something on screen that he has never done before. He’s always played the love interest and he is getting to show different shades, depth and what he has in his skill set. For me, it seems whatever I mention on Tiwitter or whatever I say I like they go, “Well, let’s mention that!” I just had a Rihanna reference because they know I have the biggest crush on Rihanna. I get to talk about video games and Star Wars. There is always a little nod to what I’m interested in. Literally, every episode I read something where I go, “Aw! They did something for me.” Whether it is a football reference or British reference – What I am looking forward to this season, I genuinely love what they are doing with Babineaux. I read a lot of the forums. I’m not scared to go on the forums. I’ve read a lot of the negative and the positive stuff (and to be honest there hasn’t been a lot of negatives). I can view it in context and a lot of the fans felt during Season 1 that they didn’t know Babineaux. He played a very straight procedural role. He did a lot of the heavy lifting taking us from the beginning of the episode to the end of the episode. What they have done in Season 2 has been fantastic. We get these little tidbits like, “Did you know that Babineaux does this in his spare time?” It’s absolutely hilarious and I can’t wait for people to gush over Malcolm’s character. We’re about to shoot an episode, which is a love letter to Babineaux (episode . I’m so excited! Right now we’re just shooting thirteen, but they have just ordered five scripts. I’m super excited to having more episodes and being able to flesh out our world and kind of go places we weren’t able to go in the first season. Fingers crossed we get to flex our muscles. I’m super happy with this show and I’m so stoked with how it has been received. I think being on Netflix now has helped our audience grow. People need to see this show and I think there is something in there for everyone. Season 2 is better than Season 1 so I just want more people to see it.


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Jefe de 'iZombie' revela que Major "tocará fondo" esta temporada
Por Sydney Bucksbaum 13 Oct, 2015 7:00pm PT

Major (Robert Buckley) has never had an easy time on iZombie, but things have truly never been worse for Liv's (Rose McIver) ex-fiance on The CW drama.

Not only is he being blackmailed by Max Rager (Steven Weber) to kill zombies regardless of who they are or what they've done, but he's also now found himself battling a Utopium drug addiction to combat the fact that he still has feelings for Liv and his new, bloody job.

"He will hit rock bottom," executive producer Rob Thomas told reporters after an early screening of Tuesday's episode. "That's the journey that he's going on. He's doing this horrible thing and can't quite stand himself. We have a scene that I adore in which he officially hits rock bottom. It's Major out on the streets trying to score Utopium. … Major knows he's made it all the way down at that point, but it's a few episodes away."

But Major won't have to go it completely alone for long. His roommate and BFF Ravi (Rahul Kohli) will soon figure out the truth about Major's secret struggle.

"It's pretty hard to hide," Thomas said. "Ravi picks up on it pretty soon. Very quickly, I'd say. Possibly if you watch one more episode, Ravi will pick up on it."

Thomas and the rest of the iZombie writers were looking forward to see where this darker storyline would take the show. "We were excited about playing the moment where Liv and Major have it out," Thomas said. "He certainly doesn't want to have anything to do with her at the beginning of this season and at a certain point not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That does give us a really hefty, dramatic scene to look forward to."

But don't expect Major to stay down for long. Thomas reveals that eventually, he will find a way to fight back against his own demons as well as Max Rager.

"That is his big mission: trying to keep himself and Liv alive," Thomas said. "In order to do that, he has to take out these zombies. You're going to watch him do that for a long time. It's going to be a moral crisis for him. It's a big part of the reason why he's going down into that Utopium well. It will be tearing him apart. And it doesn't get any easier for him for a long time. ... He's not just going to sit back and take it all season. At some point, he's got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. You won't watch 22 episodes of him forlorn simply going about this task."

In fact, it was Major's strength of character that initially won Buckley over when he first signed on to the show. "What we pitched Robert Buckley when we got him to agree to do this was there was going to be this journey and he would be a man of action," Thomas says. "He's been put in another pretty awful predicament, but part of the journey will be him trying to figure out a way out of it."

Tuesday's episode also introduced Blaine's (David Anders) father, Angus (Robert Knepper), and their father-son relationship explained a lot about Blaine's attitude and personality.

"We do get to see Knepper back on the show," Thomas said. "Blaine is going to try to become the crime lord of Seattle and we eventually meet the crime lord of Seattle. He will become a significant role as well. Eddie Jemison is playing the role of Mr. Boss."

Another returning character will be Liv's ex-best friend Peyton (Aly Michalka), who was last seen fleeing the country after discovering that Liv was a zombie.

"This year, she is very much in the thick of it," Thomas said. "She comes back in her assistant D.A. position and she gets asked by the D.A. to take over the Utopium task force so that puts her right in the thick of the action. It's not just her popping into the apartment to hear how Liv is feeling. She's deep in it this year."

But don't expect her and Ravi to pick right up where they left off in regards to their blossoming relationship. "We made the decision that when Peyton gets back, they don't fall into a relationship," Thomas said. "They're both going in different directions. Then the first scene we shot with the two of them together [is] in my handful of favorite things we've shot so far in season two. Those two are just so good in that scene. It's one of those moments where I might rethink everything."

However, Ravi will also have his hands full in the morgue trying to perfect the imperfect zombie cure. "He will be incredibly involved with trying to remake a cure, trying to locate the tainted Utopium [that made zombies in the first place]," Thomas said. "We have an episode early this year where Clive [Malcolm Goodwin] gets taken off the board and Ravi and Liv go out and investigate a case together and that's really fun."

And after watching Liv eat a fraternity bro's brain, Thomas is excited for fans to see her next meal: a Real Housewife brain.

"Next week's episode is the best Rose has ever been," said Thomas, who also teased that Liv will eat a "country western chanteuse brain and then basketball coach brain" in the coming episodes. "She is spectacular. She looks great, but she has every mannerism down. It's so good."

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Cayendo por el agujero de conejo del Utopio
By Tiffany Vogt 13 Oct, 2015

Torn up inside and hating the man he has become, Major Lilywhite (Robert Buckley) has turned to the one thing he swore he would never turn to: drugs. For a man who spent his life trying to save kids from a life of drugs on the street, Major could never quite fathom how sheer desperation could drive anyone into a drug addiction. But looking for an escape from there personal hell that Max Rager has sent him to as a zombie-hunter and killer, Major is clinging to the one thing that offers some relief from the battle raging in his own soul and the nightmare he is being forced to live — Utopian. Horribly enough, tainted Utopian has already had a dire effect in Major’s life, from the cursed party boat where Liv (Rose McIver) first became a zombie to being the one thing that ended up curing Major from zombie-ism and now provides the only solace that Major can find to numb his agonizing emotional pain.

In an effort to find out if our beloved IZOMBIE hero can be rescued soon from the clutches of Utopian, we checked in with executive producer Rob Thomas for a few answers.

Just ow far will Major’s Utopian drug-addiction go this season?
ROB: He will hit rock-bottom. That’s the journey he is going on. He’s doing this horrible thing and can’t quite stand himself. We have a scene, that I really adore, in which he officially hits rock-bottom — we have the creepiest actor playing a former Helton Shelter kid and Major is out on the streets trying to score Utopian and he ends up buying it from a kid he used to tell “stay off drugs” and the kid calls him on it. That’s when Major knows he has made it all the way down at that point — but that is a few episodes away.

Does Ravi (Rahul Kohli) know about Major’s drug problem at this point?
ROB: I don’t think he knows at this point.

How soon before everyone finds out what is going on with Major?
ROB: Pretty quickly. It’s hard to hide and Ravi picks up on it pretty soon. We were pretty excited to play the moment where Liv and Major have it out. He certainly doesn’t want to have anything to do with her at the beginning of the season and at a certain point not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That is one of the things we wanted to build towards that ultimately does give us a hefty dramatic scene with Liv and Major.

And what about Blaine (David Anders) and his father, will we see more of that relationship this season?
ROB: We do bring Robert Knepper back on the show. We thought he would be great and he was great!


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Jefe de iZombie sobre el espiral descendente de Major
Por Natalie Abrams 13 Oct, 2015

Zombies are now the least of Major’s worries on iZombie.

In the wake of becoming Max Rager’s personal zombie hunter, Major (Robert Buckley) has been struggling with the direction of his life — that is, until he discovered the recreational joys of Utopium.

During Tuesday’s episode, Major was enlisted to monitor Ravi (Rahul Kohli) while he was on Utopium — he took it in order to better understand the drug in hopes of recreating the zombie cure — but Liv’s former flame decided to take some himself, leading to a killer hangover. However, that didn’t stop Major from bringing the drug home and using it to cope with his PZTSD (post-zombie traumatic stress syndrome, natch).

“He will hit rock bottom,” executive producer Rob Thomas teases. “That’s the journey that he’s going on. He’s doing this horrible thing and can’t quite stand himself.”

Major’s spiral comes after Max Rager essentially blackmailed him into eradicating Seattle’s zombie problem, lest they target Liv (Rose McIver) first. “That is his big mission, trying to keep himself and Liv alive,” Thomas says. “In order to do that, he has to take out these zombies. You’re going to watch him do that for a long time. It’s going to be a moral crisis for him. It’s a big part of the reason he’s going down into that Utopium well. It will be tearing him a part and it doesn’t get any easier for him for a long time.”

However, Thomas continues, “He’s not just going to sit back and take it all season. At some point, he’s got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. It’s not that you will watch 22 episodes of him forlornly simply going about this task. Part of the journey will be him trying to figure out a way out of it.”

It won’t be long before someone discovers Major’s drug problem. “It’s pretty hard to hide,” Thomas says. “Possibly if you watch one more episode, Ravi will be picking up on it.” And Liv is soon to follow.

“We were excited about playing the moment where Liv and Major have it out,” he continues. “He certainly doesn’t want to have anything to do with her at the beginning of the season. At a certain point not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That was one of the things that we wanted to build toward early that does give us a really hefty, dramatic scene with Major.”


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Escritores de iZombie exploran la sexualidad tras comerse un cerebro
Por Joshua Yehl 13 Oct, 2015

The second episode of Season 2 of iZombie has hit the airwaves, bringing it it a whole new set of plot twists, character drama, and, of course, new brains.

We talked to show writers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright at a press screening in order to find out more about Major’s addiction, how sexuality works when a brain gets eaten, the return of a character in episode three, and what Ravi will be up to this season.

How far will Major’s Utopium addiction go this season?

Rob Thomas: Well, we know how long it is, but I guess then the question is, are you going to tell everyone how long it's going to go? [Laughs]

Diane Ruggiero-Wright: P.S. -- the guy did the drug one time, and you're already making him an addict. I mean, seriously.

Thomas: I mean, yeah. He will have hit rock-bottom. That's the journey that he's going on. He's doing this horrible thing and can't quite stand himself. We have a scene that I really adore in which he officially hits rock-bottom. We have the creepiest actor playing a former Helton Shelter kid, and it's Major out on the streets trying to score Utopium, and he ends up buying it from a kid who he used to try to get to stay off drugs at Helton Shelter, and the kid calls him on it. Major knows he's made it all the way down at that point. But that's a few episodes away.

Does that allow the show to enter more dramatic territory?

Thomas: Yeah. I mean, we were excited to play the moment where Liv and Major have it out. He certainly doesn't want to have anything to do with her at the beginning of the season. At a certain point, not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That was one of the things we wanted to build toward early that does give us a hefty, dramatic scene with Major.

How does sexuality work when Liv eats a brain?What can we expect from Peyton’s return in episode three?

Thomas: She was actually attracted to everyone [when she ate the painter brain]. She just became a very sensual [person].

Ruggiero-Wright: Oh, yeah. I like to call it "actor-sexual," where you just like whoever likes you. It doesn't matter their gender. [Laughs]

Thomas: There's no hard and fast rule. I would say there's even been an evolution over the two seasons where we tend to find -- really, we're just looking for fun stuff to play with, and that becomes the dominant thing. Last year we had sort of a theory like, "We're going to get one thing that's useful and one thing that's sort of a pain in the ass to deal with." But we've kind of gotten away from that, and we found this year I think we're finding the best luck when we really do have a very -- I don't know what the word is -- almost a stereotype to play with. You know, frat boy, grumpy old man... Next week's episode -- which, by the way, I think is the best Rose has ever been -- is a Real Housewife brain. She is spectacular. She looks great, but she has every mannerism down. It's so good. So we've really gotten to place where, when we're hunting for that thing -- I think a lot of murder-of-the-week or criminal-case-of-the-week shows sort of start from a place of, "What is a compelling murder mystery?" And we're always in the room saying, "What's the fun brain to have Liv eat this week, and what will that give us to play with? What comedy can we mine from that?" So yeah, if anyone digs too far down on -- any person probably has a hundred characteristics, and we typically pick one.

Ruggiero-Wright: He's kind of just bullshitting you. [Laughs] It's an exact science. You're all very intelligent, but you're never going to get it. I barely understand it, so I don't want to waste your time. But just know that powerful minds are in a lab somewhere.

Thomas: There was a big moment in Season 1 where, when we were sitting in the writer's room and trying to decide how these brains affect people. If you remember back in the pilot, she could speak Romanian and she was a kleptomaniac, and those were the two things that we played with. Then, going forward, we probably talked for two days in the room about, "Could she eat the brain of a great guitar player? Can she play or not?"

Ruggiero-Wright: Those were the two things we talked about: kung-fu and guitar playing. Like those were the only two things we -- and professional sports.

Thomas: [Laughs] Right. Because, professional sports, like, okay, she may have the talent, but she's still gonna be 5'5", 120. We can't put her out on a [field]. So we talked about that forever.

Ruggiero-Wright: 5'5", 99. Let's not get crazy. [Laughs]

Thomas: I don't know these things! But I think back when we were doing Veronica Mars, we were doing a true noir, play-it-home mystery, where we tried to put all the clues -- like, we worked very hard on all of that adding up and making sense. The gumshoe quality of it was a real point of the show. Somewhere at the beginning of last year, we decided we're going to have fun. I mean, we have a zombie who inherits the memories of the dead. We can always stick a clue in a vision. That's always an outlet. So I would say, whereas Veronica Mars, maybe that gumshoe, bit-by-bit clue progression was a driving force, this year it's, "what gives us 'fun to play'?" You know, what will be fun to have Rose play? Sometimes we try to think thematically. "It's like Wizard of Oz! This week she's a scarecrow because she needs a brain."

Ruggiero-Wright: Because there's a lot of fire, and it's the worst thing for her to be. We push it that way too. In the B, C and D stories, what is the worst or most interesting brain for her to be on?

Thomas: Right. So perhaps later in the season, if she happened to be dating Major, then putting her on the brain of an obsessive stalker will give us quality material to play in the episode, so let's build to that.

Ruggiero-Wright: It's also, when you're late on scripts and you just want my diary of past relationships, where you can just say --

Thomas: "Diane, write this stalker episode!"

Ruggiero-Wright: Like, "We don't have beats on the board, but we have this really scary book of thoughts and feelings from Diane that might come in handy."
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What can we expect from Peyton’s return in episode three?

Thomas: Last year, she was largely a sounding board, then later in the season a love interest for Ravi. This year, she is very much in the thick of it. She comes back in her assistant DA position, and she get asked by the DA to take over the Utopium task force. And, yeah, that puts her right in the thick of the action. So it's not just her popping into the apartment to hear how Liv is feeling. She's deep in it this year.

What can we expect from Ravi this season?

Thomas: Well, we see a little bit of a love life for him. We had sort of made the decision that when Peyton comes back, they don't fall into a relationship and go in different directions. And then the first scene that we shot with the two of them together, in my handful of favorite things we've shot here in Season 2 -- and we're somewhere in episode eight right now -- those two are just so good in that scene that, it's one of those moments where I might rethink where everything is going, because they're so good together. I know we didn't see much of it last year, but anyway. So a little bit of Ravi's love life, but he will also be incredibly involved with trying to remake a cure, trying to locate the tainted Utopium. Also, in the same way, in the episode last year where Liv saw Clive when he was working as an undercover cop and Ravi joined her on that investigation, we have an episode early this year where Clive gets taken off the board, and Ravi and Liv go out and investigate a case together, which is fun.

Ruggiero-Wright: Our zombie heart-to-heart.


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Escogiendo los cerebros de "iZombie". Los Showrunners Thomas & Ruggiero-Wright sobre la Season 2
Por Scott Huver 14 Oct, 2015

Only "iZombie" could cap off one of its most amusing episodes to date with its darkest turn yet.

Season Two's second episode, "Zombie Bro," found Liv (Rose McIver) getting in touch with her inner fratboy -- and kind of loving it -- after dining on the brains of a collegiate murder victim led to many a hilarious bro-ment, but -- SPOILER ALERT -- the story also took a poignant twist when it was revealed that not only was Major (Robert Buckley) definitely not ready to rekindle his too-long dormant romance with Liv, he's also hiding an intense addiction to Utopium that is likely to lead him into darker places than even zombies typically descend.

And thus juicy season-spanning story arcs are born, as explained by the series' showrunners Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright, who gathered before the press to address the plot points laid out in the first two episodes of The CW show's new season, as well as a host of other undying questions that have risen both on screen and off.

How far down the rabbit hole will Major go?

Rob Thomas: He will have hit rock bottom. That's the journey that he's going on. He's doing this horrible thing and can't quite stand himself. We have a scene that I really adore in which he officially hits rock bottom. We have the creepiest actor playing a former Helton Shelter kid, and it's Major out on the streets, trying to score Utopium and he ends up buying it from a kid he used to try to get to stay off drugs at Helton Shelter and the kids calls him on it. Major knows he's made it all the way down at that point. But that's a few episodes away.

Does the drug affect Major differently because it was also partly used to create him into a zombie?

Thomas: No. There's one line in there... The idea that we're playing with it, it's like Ecstasy. Our Donnie character, I think, has the line "higher highs and lower lows." So it's just souped-up Ecstasy.

How long before other characters pick up on it?

Thomas: Pretty quickly. It's pretty hard to hide. Ravi [Rahul Kohli] picks up on it pretty soon. Very quickly, I'd say. Like possibly if you watch one more episode, Ravi will be picking up on it.

Does this story give you a chance to go more dramatic?

Thomas: Yeah. We were excited about playing the moment where Liv and Major have it out. He certainly doesn't want to have anything to do with her at the beginning of the season, and at a certain point not too far down the road, she will have had enough and will confront him. That was one of things we wanted to build toward early that does give us a hefty, dramatic scene with Major.

His big mission is to keep himself and Liv alive. In order to do that, he has to take out these zombies... You're going to watch him do that for a long time. He's going to -- it's going to be a moral crisis for him. It's a big part of the reason he's going into that Utopium well. It will be tearing him apart. And it doesn't get any easier for him, for a long time.

Part of the journey is he isn't going to sit back and take it all season. At some point, he's got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. So it's not like you will watch 22 episodes of him forlornly simply going about this task. One of the fun things about Season One -- and what we pitched Robert Buckley when we got him to agree to do this -- was there was going to be this journey: he would be a man of action. He's been put in a pretty awful predicament, but part of the journey will be him trying to figure out a way out of it.

Could that lead him to be teaming up with Blaine [David Anders]? He might need a good source to dispose bodies and Blaine has a funeral home.

Thomas: We have no plans. We're shooting episode 7 or 8 now and they have not been on screen together yet.

Diane Ruggiero-Wright: I don't think Major is over the whole "you killed my kids" thing.

Thomas: That will be a tough thing to get past.

What can you tease us about Peyton's return in Episode Three?

Thomas: Last year, she largely was a sounding board, and then later in the season a romantic or love interest for Ravi. This year, she is very much in the thick of it. She comes back in her Assistant DA position and she gets asked by the DA to take over the Utopian Task Force. That puts her right in the thick of the action, so it's not just her popping into the apartment to hear how Liv is feeling. Yeah, she's deep in it this year.

Can you tease what Ravi's going to go through this season?

Thomas: Well, we see a little bit of love life for him, and we had sort of made the decision that when Peyton comes back that they don't fall into a relationship, and that they're both going in different directions. And then the first scene that we shot with the two of them together, like it's in my handful of favorite things we've shot here in Season Two, and we're somewhere in Episode Eight right now.

Those two were just so good in that scene that it's one of those moments where I might rethink where I want it -- because they're so good together. And we didn't see much of it last year... but anyway, very good. And a little bit of Ravi's love life. He will also be incredibly involved with trying to remake a cure; trying to locate the tainted Utopium.

Also, in the same way in the episode last year where Liv had seen Clive [Malcolm Goodwin] when he was working as an undercover cop and Ravi joined her on that investigation, we have an episode early this year where Clive gets taken off the board and Ravi and Liv go out and investigate a case together, which is fun.

Ruggiero-Wright: Or a zombie "Hart to Hart."

Ravi and Liv successfully cured two people of zombie-ism. How is Max Rager going to respond when they find that out?

Thomas: Um, well, they haven't found out yet. Max Rager, they've got scientists working down there but they're working in a different direction. They believe in zombie eradication and they just trying to pull the good stuff out of the zombies. I don't know when or if they will -- we certainly haven't broken a story where they learn about the cure.

Are they successfully cured?

Thomas: We've got a whole 'Flowers For Algernon' playing here. We've got the one zombie rat/new hope, which will be sort of the canary in the coal mine for both Major and Blaine. Once stuff starts happening to that rat you have to figure it will eventually happen to Major and Blaine, as well.

Now that the show's established and you know what works, how will you be stepping outside of that comfort zone at times?

Thomas: The world is getting bigger, without a doubt. There are more moving parts this season. Last year, Blaine was the sole Big Bad. By "sole," I mean "only."

Ruggiero-Wright: He was also the Big Bad of the soul. The soulful Big Bad.

Thomas: This year, Steven Weber is occupying a bunch of that space. I think Blaine has really fun, juicy stuff this year.

So we have those two things in play this year, and Blaine is going to try and become the crime lord of Seattle, and we eventually meet the crime lord of Seattle, and he will be a significant role as well. Eddie Jemison is playing the role of Mr. Boss.

How are dealing with sustaining the fact that Clive still doesn't know that Liv is a zombie?

Thomas: It will be difficult. Already it's one of those things I see tweeted out: how can Clive not figure it out? I always like to think, "Well, these are zombies. Maybe if he lived in a TV world, he might." But I think for most cops -- though he's a cop who believes in a psychic, so...

But yeah. I'll tell you, one of the things that's a blessing and a curse. We've written scenes that haven't made it in the show where Clive looks at Liv and goes, "You realize you start acting like the people whose death [we're investigating]" -- we've written that scene three different times, and it's never made it into the episode. And part of the reason why is because Malcolm is so funny reacting to her brains, and there's so much comedy gold.

Maybe at some point, someone will do one of those supercuts of Clive's "Are you kidding me" faces and we'll know it's time to shut that down. Right now, we just enjoy Clive sitting there when Liv's on some strange brain.

Ruggiero-Wright: And Malcolm does that outside of the show anyway, anytime she talks. Like, "What is she talking about? Where are you from?"

Things were pretty bad between Liv and her family in the season premiere. Is there going to be more follow-up on the state of that relationship?

Thomas: Yeah. We don't get back to the family right away but we just shot a couple of episodes with them -- I think [Episodes] 6 and 7 or somewhere in there. Originally when we broke the pilot, Eve and Evan were going to be series regulars and the thing that we learned -- I mean, a couple things is trying to get a show to go on budget. But we would be killing ourselves. Our episodes are so tightly packed right now. We like having them in the show but it's trying to get Peyton and all of our bad guys and a case of the week -- it's sometimes a real juggling act so... yeah, we'll keep coming back to the family but much like Season One, every three or four episodes, something along those lines.

Ruggiero-Wright: There are some interesting, cool developments with the family, though, that you can look forward to if you're a fan of the family.

"Zombie Bro" was one of the most fun brain changes for Liv -- she really enjoyed living life as a bro.

Ruggiero-Wright: I feel like some brains are stronger than others, how it affects her. Maybe the force is strong in this one and the bro is strong in this one so I feel like it kind of takes her over a bit more than normal but she -- it's kind of hard to balance your professional and romantic lives when you're on just party brain, party frat boy brain.

Thomas: It's one of the few brains and she says it in the episode, "I love this brain!" She doesn't have... you know, those guys who walk around on the planet who don't seem to have a care in the world.

Ruggiero-Wright: Everything is like "Tits and Bacardi!" It's just so great.

Thomas: To have a whole week without any introspection. No self-awareness, no introspection. That would be...

Ruggiero-Wright: We cut some of this out, too, but this was a time where she actually not only enjoyed being on the brain but she was like, "I kinda love this guy! We would've been bros." She felt a little affection for him.

The thing about Rose, too, it's almost annoying if it didn't serve us so well, she's good at everything so all these different things that you see her do, she actually does them. Rob was talking about the magic episode, so they have the magic instructor who comes in and teaches her magic -- that happens. There's a magic instructor who will teach you magic. And he taught her magic tricks and she was amazing. Like, she could do anything.

Instead of picking brains that are fun, I'm now just gonna pick a brain that I think she won't be able to do and it will be bad for the show but screw it. I'm sick of it. Like, she can't be that perfect. I'm going to find her weak spot and...

Thomas: We finally did something that we've been thinking we would do and get around to: last year, we thought there should be another occasion where she has to speak Romanian and she can't and Clive is like "What the hell? You could speak Romanian three weeks ago?"

In those back-to-back episodes I was talking about, in the first one she's on the brain of a basketball coach and is arguing basketball with Clive, who can't believe she knows the intricacies of the triangle offense and then the very next episode she's on a different brain and she comes face to face with an NBA all-star and has no clue and Clive is like 'What? We were..." So we finally got around to paying that off.

Ruggiero-Wright: It's like one of those girls who practices for a date really hard and makes you think they're into sports...

As you throw these acting curveballs at Rose, is she just a savant who can just do it just like that, or do you see her go "Give me a minute" and then she's got it?

Thomas: She studies. I know for "Grumpy Old Liv" brain we had her watching all these "All in the Family" episodes. Like, that's what her study was for that. And the craziest thing, I think it's even in there for a line, that she does a line in the show, in this Queens accent. But she studied it so hard, and she's a Kiwi. And she actually learned it with the accent, which was not actually -- we didn't need her to go that far with the Archie Bunker, but she did.

Ruggiero-Wright: I just remember the pilot being, like, she had so much to do, obviously, and she had the Romanian coach that we didn't see. But she was with her briefly, and I just remember coming in to talk to her. She's waiting in between scenes. And I was like, "Oh, can I talk to you for a second? Are you busy?" She's like, "I'm learning Romanian." I'm like, "Oh, okay..." There's no one in the room. She's not holding anything. She's just like practicing Romanian. It's very "Matrix," like, "I know kung fu." But it's really how Rose operates.

You've been mentioning brains, can you tease some of the upcoming brains?

Thomas: The next three are Real Housewife brain, country-western chanteuse brain, and then basketball coach brain.

Is there a brain that you came up with that you really wanted to see done, but didn't work out?

Thomas: Yeah. It's kind of the fun part. Back when we used to do "Party Down," the most fun we had was like the first couple days just sitting around and thinking, ten parties. Porn awards, yes. That goes on the board. Or pet wedding. Well, we can't.

Ruggiero-Wright: How did "pet wedding" not get up there?

Thomas: Well, because Christopher Guest had done dog so well, we felt we had nothing more to say.

Ruggiero-Wright: You had more to say about porn. [Laughs]

Thomas: We could talk about porn forever.

Ruggiero-Wright: But dogs -- over.

Thomas: But with "iZombie," kind of the fun is thinking of just "What's the brain this week?"

How much fun are you having coming up with different ways she prepares the brains?

Thomas: That's an alteration, something this year that we're having a lot of fun with is, doing... well, Guy Ritchie or the "Shaun of the Dead" director, Edgar Wright -- like, using those quick cut [snaps fingers]. And if you look at it, it makes no sense in some ways because she's actually -- we're having them be thematic.

Ruggiero-Wright: But she hasn't eaten the brain.

Thomas: But she hasn't eaten the brain yet, so it is just a wink. Like down the road, she's on a degenerate gambler brain, and she makes brains casino. Like it's a little joke for anyone who's paying attention, but she shouldn't already be there.

Ruggiero-Wright: That's just us being kind of ridiculous.

Thomas: But again, it's silly, but we have fun in the writers' room, the setting, "What would a stalker eat?"

Ruggiero-Wright: Yeah, and it took me a minute for that one, but they did ants-on-a-log, but it's celery, so "stalk." We just want to tell people what our thought process is and have as many people cringe and think, "How are these people professional writers?" And then just leave and get angry in their cars on the way home.

Thomas: These are fun episodes to name, like that stalker episode. There was a "Veronica Mars" episode called, "Look Who's Stalking" And so we had this one for a while, the working title was, "Look Who's Stalking Too." We ended up going with the, "The Hurt Stalker," which worked.

Ruggiero-Wright: I loved the "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues" [episode title], because it's that Tom Robbins book. We also have this writers' assistant, John Belina, who helps the writers come up with their chapter titles. I think I came up with one good chapter title. If there's ever a good one in mine, it's from John Belina. He's like a machine. He's just like title after title.

Thomas: We do have a writers' assistant who should just make a living doing pun chapter titles.

Ruggiero-Wright: Oh my God. He is the pun king. It's amazing.

Thomas: For those who appreciate. We clearly do.

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2.5 “Love & Basketball” (03/11/15): LAS COSAS EMPIEZAN A PONERSE REALES — Liv (Rose McIver), el Detective Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin) y Ravi (Rahul Kohli) investiga la misteriosa muerte de un entrenador de baloncesto enano. Liv, consumida por el cerebro excesivamente entusiasta del entrenador, le da a Major (Robert Buckley) una muy necesitada charla. Mientras tanto, las cosas empiezan a ponerse locas cuando Blaine (David Anders) y Ravi se ven forzados a trabajar juntos para recrear la cura. Finalmente, el Detective Babineaux recibe una visita sorpresa de la viuda de Suzuki, Helen. Michael Fields dirige el episodio escrito por Bob Dearden (#205).

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Productores de iZombie adelantan el regreso de Peyton, Blaine como Boss y más
Por Jim Halterman 20 Octubre, 2015 10:04 am.

Liv as a Real Housewife?

That’s what happens on iZombie Season 2 Episode 3 when a wealthy housewife is killed and Liv eats her brain to find out who offed her. (And seeing Rose McIver suddenly play high society is fabulous!)

Of course, Major is also getting more and more lost in his zombie-killing job with Max Rager and, finally, Peyton returns in tonight’s episode.

With iZombie Season 2 off and running, producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright sat down with the press after a recent screening to talk about what else we’ll see in the weeks ahead...

Down The Rabbit Hole: With Major stuck eradicating zombies for Max Rager, things are going to get darker for him before they get lighter. And, shocker, don’t expect his Utopium addiction to ease his pain.

“He will have hit rock bottom,” said Thomas. “That's the journey that he's going on. He's doing this horrible thing and can't quite stand himself.” His friends will start tuning into Major’s problem very soon, too, he said. “It's pretty hard to hide. Ravi picks up on it pretty soon."

The Return of Peyton: Don’t expect Peyton to be on the sidelines when she returns this week. In fact, she’s in the mix more than ever before. “She comes back in her Assistant DA position and she gets asked by the DA to take over the Utopian Task Force,” Thomas previewed. “That puts her right in the thick of the action so it’s not just her popping into the apartment to hear how Liv is feeling.”

Clive In The Know…Ever?? Our favorite detective may not be at her best since he hasn’t quite figured out Liv’s zombie ways. Even the writers kind of want him to be more in the know at times.

“We've written scenes that haven't made it in the show where Clive looks at Liv and goes, "’You realize you start acting like the people whose death [we're investigating]?’” said Thomas. “We've written that scene three different times, and it's never made it into the episode.”

Peyton + Ravi?: Don’t expect Ravi and Peyton to fall into a relationship now that she’s back…well, not quite yet. Thomas expressed how much he loves seeing Rahul Kohli and Aly Michalka together, especially when they’re reunited in tonight’s episode.

“Those two were just so good in that scene,” he said. “It's one of those moments where I might rethink where I want it because they're so good together.” Also watch for Ravi and Liv to go out in the field together to solve a case. “A zombie Hart to Hart,” teases Ruggiero-Wright.

Blaine, Crime Boss: With his powers stripped, Blaine is still trying to find his new place, but it’s no surprise it’s not anything legit. “Blaine is going to try and become the crime lord of Seattle,” Thomas said. “We eventually meet the crime lord of Seattle and he will be a significant role as well. Eddie Jemison is playing the role of Mr. Boss.”

More Family Time: Liv is still estranged from her family, but just because we haven’t seen them lately doesn’t mean we won’t be seeing them soon.

“We’ll keep coming back to the family,” said Thomas. "But much like season one, every three or four episodes, something along those lines.”

Ruggiero-Wright added: “There are some interesting, cool developments with the family, though, that you can look forward to if you’re a fan of the family.”

Rose McIver Can Do Anything: Ruggiero-Wright expressed her wonderment at star Rose McIver’s ability to take on any characteristic the writers throw at her.

“Instead of picking brains that are fun, I’m now just gonna pick a brain that I think she won’t be able to do and it will be bad for the show but screw it,” she joked. “I’m sick of it. Like, she can’t be that perfect. I’m going to find her weak spot…”

She’s correct, though, as evident by last week’s zombie-bro to this week’s Real Housewife followed by a country western singer and a basketball coach.



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Entrevista exclusiva con David Anders de "iZombie"
Por Brittany 27 Octubre, 2015, 11:56 am

Last week, TNWU got a chance to have a quick chat David Anders. With several memorable roles over the years, including Josef Bazhaev on 24, Adam Monroe on Heroes, and Uncle John on The Vampire Diaries, odds are you’re already pretty well-acquainted with his acting talents. Currently, he’s portraying Blaine DeBeers – who quickly became one of the CW’s favorite villains – on iZombie, which has recently entered its second season. Read our interview below to find out what’s coming up for Blaine this season, and don’t miss new episodes Tuesday nights at 8/7p.m. (CST).

Let’s start off talking about what Blaine’s been up to. I mean, so far, he’s already had quite a diverse career path. He had the whole drug dealer thing going on when he first was introduced, and then he just kind of became a brain dealer, and now… a funeral director. How long is this career path going to work out for him before he’s onto the next?

I don’t know what he’d parlay the funeral business in. The funeral business is to have access to the brains. He’s got his mitts in a lot of different things. The brain dealing and the drug dealing. He wants … His end game I think is to be King of Seattle, be the Kingpin, take over all the trades. We’ll see how that works out for him.

He’s off to a good start, even with all the deaths he’s caused.

Maybe if it doesn’t work out for him he’ll just quit it all together and move to Africa and work for an NGO and drill wells.

[laughs] That totally sounds like something he would do.

Right?

That would certainly keep people guessing. We recently got to see the cause of the “daddy issues” he mentioned in the season 1 finale. Did you know about this father/son backstory at the end of last season?

I thought that was a great little speech that Blaine had at the end of last year. I thought it was just a funny line. I didn’t know we were going to get into daddy issues. I think Rob Thomas told me when we were at SXSW – or maybe it was Comic Con – that maybe some daddy issues were going to be happening. I was super looking forward to who they were going to cast as my father and getting to work with him, because they really were hell-bent on getting this fantastic actor. I suggested Rutger Hauer, which I think would have been great, but God knows Robert Knepper just knocks it out of the dang park, man. He’s a fantastic dude to work with; he’s a fantastic actor. Wonderful choices. It was just a treat to work with him. I think we had passed by each other on the Heroes set. I came back for an episode – and he was doing the whole Carnivale thing when he was on Heroes, but I was on it the season before. I went back during the third season and just briefly said hello to him, but getting to work with him and learning from him and playing with him has just been wonderful.

It actually kind of makes sense, in a weir way, that you and he would be father and son considering the villainous type of roles you both have consistently played.

Makes all the sense in the world.

Speaking of you always playing bad guys, did you know Blaine was going to be that type when you took this role?

Yeah, I did. It’s fun to be the main antagonist. Rob always said I had to take a leap of faith with them because I was barely in the pilot. I just had to trust that he was going to be something more than he was in the pilot, and he turned out to be. It’s just a treat to play this guy. The lines that I get to say out of his mouth… they’re delicious is what they are. Though he’s equal in his prickishness to other characters that I’ve played, it’s a different smack on the bad guy because it’s a lighter show. The lightness of the show, the material, and the lines allow me to flex my muscles a little differently.

Gotta make the bad guy a little bit funny sometimes.

Yeah. He’s got a smarmy charm about him you know.

Yeah he does. The fans actually really like the “bad guy” on this show, which is not always how that works out. I think most viewers would be kind of sad if something happens to him.

Knock on wood, that nothing bad happens to him. [laughs]

Now that he’s human, I guess that makes his chances a little more iffy.

He’s vulnerable now.

Speaking of him being human, he was kind of rubbing it in Liv’s face a little bit about all the good things about it. But truth time: does he actually enjoy being human or is he just… putting up a front?

Yeah. He enjoys humanity. He enjoys the food, the sex, the drink. But of course he’s still passing himself off as a zombie. He’s a human in zombie clothes, but yes. Yes, there are certain things, certain aspects about zombie-ism that he misses and we’re going to explore those things as we go down the line.

Awesome! Is one of those things that he misses not having to bleach his hair to look like a zombie?

Well yeah. The fact that he has to go to the salon – or wherever he does it – and do it himself, that’s three hours out of a day. Whereas when he’s a zombie, his hair turns white naturally.

Now he is feeling a little bit of your pain?

Yeah exactly. Art imitates life.

How is that peroxide issue going for you?

Oh it’s going. I’m probably due to another one in two weeks. I guess I got to go to my zen place and breathe in the fumes and really get a bro out with the guy that does my hair up here.

How often do you have to go and get touched up?

Once a month.

Wow.

Yeah, once a month. Go to the salon. Get my roots dyed…

Makes you sound super cool with the ladies I’m sure.

I don’t think so. That’s the thing about getting used to it in my life, walking around Vancouver. It looks great for the character, looks great for Blaine. David, not so much. I’m regarded like I’m fresh off skid row looking for a needle exchange most days.

[laughs] I can see that.

It’s an acquired taste. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I look at myself in the mirror and I don’t know who the hell I am.

Does it make you want to pick up a wig somewhere? It’s Halloween season…

I wear hats often.

Between your hair-dye visits, what’s the vibe on set like?

It’s a chill vibe. We’re all professionals, and we’re all friends. Rose, Rahul, Buckley, Malcolm, to a man, they’re just fantastic people and fantastic actors. It’s just a delight to go to work. They make work easy. Then we hang out all the time off set, so I’m kind of sick of them.

When you can joke about hating each other, you know it’s true love. So, what’s coming up for Blaine? Will we be seeing more of the father/son dynamics?

Yeah, Angus is coming back.

Oh, that’s good news!

There’s more good stuff. You get to sit back and watch the genius of Robert Knepper again. Of course I can’t reveal anything, but… there’s going to be plenty of conflict, plenty of high jinks.

As we finish up here, can we talk about the possibility of a musical episode for Blaine? Maybe one week Liv eats a Broadway star’s brain and iZombie has a musical episode?

I promise you Blaine … You’re going to hear Blaine sing.

I was actually totally kidding on that, but that is awesome if that’s actually true.

Because I come from the musicals and Diane [Ruggiero, iZombie producer and writer] just loves my voice, they’ve written me a few opportunities thus far, and I think there’s more coming.

Oh, fantastic! I can’t wait to see that.

Get ready. I can’t reveal what and I can’t reveal why and I can’t reveal… shit, I don’t even know if I can reveal that, but I already have. I already told somebody about it.

Does Rose sing too?

Rose has a wonderful voice. We have talked about her. And I don’t know why they wouldn’t. They should have her eat the brains of Sarah Brightman or something like that.

Yeah, and then just sing her way through the next murder case.

Sing and dance… each episode would be fantastic to see.

That sounds perfect.



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