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>> WE ARE BACK WITH ACTRESS
KATHARINE LANASA, ONE OF THE
STARS OF THE HIT SHOW,
DECEPTION, ON NBC.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SHOWS WHERE
THERE'S A LOT OF INTRIGUE,
NOBODY TRUSTS ANYBODY.
TELL THE FOLKS AT HOME A LITTLE
ABOUT THE PREMISE OF THE SHOW.
WHAT'S THE PREMISE OF IT?
>> IT'S A DARK, BROODING FAMILY
DRAMA *** MYSTERY.
AND IT'S BASICALLY THE BIG
WEALTHY BILLIONAIRE FAMILY THAT
OWNS A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY,
AND THEIR DAUGHTER SHOWS UP
DEAD.
AND THE F.B.I. CALL IN MEGHAN
GOOD'S CHARACTER WHOSE MOTHER
WAS THE MAID OF THE BOWERS WHEN
THE KIDS WERE YOUNG, AND SHE
GREW UP IN THE HOUSE.
SO THEY BRING HER TO COME BACK
IN UNDERCOVER AND TRY TO FIGURE
OUT THE ***.
>> SO SHE'S BACK THERE
INVESTIGATING THE ***, BUT
NOBODY KNOWS THAT'S WHAT SHE'S
DOING.
>> UH-HUH.
SHE'S FRONTING.
>> IN A BIG WAY.
>> THAT'S SO FUNNY.
>> ONE DAY ON THE SET, VIC TER
HAD A LINE, I THINK YOU'RE
FRONTING, AND HE'S LIKE WHAT IS
THIS FRONTING?
AND THEY WERE ALL SCARED TO SAY
ANYTHING, AND I'M LIKE, IT'S
LIKE FAKING IT, IT'S LIKE A
COVER.
HE'S LIKE CAN I JUST SAY THAT?
>> CLASSICALLY TRAINED GUY WITH
A THEATER BACKGROUND, YOU ARE
FRONTING.
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOMES
AND MOVING AND TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE.
I KNOW YOU'RE BIG IN INTERIOR
DESIGNING.
>> YES.
>> YOU'RE FROM NEW ORLEANS, DID
YOU TAKE A LOT OF YOUR NEW
ORLEANS UPBRINGING AND
BACKGROUND TO THE HOUSE?
>> YEAH, I THINK FOR MY OWN
SPACE I DO.
I LIKE PEOPLE'S SPACE TO LOOK
LIKE THEM AND REFLECT THEIR OWN
STYLE AND NOT TO LOOK REALLY
DECORATED.
BUT FOR ME I LOVE THE FRENCH
INFLUENCE AND I REALLY LOVE ALL
THE AFRICAN INFLUENCE, SO I LIKE
A LOT OF COLOR AND A FEW FRENCH
ANTIQUES AND THEN JUST MIX IT UP
WITH SOME WHACKY VENICE
BEACHNESS.
>> IF YOU HAD YOUR OWN DESIGN
SHOW, WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE
CALLED WITH HIM.
>> CASA LANASA.
>> I LIKE THAT.
>> SHE'S NOT FRONTING.
>> YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS
COMING UP.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH
NICOLAS CAGE?
>> YEAH, I WORK A LITTLE MORE
WITH JOHN CUSACK.
AND I HAVE TO SAY IN TERMS OF
HIS STRAIGHT ACTING HE'S
PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SCENE
PARTNER EVER.
HE REALLY JUST TAKES YOU ON A
JOURNEY, I LIKE TO SAY IF ACTING
WAS SEX HEED BE THE BEST LOVER
IN THE WORLD.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, YOU'RE LIKE WOW THAT
WAS GREAT.
HE'S IB CREDIBLE.
>> YOU WENT BACK TO NEW ORLEANS
TO DO THE CAMPAIGN.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH
THOSE GUYS?
WAS THE SET AS FUNNY AS WE
IMAGINE IT WOULD BE?
>> HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE
MOVIE HE WAS DOING ON THE FLY.
SOMETIMES I'D HAVE TO WALK OUT
OF A FRAME AND THEN TURN BACK
AROUND TO DO MY SIDE FOR AND I
WOULD BE JUST CRYING, TRYING TO
QUIETLY CRY, LAUGH, LIKE I'M
SORRY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE BREAKING
ME DOWN.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THAT FINGER
THERE, MAMA, I HOPE THAT YOU
HEAL FAST.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
ROBERT DUVAL MOVIE COMING OUT IN
JUNE.
>> OH, YES, BILLY BOB THORNTON
HASN'T DIRECTED ONE IN A WHILE.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BILLY BOB
WROTE AND DIRECTED, STARS ROBERT
DUVAL AS OUR DAD AND ME AND...
TAKES PLACE IN 1969 IN ALABAMA.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE LUCKIEST
GIRL IN THE WORLD NOW?
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A
DESIGN SHOW, YOU'RE BUSY.
>> AT 44 I JUST GOT PUT IN THE
GAME.
>> YOU'RE IT.
FINALLY THE BIG TIME.
>> YOU'RE HITTING HRS ALL
AROUND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
GREAT TALKING TO YOU.
DECEPTION IS ON MONDAY NIGHTS ON
NBC, SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT
OUT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
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