Actress Jennifer Tilly may be familiar with facing off against demons on screen, but when it comes to reality stars, it’s a whole new ball game. “Oh my God, it’s insane. It’s, like, scarier than Chucky.
I’ll tell you that,” the Chucky actress, 65, said of joining the season 14 cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills during the Tuesday, July 2, episode of the “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast. “I’m not a Housewife. I’m a Friend, though, which is a lot easier,” she said of her role in the forthcoming season of the long-running Bravo series.
“You just dip in and out. You try to avoid, like, flying shrapnel. And you know, if drinks are thrown, I have good reflexes.
” Tilly’s longtime friend and Bound costar Gina Gershon also appeared on the podcast, revealing that she was once approached by Bravo to join the cast. “I was too scared,” Gershon, 62, admitted, which prompted Tilly to tell her that she “would be great” on the show. “You know what? You’re gonna be genius on that,” Gershon said.
“You’ll take over that whole set, Jen. I have no doubt. I’d actually even watch it with you on it!” RHOBH fans have seen the professional poker player on the show before as a Friend.
She’s appeared in five episodes from 2020 to 2023. Season 14 of RHOBH is currently filming with returning cast members Kyle Richards , Erika Jayne , Sutton Stracke , Garcelle Beauvais and Dorit Kemsley , plus newcomer Bozoma “Boz” Saint John . Richards’ si.
