The cast of “Ugly Betty” came to Hollywood’s Mondrian Hotel Monday night to celebrate this week’s release of the show’s season one DVD, but they also spoke to Access Hollywood about the rumored season two appearance of a rather “posh” guest star, Victoria Beckham!
“I’ve heard rumors that she might come on the show and do a little guest spot, which would be fun,” said “Betty” star America Ferrera. “She definitely belongs in the world, in the MODE world. She’d definitely be somebody that Wilhelmina is good buddies with.”
According to co-star Eric Mabius, Ferrera may not be wrong about Posh being “good buddies” with the devilish MODE magazine creative director, played by Vanessa Williams.
“I have heard she is going to be a bridesmaid for Wilhelmina’s wedding,” said Mabius, who plays Betty’s boss, Daniel Meade. He also implied that Victoria would be playing herself in the planned episode.
“That is what I’ve heard…I don’t know for sure,” he coyly added.
He may know more than he lets on, though, because he’s the one who apparently got Victoria involved in the first place!
He said that he and Posh got to talking at this year’s UK Glamour Magazine Awards, where they won Man of the Year and Woman of the Year, respectively.
“We spent a lot of time together, and she said lots of nice things about the show, and said that she watches it every week,” he recalled.
Mabius said that “Betty” producers caught wind of a statement he made to the British press that they were “really keen on having her on the show,” so they approached Victoria’s people about making an appearance. The funny thing is, Eric was misquoted by the press!
“They don’t realize that Americans don’t really say ‘keen’ unless it is an episode of ‘Happy Days,‘” he joked.
So does he deserve the credit for recruiting Posh to do the show?
“Well not credit for being misquoted,” he said, “but excited that, you know, that misquote ended up [with] her being on the show.”
And while it’s exciting to potentially have a huge star like Posh appear, the show has already wowed audiences and critics in its phenomenal first year. With millions of viewers and 11 Emmy nominations, the cast is gearing up to keep that wild momentum going into season two.
“I think we have such a license now to really push the envelope even a little bit more,” Ana Ortiz (Hilda Suarez) told Access, So I think there is going to be a lot more scandal!”
Speaking of scandal, will Betty’s ill-fated love interest, Henry, return? He was last seen heading to Arizona with his presumably pregnant girlfriend, Charlie.
“I can’t tell you the circumstances under which [Henry] comes back, said actor Christopher Gorham, “but we find out I think around episode four who the father of [the] baby is.”
And while he wouldn’t divulge anything more, Gorham has a huge piece of advice for all the “Betty” fans.
“You can’t miss the first five minutes of episode one of season two,” he gushed. “One of the funniest things we shot to date — it is a fantasy sequence with Betty, Henry and Charlie that cannot be missed. It’s great.”
You can catch that sequence and more when “Ugly Betty” returns to ABC on Thursday, September 27 at 8:00 PM (ET).
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