Natasha Lyonne Details Surprising Bond With Wu Tang Clan’s Method Man | E! News
Here with us now is the multi-hyphenate star, writer, director, and EP of Pokerface, Natasha Leon. Welcome. Hi. How are you? So great to see you. You are stunning. We will talk about the fashion, but really we got to talk about this show because all of your co-stars are raving about you. They are all talking about how much fun it is to be on this show. So tell us about your process of getting your friends to be on this season. Uh, yeah. I guess there’s quite a few. I saw Taylor Schilling and Nora aka Aquafina. Uh, I saw Freddy, Freddy Armison, who’s not been on the show, but uh, we try each season. Uh, Camille, I saw Ria. Uh, they all said nice things. Said very nice things. I sent them I sent them big baskets today and a bunch of puppies. Yeah. I mean, you’re getting your friends to play, you know, some of them against hype. Did somebody surprise you when you got on set with them? Uh, Method Man. Is he here tonight? I haven’t seen him. He’s supposed to be here tonight. He is supposed to be here tonight. Yes. Oh god. Uh, it turns out that uh he and I are really uh I think maybe we’re the same person. I uh we we get along so well. We had so many laughs. I never want to friend my friend John Melany, but uh yes, I think Meth Man is funnier and I’ve said it here. You said it here first. And so yeah, that’s a dare, John. Oh, you heard it, John. What is the thing that you and Method Man bonded over? Yeah. Uh, well, uh, I guess our, uh, New York attitude problems and, uh, just how soft we are despite them. I think, well, you know, I’m not in Wuang yet. Uh, but I think that close though. I’m on my way. Uh, well, I do love this book, The Dell of the Woo byindia. Have you ever read that? You should. It’s a it’s a book recommendation. And I’m not sure anybody still reads in 2025. Oh, no. We read. We still have book clubs and everything. Oh, read that book. Um, but uh yeah, I think that we were just people who really want to do a good job, but uh seem tough because we have accents, but uh at heart are just, you know, softies and we come out things I guess both of us when we get nervous, we’re like, “Yeah, let’s go. Let’s go. Okay.” And then sort of fall back into a pocket organically. But we uh laughed and laughed. Uh he let me call him Clifford. I guess only his grandmother does that. That’s really sweet. So then I did my uh you know, I’m working my way towards a hunchback uh thanks to too much I think cell phone use in Ben. It’s uh coming quickly. And so I showed that to him and he enjoyed my uh my impression of his grandmother it seemed. Yes. Well, I love the character Charlie. There’s so many endearing, sweet qualities about Charlie. Thank you. What part of Charlie most relates to you? Uh, I guess I don’t like uh seeing unnecessary injustice. I don’t like it when uh big shots of people in power seem to have to uh put somebody down in order to feel big. I think that’s a dirty business. So, I think that Charlie really goes out of her way to sort of, you know, see if there’s a little guy out there and uh try to correct it uh the best she can or at least find some sort of justice for this person who would maybe otherwise be on scene. And I I love I think it’s an honor to get to play that. I hope to assimilate more of that into my life. Uh uh so yeah, I love that about her. What can you say about the arc that fans are going to watch Charlie go on this season? All right. Well, I think that she starts a little bit, you know, the inciting event of course of the the pilot is her best friend Natalie Dasha Paleno is uh murdered and so she’s got to crank it. She’s a cocktail waitress. She tells Adrien Brody, you know, hey, I kind of like my life, you know. Uh do I need to be rich? I don’t know. H I guess being rich is better than being poor, but it’s a that’s not a word for this channel. Uh than doing just fine, you know. And I think that she doesn’t really want to change much. Uh she’s got the shine at her back. She’s a bit of a desert rat. She likes her little trailer and you know, she’s having a nice life. But once she gets into this caper, she’s got no choice but to sort of set right uh the the murder of her best friend. Um and that launches her into a full season. A lot of them are end up being bottle episodes, you know, which is the goal kind of Columbbo style that you could drop in or drop out. Um, and towards the end of the season, we see again that here she is, her sister, Clea Deval. I mean, it’s high stakes. She’s on the run. Um, then, uh, Ron Pearlman is the big bad in season one, but Ria Pearlman. Uh, so they’re not the same person. It turns out, uh, so Ria is much, uh, smaller. Yeah. Yes. Uh, and, uh, so Ria kind of takes over, these five families, and that’s kind of like the launching point for the top of the season. uh the incredible Cynthia Revo uh is there in our first episode. She’s extraordinary. Um and then it becomes sort of I guess her on a road trip again, but she’s a little more existential, a little bit more lost. You know, she’s been on the road all alone with no tether, no contact, no roots for about a year. And so, uh a little bit more eager to make connections and then we bottle back and then we well we take another turn, I guess. Uh so many turns in this show. Do you already have a running list of people you can’t wait to call up for season 3? Uh, I was Meth and Men in this season. I keep forgetting. And Nick Noly was in last season. Maybe I’ve done it. You know what I mean? Yes. You got all the dream wish list. Wait, Nick Croll. We talked yesterday. You said that longer. You know what? Nick had his chance. One premiere. Yeah. Ate the food, used the valet. He did. He ate the food. He used the valet. too. Uh then he sort of uh fake gave me a $100 bill because he really was a a fan of the show and then he uh he took it back which I thought was a weird move because I big mouth. He’s been running for like 42 seasons, right? Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I’ve only ever been paid scale. Uh so uh well hey before we let you go we have to take a look at this gorgeous fit. I love all of the style decisions you make. Oh, thanks. Fabulous. I don’t make them. People help live. Clark dressed me in this and uh you know Alessandro for Valentino. So, it’s a a stunning. I couldn’t make this in a vacuum. Let’s be clear. We love it so much this evening. Thank you. Thank you. I always wear a cape. That’s why they say that. [Music]
While speaking with E! News at the ‘Poker Face’ season two premiere, Natasha Lyonne exclusively details her surprising bond with Wu Tang Clan’s Method Man.
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