Lana Parrilla (Why Women Kill): who is her very famous best friend?

She is the new star of Why Women Kill. The series signed Marc Cherry is back on M6 after a first season carried by a trio of shock, namely, Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Alexandra Daddario, whose daily plan-plan rocked overnight against a backdrop of intrigue of murder. In Season 2, it’s Allison Tolman, aka Alma, and Lana Parrilla, who plays Rita, which burst the screen. Little known in France, these two actresses nevertheless enjoy a fame on the other side of the Atlantic, and are among their closest friends of the stars. Like Lana Parrilla, whose best friend is none other than a famous actress.

Daughter of Italian painter Dolorès Dee Azzara and Puerto Rican professional baseball player Sam Parrilla, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1970s and died assassinated in 1994, Lana Parrilla followed the vocation of her aunt, Italian actress Candice Azzara. Quickly, she made a name for herself playing in television series, Lost at Spin City Passing by Once upon a time, where she plays the Evil Queen. The opportunity for her to meet Eva Longoria, with whom she became very friends. So much so that the latter recommended her for the role of Rita in Why Women Kill.

Lana Parrilla landed the role of Rita thanks to Eva Longoria

Indeed, it turns out that this role, which has some points in common with Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives, was originally written for Eva Longoria, who unfortunately refused it during filming. “The role was specially written for [elle] but she explained to them that she did not want to play at that time, but that she wanted to direct an episode, the fourth in this case “, Lana Parrilla remembered in the columns of the Figaro. It was then that the actress suggested her friend’s name, saying: “‘A friend of mine, Lana, would be perfect for the role. I was called and I auditioned. Marc [Cherry] said to me: ‘As soon as you arrived for the audition, I knew you were my Rita’. It was a very special moment “, she concluded.

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