Joely Richardson
Julia McNamaraENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you surprised that Christian was the Carver's latest victim?
JOELY RICHARDSON: At the end of season 2, no one knew the real ending [until the day before we shot it]. We did think that someone was going to die, so everyone was nervously looking over their shoulders. No one expected the Carver would go for Julian. We thought it would be one of [the supporting actors].
Does the series go too far?
It treads a very fine line. The last episode of Six Feet Under was really brave; I give full marks to it because it was so ambitious. But you can see how it would leave them open to criticism. I feel the same way about Nip/Tuck. It almost becomes a pastiche.... I don't think you're meant to take it completely literally. You're supposed to just go along for the ride.
What was it like shooting the scene when Julia had her breasts augmented?
I did a costume fitting for her fake breasts, and all the producers were standing around going ''No, no, bigger!'' So I would go back, stuff some more, then come out, but only to hear them say, ''No, no, we can't even see them!'' At the end I felt like a moose with these breasts. I just remember thinking how awful Julia's desperation was.
What do you want to happen to Julia this season?
Playing Julia the first two seasons was emotionally exhausting. I remember sometimes walking onto the set and feeling nauseous because I'd be having a really lovely day in real life and would have to do some dark, horribly intense scene of emotional breakdown. It's been nice this season to be away from that McNamara kitchen. Julia goes down a different road — she can't forever be destroyed over the marriage.
Has it been strange having your real-life mother, Vanessa Redgrave, play your mom in the series?
I was really nervous for her in the second season. I felt very protective. But the third season has been a blast. She and I smoke this bong together [in episode 3]. We've never used one before, so the props guy showed us. She was much better at it than I was.
Plastic surgery: Pro or con?
I feel like we've been swamped with this idea of a homogenized look. Beauty doesn't come in these perfect packages. So I'm feeling a bit like, enough already with plastic surgery.
Who is the Carver?
That's the million-dollar question on our set. No one knows, except Ryan. I just hope it's not me. Maybe the Carver is my mother!
BURNING QUESTION Will Julia end up with Christian or Sean? ''She will finally have to make a choice by the end of the series,'' says Murphy. ''When she does choose one of the guys, it will free up the other guy in a weird way. That will be one of the last images of the last season — her choice.'' But we're getting ahead of ourselves: This season, Julia will open a spa with Liz (Roma Maffia) and Julian's old conquest Gina (Jessalyn Gilsig), and she'll also embark on a wild new love affair. Even more family drama is on deck when her son Matt (John Hensley) finally fesses up about that hit-and-run accident from two years ago.
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