Posted by Adam

Tuesday January 26, 2010

LUCY Lawless says it’s unlikely you’ll see her starring in a romantic comedy — because directors are usually afraid to cast her as the “wallflower”.

The former Xena: Warrior Princess star admits she has become something of a stalwart of the fantasy genre.

“It’s not that I’ve ever been attracted to that genre myself quite honestly,” the actress told Out magazine. “I mean I loved I, Claudius. I was a huge fan of Rome, but those are not fantasy sci-fi shows. Somehow these kinds of shows can fit me in the screen. Whereas other shows I think people will fear that I will be overpowering. Nobody makes the best friend in a romantic comedy. Nobody’s going to, you know? It’s a little bit limiting when you are… I wouldn’t say limiting, that’s not right. Everybody’s got their cross to bear in terms of their appeal on screen.

“But I don’t know. Lucy’s not always…people are always nervous to make me the wallflower. But I was one! Did you see me in Flight of the Concords? You might have seen me but you wouldn’t know it. I was so successful at being a wallflower. But I’m not kidding — I really I wanted to be that. She’s just a zero of a woman, a gray little woman.

“When the wardrobe person called me and said we’re designing a costume what are your colors and stuff, I said, ‘I’ll tell you what I look really bad in: I look terrible in those kind of muddy colors and light ones like very light pastel greens and yellows and beige colors. I look awful in those.’ And that’s all we dressed me in. And it was awesome. It’s some of my most prized work where I get to be a big fat zero.”

Lawless can currently be seen starring in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which premiered this past Friday night on Starz.

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