A Conversation with ‘Lie To Me’ Star Monica Raymund
Every year I try to pick a new drama to watch and make it my “new show” that I follow for the season. This does not always work out (see: Love Monkey and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip). I had decided that Lie to Me was going to be this year’s show, based mainly on my appreciation for Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction). Due to circumstances, I was out of town and I never got a chance to watch the two episodes I had recorded on DVR when, coincidentally, I was contacted and asked if I wanted to speak to one of the stars, Monica Raymund. I agreed, of course, and saddled up to the TV over the weekend to catch up. Then, I realized, both episodes were gone because my girlfriend’s abundance of Oprah episodes obliterated the episodes I had saved (thank you, Hulu, for saving me from embarking on a Christian Bale type rampage).
Regardless, my only regret for this interview is that I did not ask Monica about my idea for a SNL skit where Jon Lovitz’s liar character, Tommy Flanagan, is interviewed by Tim Roth’s Lie to Me character only to be stumped by Flanagan. I picture a distressed Roth saying, “I just don’t know, this guy seems like a straight shooter.” Yes, I realize this idea was most relevant in 1987. Anyway, here is my conversation with the more than delightful Monica Raymund:
Mike: So, I was watching the show and … it’s funny, considering the subject matter, I made sure I watched every frame of every episode — and not just enough to get by — because it scared me that you might have picked up some tricks (and call me out).
Monica: (Laughs) Yeah…
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