Jennifer Tilly is not hiding her excitement over getting promoted to 'Friend of the Housewives' on season 14 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
The Oscar nominee, 65, gushed that her new gig, which gives her more screen time and access to extravagant cast trips, feels like 'working with Martin Scorsese.'
She went on to tell Vulture that the 'sharp left turn' in her career has felt exhilarating.
'My boyfriend always says if he got $40 million, he wants to go into space and experience zero gravity,' the Bullets Over Broadway explained. 'To me, being on Housewives is experiencing zero gravity.'
Tilly, who is best known for portraying Tiffany Valentine in the Child's Play franchise, also admitted she 'was more excited to meet Kyle Richards and Erika Jayne and the other ladies than when' she 'met Elizabeth Taylor.'
Jennifer Tilly is not hiding her excitement over getting promoted to Friend of the Housewives on season 14 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; seen in 2022
'They've been asking me if I want to be on the show, and I've always said "No. No." This year, I sort of thought, I just want to do everything different. I'm trying to take on challenges,' she revealed.
Still, Tilly confessed, after a month of filming RHOBH, that doing the reality show has been 'the most challenging thing' she's ever done.
One of the struggles is anticipating how she will be framed on the show.
The performer pointed out how producers 'can do anything' with the footage and edit it so you are 'the girl next door' or 'the villain.'
'They can make you the cranky one. They can make you the patient one. It depends on what they want to show, what’s going to make the story,' she reflected. 'Even when some Housewives were looking really bad on the show, and the fans are throwing mud at them, I had empathy for them because I thought, "What they’re doing is spinning a storyline out of thin air." You come in without a script.'
Tilly also claimed she is unfazed by the confrontations and fiery fights between the cast.
'In real life, if you’re at a restaurant and people at the table are screaming at each other, you’re mortified like, "Oh my God. I can’t believe I’m with these uncouth people." But when I am sitting at a table with Housewives, I feel like I have a front-row seat at the Super Bowl,' she raved.
While speaking about her costars, Garcelle Beauvais, Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Richards, and Sutton Stracke, the professional poker player said she likes them 'all' and appreciates 'what they do.'
Tilly admitted she 'was more excited to meet Kyle Richards (pictured last month) and Erika Jayne and the other ladies than I was when' she 'met Elizabeth Taylor'
The Oscar nominee, 65, also gushed that her new gig, which gives her more screen time and access to extravagant cast trips, feels like 'working with Martin Scorsese' (the legendary filmmaker pictured above in March 2024)
'I’m just going to say it’s really challenging. It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever done, but I’m really happy I’m doing it,' she emphasized.
Tilly, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the 1994 film Bullets over Broadway, has appeared in various movies, including Bound (1996) and Bride of Chucky (1998).
Tilly's promotion comes after the departures of cast members Crystal Kung Minkoff and Annemarie Wiley.
The forthcoming season will also welcome its newest full-time Housewife, Bozoma 'Boz' Saint John, who previously served as the former chief marketing officer of Netflix.
The successful businesswoman, who was born in Middletown, Connecticut, moved to Ghana when she was six-months-old and spent her childhood living in Nairobi, Kenya and Washington, D.C.
Tilly seen with costar, Garcelle Beauvais, gushed that she likes the whole cast and appreciates 'what they do' (pictured together in July 2024)
At age 12, she and her parents moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. She ultimately attended Wesleyan University, where she graduated with a degree in English and African-American studies.
Over her career, Saint John has worked for PepsiCo, Beats Music, Apple and Uber, among others.
In 2020, she launched a podcast with journalist Katie Couric called Back to Biz with Katie and Boz, in which they spoke about topics like economy, the coronavirus pandemic as well as systemic racism and criminal justice reform.
Last year, the mother-of-two released her memoir, The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival.
According to its description, she reflects on the loss of her husband, Peter, who died of cancer, grief and navigating 'the highs and the lows' as she learns to live through 'her brokenness.'
She and her late husband, the father of her two children, were married from 2003 until his death in 2013.
Tilly's promotion comes after the departures of cast members Crystal Kung Minkoff (far right) and Annemarie Wiley (far left); the season 13 RHOBH cast pictured last year
