Will Jessica be back on Reaper?

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Jessica Stroup Moves into 90210

Last year, Jessica Stroup was Satan’s daughter on the CW’s canceled Reaper. Now fresh out of Hell, she’s stirring up trouble in the country’s most notorious zip code: 90210. The CW’s reboot of the legendary Aaron Spelling primetime soap was the most hotly anticipated new show of the 2009-2010 TV season, and Stroup’s character was long shrouded in mystery. Was she Kelly and David’s half-sister Erin, or was she the progeny of Donna and David’s series finale union? It turns out she is little Erin, who we last saw as a blonde impish tot who was concerned that ice cream would make her fat. Now answering to the moniker “Silver,” the angry teen acts like Gossip Girl’s bitchy best friend on her virtual burn book, “The Vicious Circle.”

Being on such a high-profile show has as both perks and drawbacks. Critics and viewers have been quick to compare the show to “the original,” and report on its significant second-week ratings drop-off. The female stars have also come under scrutiny for their less-than-curvy physiques. The show may need a bit more time to find its footing, but it’s nice to be back in the halls of West Beverly High. Stroup talked to BlackBook about working in a bubble, the problem with 90210 extremists, and being the female Luke Perry.

What zip code did you grow up in?
Oh my god. I moved around to like nine different schools by 9th grade. The last one I lived in was Charlotte, North Carolina. 28277.

Can you relate to the high school experience that 90210 is depicting?
When I went to Charlotte, I walked in wearing jeans, a pair of shoes, and a sweatshirt. Just normal and comfortable. And the girls there were wearing heels and short skirts and stuff, and it just blew my mind.

As Erin Silver, you’re the tie-in, you’re the spin-off.
I’m the glue that holds everybody together.

From the vague descriptions of your character, she seems savvy.
She’s very blunt in everything she does and everything she says and stuff. If she’s in a catty brawl, you know she’s not going to take it. She doesn’t care about pleasing everybody around her. She wants to please herself and I think that’s highly respectable.

A website described your character as a “vixen” and “the lead’s saucy best friend.”
Wow. Saucy? Did it say saucy? I love that. That’s sort of true. She’s a vixen, that’s kind of true. I get to create this alter ego for Silver through the make up and how I talk on the blog.

Annie’s the good girl and Naomi’s the bad girl, so does Silver fall in the middle?
She kind of floats around the school with different cliques and she knows everybody but they know not to mess with her. She has this blog and she has a huge fanbase, and so it’s like they read her stuff and they respect her, but she’s not one to tamper with, because she will vent about you and say what she wants to say.

What character from the old show does she correspond to?
Luke Perry [Dylan]. He was a rebel and independent, but he also was tied into the group as a whole and was a huge vital part. I like the idea that, 20 years later, it’s the girl who’s the Luke Perry type. The strong, cool, do-what-she-wants-to-do type girl. It’s girl power.
Do you find that the fascination with the return of Jennie Garth and Shannon Doherty is distracting for a new show trying to find its own identity?
We as a whole are in such a bubble while shooting the show. There’s so much hype in questions about the two of them, but in the end I think it adds to it. I think once they watch the show just to find out how it actually plays out they’ll be interested in the rest of the storylines and continue to watch.

Obviously this show has gotten an insane amount of hype. I’m wondering if you’ve encountered any 90210 purists who think the original should be left alone.
Thankfully no one’s come up to me on the street and thrown things at me, but I’m still looking to dodge a tomato or something. I think the extremists—the fans that grew up on the show and it was their life—don’t want to tamper with the idea of what that was, but that’s the beauty of our show. It’s not like we’re trying to be that old show. We have our own identities, but we’re bringing in old characters, creating and developing into these new people, and it should be exciting rather than a daunting “are they going to ruin it?” feeling.

People might be worried because there was a resolution for the characters. Kelly and Dylan were together, and then, “Whoa. Kelly’s a single mom?”
I love hearing the theories. I think that the new one just for myself was, “Well, are you David Silver’s daughter?” I’m like, “Wait a minute. What kind of time frame are you looking at right now? Like, no!”

Do you think the show is going to have the appeal as the show that parents can watch with their kids, or do you think this is a new era of 90210 where it’s more like Gossip Girl or The O.C.?
I think it has aspects of all of that. It’s not as in-your-face as an after-school special as some of the old 90210s were. But it does have the morals, it does have the family. Is it going to be Gossip Girl with the sex and the crazy all over the place? There’s going to be some of it. Yeah, it’s definitely gritty, but in the end, it’s got a great balance of everything.

With Gossip Girl and shows like that, kids grow up much faster these days. The old 90210 wouldn’t stand a chance nowadays. They were so naïve.
Speaking for myself, I moved out to Los Angeles at 17, so I was thrown into this world just as the Annie character is. Seeing how fast things change and constantly new technology and constantly in-your-face celebrities, and the kind of debauchery that they’re getting into these days, they’ve got it hard, man. Seriously, there’s a lot of pressure out there. Kids are way more adult, or think they’re adult than they did back then. Would they survive? Yeah, they would’ve changed and coped and probably gotten into way more trouble, but had way more fun.

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I’ve also added new photos from Silver’s blog & myspace

90210: Jessica Stroup Shows Us Erin Silver’s Lining

Erin Silver, the character that Jessica Stroup plays on 90210 (Tuesdays at 8 pm/ET, the CW), is perhaps the best evidence that the guys from Freaks and Geeks are running the show now. She’s sarcastic, creative and fiercely independent, a Gen-Y teen who takes her grievances to the Web, and they usually involve more than the typical boyfriend and fashion angst. Silver is also the link between the old and new series, as she’s the offspring of Kelly’s mom and David’s dad. Tuesday’s episode will explore one source of Silver’s anger: Her mom (Ann Gillespie) is off the wagon again! Stroup tells us about keeping her 90210 identity secret, what Jennie Garth told her about fame and why she loves vampires. — Mickey O’Connor

TVGuide.com: First question everyone had: How is this a spin-off? Little did we know, you were the link all along!
Jessica Stroup: Yup. My character was originally named Daphne Silver, and everyone was asking, is she Erin? So I would just be coy about it, hint at it. Early on, we were shooting a scene where Jennie [Garth] comes over and takes a french fry from me. In one take, the director wanted me to call her “sis,” and Jennie was like, “Why would she call me that?” She didn’t even know I was playing her sister.

TVGuide.com: Also, in an early script, Silver was kind of risqué, she was compared to Tila Tequila. Now she’s kind of an online mean girl. Tell me about her blog.
Stroup: It’s called The Vicious Circle. [The producers] basically gave me free reign. They gave me a microphone, a camera and a blue-screen. I put on wild fake eyelashes and streaks on my face. It is very lightly scripted, with some degree of improv. It uses animation and puppets — it’s so fun!

TVGuide.com: When Silver’s mom falls off the wagon, she moves in with her sister Kelly. But where’s Mel [her dad]? Where’s big brother David? Any chance they’ll come visit Silver?
Stroup: There’s a mention of Mel in one of the scripts. I met Brian Austin Green for the first time in a Coffee Bean. I saw him, and I thought, I have to talk to him. He thought I was a fan. Of course, I did gush a little bit. I’d love to work with him.

TVGuide.com: Have Jennie and Shannen given you any advice?
Stroup: Both have been incredible to me — and to the rest of the cast. Coming from where I’m from, I love my privacy and security and my friends, but being in the entertainment industry, I have to understand that I’ve never hit a mark where the press wants to know who I am. I welcome it, and I’m excited about it, and hopefully it means that I’m doing good work. I talked to Jennie about it. On one of our longest days, I was kind of in a daze in the makeup and hair trailer and she came over and said “You know, kid, you’re doing great and I’m proud of you, and I’m excited to work on the show with you.” So she’s kind of like a big sister to in me in real life. Shannen is hilarious. At our launch party, she came in, and people were wondering, “Where’s the drama?” There is no drama; they’re over it. I love hanging out with Shannen; she just cracks me up.

TVGuide.com: So is Silver the student with whom Ryan Eggold’s character, Mr. Matthews, is rumored to be having an affair?
Stroup: I haven’t heard that rumor. Silver is probably the one character who wouldn’t be flirting with him. But he’s a real interesting character, and has some cool storylines coming up.

TVGuide.com: We hear a lot about the love triangle among Annie, Naomi, and Ethan. Will Silver find love?
Stroup: Well, Silver’s not asexual; she’s interested in boys, and she has a crush at some point. Let me say that I have shot a few scenes with boys. [Author's note: New rumor! We hear Silver will be pursuing Dixon in the coming weeks.]

TVGuide.com: I just watched True Blood. You have a nice little opening scene there in the premiere. Have you seen it?
Stroup: I saw it on YouTube. [Laughs] I loved it, and I love vampires, and people ask if I’m going to come back. All I will say is: Alan Ball, I think you’re a genius. I would die to become a vampire. If you want to have me come back on, I would always be so grateful. I’m so excited for that show. It was one of the moments where, even though it was a small scene, I jumped at the opportunity.

TVGuide.com: Are you going to be doing any more episodes of Reaper? And, um, can you tell us now if your character was supposed to be the spawn of Satan?
Stroup: I owe those guys so much, because it, along with my work on Grey’s Anatomy, opened my eyes to TV. I don’t think I will be going back, but I desperately wanted her to be The Devil’s daughter. There was never a confirmation or denial, but I wanted her to seem gradually crazier and crazier and a little evil. In my mind, I’m saying yes. [Source]

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