Despite reports that Dirty Sexy Money star Samaire Armstrong would not be returning to the show as Juliet Darling — the family’s spoiled, 20-something celebutante daughter with dreams of becoming an actress — the show’s creator and executive producer says she will return.
“In my mind, her character has always been bound from the outside world,” Craig Wright told reporters Thursday at an ABC panel for the Television Critics Association in Los Angles “[Earlier in the season] she was out there. Her character left the home. She’s out doing things. I look forward to her coming back safely.”
Armstrong, who entered rehab last October to deal with “personal issues,” also starred in The O.C., Entourage and alongside Lindsay Lohan in the movie Just My Luck.
“We love [Samaire] as an actress,” Wright said. “It’s a mistake to think her absence has to do with anything other than making good stories.” – Lisa Ingrassia
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