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‘Poker Face’s Patti Harrison Learns Clea DuVall Suggested Her For Big Season 2 Role After Being “Mortified” By Pilot Audition
As Patti Harrison's Alex becomes the latest suspected killer on 'Poker Face', the big role was a long time coming for the comedian.
While discussing her character’s arc in the back half of the Peacock series’ sophomore season with Deadline, Harrison was surprised to learn ‘The Big Pump’ episode director Clea DuVall recommended her casting as the quirky new friend of Natasha Lyonne ‘s Charlie Cale, years after she was sure she’d “done such a bad job” with her audition for the 2023 pilot. She originally went out for the role of Charlie’s best friend and casino co-worker Natalie Hill (which went to Dascha Polanco), whose murder sets off the chain of events that sends the troubled protagonist on the run, solving other mysteries across the country. Harrison debuted as the awkward entrepreneurial Alex in Season 2’s ninth episode, ‘A New Lease on Death’, having since proven to be a rare friend and ally for Charlie, who is reluctant to put down roots after being on the run and getting right with the mob.
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