Kristen Bell just got cast as a "razor-sharp Ivy League graduate" in Showtime's "House of Lies," she was very sweet as Veronica Mars, but we like her way better when she's making Jason Segel cry while naked or screaming at Adam Scott through a Bluetooth headset.
So if her part in this new dark comedy from Matthew Carnahan "Dirt" fits her well. Described as a subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm, "House of Lies" stars Don Cheadle as Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant who is never above using any means or anyone necessary to get his clients the information they want, and finds Bell in the role of Jeannie Van Der Hooven, an ambitious woman who works at Marty's firm.
Martin Kihn's tell-all book "House of Lies" How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, the series has also tapped Ben Schwartz "Parks and Recreation" and Josh Lawson "Romantically Challenged" as employees at Marty's firm, and Glynn Turman "In Treatment" as Marty's father. We look forward to seeing Kristen Bell crush them all beneath her sensible career lady shoes.
Kristen Bell Joins Showtime's 'House of Lies'
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
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