On Patricia Arquette’s New ‘Do
Patricia Arquette got a new hairdo after Season 2 wrapped. You may have seen it. Here is what Sci-Fi.com has to say about the ‘do to-do. (Don’t let the title fool you. Nobody’s dead or anything.)
Medium Star Cut Short
Cindy White (SciFi.com)Patricia Arquette, who plays real-life psychic Allison Dubois on NBC’s Medium, told SCI FI Wire that she caused a stir behind the scenes when she decided to cut her hair short at the end of last season; Arquette now sports a tidy blond bob, as will her character when the hit series returns for a third season this week.
“As soon as we wrapped, I chopped my hair off,” Arquette said in a conference call with journalists on Nov. 10. “When I cut it, [producer Ron Schwary] was like, ‘Oh, my God! She cut her hair!’ And there [were] ripples of panic stretching across the network. And [creator Glenn Gordon Caron] said, ‘What’s the big deal? She cut her hair. People cut their hair. They grow their hair. They cut their hair.’”
Arquette made the decision to update her look because she was getting tired of having long hair and wanted something more low-maintenance. “To be honest, I think in life, any person just gets fed up with their look sometimes,” she said. “I’ve had this hairdo before. It’s the easiest hairdo I’ve ever had. I roll out of bed, I brush it, it’s done.”
Stars who cut their hair cause anxiety in part because of the example of The WB’s Felicity, which saw its ratings plunge after lush-maned star Keri Russell sheared off her long blond locks at the beginning of the series’ second season in 1999.
In any case, Arquette’s Medium character will also sport the new style when the show returns for its third season. But don’t expect it to be mentioned onscreen. “We don’t make a big deal of the fact that she cut her hair, but it’s just a haircut,” Arquette said. “Marriage is like, you gain weight, you lose weight, you have a baby, you get fatter, you get skinnier, you cut your hair, maybe even dye your hair a slightly darker shade. It grows. It falls out.” The two-hour season premiere of Medium airs Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT; the show will then move to its new timeslot, Wednesdays at 10 p.m., the following week. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.
She left out the part where Glenn Caron said, “It’s hair. I wish I had some.”
Watch for the new ‘do tomorrow night at 9pm.
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2 opinions for On Patricia Arquette’s New ‘Do
JCW
Nov 14, 2006 at 2:33 pm
P.A.’s been sporting that china-doll look off & on for YEARS! She may be in dire need of a fashion stylist, but at least she has a hairdresser who knows what look flatters her face.
I likee!
Ron C
Mar 1, 2008 at 4:27 am
Please stay with last years short bob. Looks like you’re letting it grow out. Starting to draw your face down.
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