FX confirmed that Rosie O’Donnell will return to Nip/Tuck. Creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy said that O’Donnell will be returning for “several episodes” of the show’s upcoming fifth season, starting with Episode 4.
As for talk about a potential spinoff featuring her character, Dawn Budge, Murphy said, “The character was so instantly popular. We’ve spoken about (a spinoff); it’s an ongoing discussion.”
Portia de Rossi will play a lesbian in the upcoming fifth season of FX’s Nip/Tuck, a role that should not prove too much of a stretch. The Australian actress, the real-life partner of Ellen DeGeneres, will recur as a manipulative mother whose teen daughter wants to have plastic surgery. De Rossi, who rose to fame as man-eating lawyer Nell Porter on Ally McBeal.
Oliver Platt has landed a recurring role on FX’s Nip/Tuck, says The Hollywood Reporter. In five episodes of Nip/Tuck next season, Platt will play Freddy Prune, the producer of a TV show on which Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) serve as consultants.
Joely Richardson is returning for the fifth season of the hit FX drama Nip/Tuck, says The Hollywood Reporter. She is set to appear in 15 of the 22 episodes of the show’s upcoming season, starting with Episode No. 2. Richardson’s return to Nip/Tuck follows months of speculation about the future of her and her character on the show, prompted by comments in the press made by Richardson in November regarding a serious health issue with her teen daughter. It is understood that Richardson’s daughter is doing much better now. Last season, Richardson did 11 out of 15 episodes in order to be able to spend more time with her family in England. The upcoming fifth season of Nip/Tuck will be set in Los Angeles. The series hails from creator/ executive producer Ryan Murphy, Warner Bros. TV and the Jinks/Cohen Co.
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A source close to the FX drama Nip/Tuck are saying that the Alias star Bradley Cooper has signed on for a five-episode arc to air during the show’s upcoming fifth season. Details about his character are being kept secret, but Cooper will not be a love interest for anyone, male or female.
