Katie Lowesstill hasScandalon her mind.
While teasing her new CBS holiday filmChristmas Takes Flightto PEOPLE, the 40-year-old actress reflected on her time playing Quinn Perkins onScandal.
TheShonda Rhimes-created series, which ended in 2018 after seven seasons, followedKerry Washington’s Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the president (Tony Goldwyn) who leaves her post to start her own crisis-management firm. Despite attempting to put her former White House ties behind her, she still finds herself getting continuously entangled in the political world.
Looking back on the acclaimed series, Lowes tells PEOPLE about which of Quinn’s storylines she considers to be the most shocking.
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And while she deems many of Quinn’s storylines as “crazy,” Lowes has nothing but fond memories from her time working on the series.
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Lowes says the cast ofScandalis still the closest of pals. “They’re some of my best friends in the entire world,” she says.
The mom of two adds, “We have something calledScandalfam, and it’s really true. We are a hardcore family. We’re on a WhatsApp chain with all of us [and] our significant others. We text each other daily, birthdays, congratulations and hanging out. And we have reunions. We’re just really close.”
Fortunately for Lowes, she recently got another chance to work with series creator Rhimes, 51, inInventing Anna. The upcoming Netflix miniseries follows the real-life case of Anna Delvey (a.k.a. Anna Sorokin), a woman whoposed as a wealthy German heiressand was eventually convicted after conning many out of money.
“This is an amazing story. So, just imagine what you do when you have an amazing true story met with the greatest writer ever,” says Lowes, who plays Rachel on the series. “It is so freaking juicy. When I first read the scripts, it’s like you can’t watch it, ingest it, binge it fast enough. You guys are in for a freaking ride.”
Even though fans will have to wait until next year to streamInventing Anna, they can watch Lowes star inChristmas Takes Flighton Sunday.
The televised film follows pilot Jenny Beckett (Lowes), a woman who is determined to save her family-owned airline’s annual holiday benefit for underserved children from being cancelled. The charitable event’s legacy is threatened after CEO Matt Connor (Evan Williams) purchases the airline, but Jenny starts to fall for Matt despite his conflicting motives.
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“She’s strong. She’s a single mom. She runs a business. She’s a pilot. I read that only 1 percent of pilots are women,” says theKatie’s Cribpodcast host, who is also gearing up to star alongsidePete Holmesin the sitcomHow We Roll.
“I felt connected to her as a mom. I felt connected to her in running a business because I run a business. And I just felt like she is very loyal to her family, to her dad, her younger brother and to her family legacy. I just felt like she was cool as hell,” Lowes adds.
Christmas Takes Flightairs Sunday (8 p.m. ET) on CBS.
source: people.com
