You may not know Krysten Ritter’s name, but you definitely know her face—especially if you’re a 14-year-old girl. Her unique look and comic timing make her the ultimate scene stealer in just about every show she guest stars on. After playing pivotal characters on Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls, Ritter is now taking on the role of Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher’s daughter on the Fox sitcom, ‘Til Death. We caught up with her while she was on break in New York.
It seems like every time we turn on the TV, there you are. This week you're guest-starring on 'Til Death as the daughter of Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher. What was it like on the set?
Everyone in the cast made me feel so welcome. [Brad] is hysterical. All day long he's doing standup. It doesn't stop. It's like [I'm] not working.
Any advice from your costars?
I got some industry advice from Joely Fisher—some good business stuff that I probably shouldn't repeat—you know, how to deal with my agent and how to basically not get screwed over (laughter).
Many of your fans discovered you on Veronica Mars. What was it like working on such an amazing show, with such a smart cast?
I love that show, and I liked it before I started working on it. It was so exciting—not only because it was wonderful to have an acting job, but because it's a mystery there are a lot of interesting conversations going on in between takes. Everyone's always trying to figure out, "Oh, who's the killer?" The cast doesn't know what's going on, either. It's not just the actors—it's the transport people, the crew. Everybody is just constantly trying to figure out who did what.
So they didn't give you any hints?
Well, there were some hints. I got a pilot, so I had to be written out of the last episode. That was heartbreaking, but good too, because you know a pilot's a big deal. But I still have a theory that I was the killer. I thought it would have been so perfect for this character, because the whole time I just wanted to fit in, and I wanted to protect my Dad. So I blew up the school bus to try to keep everything copacetic with my new school.
Did you have any idea that Steve Guttenberg's character was a pedophile?
I found out a few episodes in. I was like, "Nooo!" because I liked him so much in real life. Obviously, it was creepy.
In the last episode of Gilmore Girls, your character Lucy discovered that Rory and Boyfriend had been lying to her for months. Do you think her extreme reaction was warranted?
This has been going on for a long time and we can assume that in between episodes they've been hanging out with each other, so to find out in that way, in public, after she’s having such a good time, to find out that her boyfriend and her best friend have been lying to her... I would jump to the same conclusion.
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