Who knew!”Īs for season 4 of Dynasty, there’s so much more wicked behavior to come. She teased: “I do love that there’s generations who have embraced Meredith and I laugh that Meredith Blake grew up to be Alexis Carrington. So I feel total gratitude and excitement.” And they’re certainly the ones that are the most fun to play. And to do that as a villain, I think those are the characters that really, to me, usually stand out. And so, to now sit back and look at this, it’s like, wow, I’m kind of in awe because it’s one thing to be a working actor, but it’s another thing to be a working actor and do all these memorable pieces. And then once I did learn it, I started out my journey and I worked my butt off and I’ve gone along, and I’ve taken all these opportunities.

“I never even knew that I could be a professional performer. “I’ve been doing this awhile and I’m now at the point, when I look back on my career, I’ve been very fortunate to play some iconic characters in some really established franchises over the years,” Hendrix told Us. In addition to taking on the juicy role of Alexis Carrington, which was originally played by Joan Collins, Hendrix is best known for playing Meredith Blake in the 1998 film adaptation of The Parent Trap. We know each other’s rhythms we know how to work together and thanks to the magic of the universe we just have a really good chemistry together.” “And then, for us personally, and then working together on screen, it was a natural progression. “It seemed like a particularly natural progression given our history,” Hendrix explained. The Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion star would join The CW’s Dynasty reboot in season 3.Įlizabeth Gillies as Fallon and Elaine Hendrix as Alexis in ‘Dynasty.’ Bob Mahoney/The CW Hendrix and Gillies, 27, previously played Ava and Gigi, respectively, on the FX comedy for two seasons from 2015 to 2016. And then she really was one of the ones championing for me to come over to Dynasty.” And so we really held on to each other through that whole crazy ride. When we did Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, we were these two girls in this total dude world.

And I said, ‘Ow, you hurt my t-tty.’ And then it was just love from there. “When we very first met one of the first things she told me was how much of a fan she was of Superstar and Parent Trap. “Liz and I - it’s a total lovefest,” Hendrix, 50, exclusively told Us Weekly of their friendship. Alexis and Fallon Carrington could never! Elaine Hendrix and Elizabeth Gillies may have a complicated dynamic on Dynasty, but off screen they are closer than the mother-daughter duo will ever be.

Dynasty of Desire by Elizabeth Zachary