Jennifer Beals Captures 'The L Word' Cast In Photos: Exclusive, Part 2

In Part 2 of SheWired's exclusive interview with Jennifer Beals discussing her book of photographs she shot of her The L Word costars, the actress shares how she misses Bette Porter, what she thought of the way The L Word ended and if she’ll reunite with series creator Ilene Chaiken on her upcoming reality series The Real L Word: Los Angeles this summer.

Read part one of our exclusive with Jennifer here.

SheWired: Do you miss The L Word?

Jennifer Beals: Sometimes I do, but I've been working on so many great projects. And also, quite frankly, I've been living with the book since we stopped shooting. It's not like I don't get to see everybody because I see them endlessly on my computer, going through layouts or different images, and I hear them on the tape recorder, and I talk to almost everybody quite frequently. So it's not as if I'm not in touch with the cast. I certainly miss Bette's righteousness sometimes and her ability to be so articulate in the heat of the moment, for the most part. But I have to say I mostly miss Bette more than anything, because I get to see everybody else. She was a good friend to have.

Would you reprise Bette in a spin-off that wasn't The Farm? 

It depends on what it was. And I'd have to talk to Ilene. There's so many details of what would happen. I would never say "no" categorically. I'd have to see what the details were.

A lot of fans are still clamoring for an L Word movie. Is that something you'd be open to?

Yeah, sure, I would be interested in doing it. But Ilene is so busy (http://shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=23763), she's got so many projects going on. And I'm hoping to work with Ilene again because it'd be fun. It was a really good partnership, and she was really easy to talk to and very fair and creative and a good listener.

Speaking of Ilene, she has The L Word-inspired reality show The Real L Word: Los Angeles coming up this summer.

 I know!

Any chance you'll pop in on that?

Hell no! (Laughing) Hell no! Because that drama will be too deep! I can't go there! I can't! You know what I'm saying!

Of course, the lesbian drama stereotype - it's a stereotype because in this case it'll true!

(Laughing) Yeah! Oh my gosh, but it will be really funny to watch it. It will probably be the only reality show that I will watch.

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