Lucy Hale Shares Her Advice for the Next Generation of Pretty Little Liars
You know, the gap between “generations” sure is feeling shorter these days.
Ahead of HBO Max‘s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (currently in production), TVLine invited Lucy Hale, one of the OG Liars, to impart some wisdom on the next group of young women to find themselves in the crosshairs of a textual terrorist.
“Oh my God, it’s so depressing that I already have to give advice to a new generation,” she says with a laugh. “But I think it’s great. It’s an honor that they want to continue the legacy of Pretty Little Liars. Like, how cool is that? I also know Bailee Madison, who’s in the show, and I adore her. I’ll always support other artists and actors, no matter what the venture is. I think it’s important that we do that, because there’s not enough of that. And I’m as curious as anyone to see what they’re going to do with it.”
In addition to Madison (Good Witch) as Imogen, the new series also stars Chandler Kinney (Lethal Weapon) as Tabby, Broadway’s Maia Reficco as Noa, Zaria (black-ish) as Faran and Malia Pyles (Baskets) as Minnie. Together, they’re the new Pretty Little Liars, “being made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago… as well as their own.” (Click here for a complete breakdown of the new cast.)
And here’s Hale’s advice for them: “I have a feeling their lives are about to drastically change, like ours did,” she says. “When I was doing Pretty Little Liars, I was always thinking about the next year. I was never in the moment, so I missed a lot of the little moments. We were worrying about things we shouldn’t be worrying about. It’s very vague, but my advice is just to enjoy it. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. People are going to love you guys, and I’m definitely going to be watching. All the love to everyone involved.”
Hale played Aria Montgomery in the original ABC Family-turned-Freeform series. She can now be seen starring in Ragdoll, available to stream on AMC+.
Are you excited for PLL: Original Sin? Drop a comment with your thoughts below.
Aw man, Lucy Hale seems to be such a nice person. Her comments always come from a good place, reading this was very heartwarming. Wishing her the best.
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She’s really special and her new show Ragdoll is lit. She deserves a huge hit show though.
I really Miss Katy Keene.
They probably won’t. They are most likely going to be cancelled after one season lol
I wonder how long it will take for them to bring back one or more of the original cast for a guest role to boost their ratings.
I am looking forward to seeing it however I don’t think it will last after the first season unless they bring back the originals to make it interesting.
It would be great to know if what happened to Spencer and Toby, Hannah and Calab did they have the baby so on so forth
Eh, I don’t think this is going to be that big. The original series was barely holding onto viewers by the end and they had, what, 2 failed spin-off series? If 2 spin-offs fail and the viewership dropped by the end, I don’t see a large audience for this. Besides, the craze of the show/franchise is basically dead. Nobody cares anymore. It’s just like them trying to reinvent the craze of Gossip Girl. It just doesn’t work in 2021. You can’t recreate the magic that the original series had in its first couple of years. But hey, I could be wrong. Ultimately though, I wish the best for the new cast members. I’ll check it out to see if it’s any good, but I don’t see it being a huge hit or anything.
This was such a great cast. Can’t get into any of the PLL shows. I wish the first crew would give us all an update o where their characters are now. I NEED to know. Did Aria and Ezra have a baby, are Toby and Spencer together…so much more. Please do another show.