"If we're gonna show poverty and depression and anger and joy that you get from being around your family ... and how would people try to be together?" she explained, emphasizing the tiny house shared by these eight family members. "So I think it's kind of interesting." If it didn't serve the realism of this darkly comic story they're trying to tell, she might not support it. That doesn't mean sex scenes aren't inherently awkward though. Rosie O'Donnell talked about the sex scene she had with Julian McMahon on "Nip/Tuck" and the infamous "sock" male actors have to wear in such scenes. Rossum then opened up about her "Shameless" co-star Justin Chatwin's first time experiencing one on their set. "Rumor has it he actually filled it with sand so it would -- in case he got excited at all during it-- hold it down," she laughed.
Now it’s summertime on the Southside for Shameless' second season and it sees the Gallagher family more than surviving a sweltering summer. "The Gallaghers thrive in the summer," Emmy Rossum tells TVGuide.com. "They make a lot of money that they put and stash to keep them going through the winter." In fact, the entire family is pretty busy. "Lip and Kev run the ice cream truck, which sells a lot more than ice cream," Rossum says. "Fiona's gotten a job with Veronica at this cool nightclub where she makes a lot of money in tips as a waitress and there's bottle service and stuff like that. She works at night and sleeps during the day. The [rest of the] kids run this successful daycare service out of the house, which Fiona at least appears to be running for the parents because she's there for pickup and dropoff, but she's really sleeping most of the day."
Relationship-wise, following her failed relationship with Steve (Chatwin), Fiona is 'playing the field'. "She's been doing a little bit of nursing her wounds about Steve, and she's getting back out there," Rossum says. "She's clearly been through the grieving period, and is now a little boy crazy. We're going to see her push it a little too far, make some mistakes and hook up with some people she really shouldn't have, and then have to pay the price for that." In case you're wondering- and you really shouldn't be- "playing the field" means lots of sex. And nudity -- this is Showtime, after all. Rossum says she never thought twice about the risque nature of the show. She stressed to TV fanatic that “my number one priority is focusing on the material, to make sure the scenes really land and the character dynamic works. Fiona isn’t the kind of girl who sits around on the elliptical or stairmaster.”
Besides, she argues, "if we're showing alcoholism and poverty and domestic violence in the way that we are -- in an honest way -- then why wouldn't we show nudity and sexuality in an open and honest way? I hate when you see a scene and a girl wakes up and she looks gorgeous and her eyeliner is still perfect and she's wearing a $300 La Perla bra. Nobody wakes up like that. Fiona certainly can't." In fact, Rossum says, "In the first season we had a theory that Fiona didn't even own a bra. So every time Fiona was wearing a sweater or a T-shirt it was kind of baggy like she couldn't afford a bra. Now we're shooting summer, so we didn't have a choice this year. We had to go with bras. Fiona bought a bra."
In the season premiere, we met the first of three new guys hoping to coax Fiona out of said underwear, played by "Lonestar" leading man James Wolk, whom Rossum dubs "Steve 2.0. "He's dark and a little bit of a fast, about-town kind of guy," Rossum says. "He's an investment banker. He and Fiona are definitely just having fun -- I don't know how much they connect on an emotional level. I think it's just kind of a physical, fun relationship. He even looks like Steve, but he doesn't have the danger factor so she's not as actually interested in him. We see that she's not really willing to open up."
"Vampire Diaries" star Taylor Kinney will pop up in later episodes as past high school infatuation Craig, Rossum says. "He is the guy that she was always crushing on in high school, but he's married now. With kids. Very complicated." Plus, she says, "There's another guy who's going to come on in addition to those two who's older and a different type and they don't mesh together at all, so it's interesting to see how much she really did love Steve and she does feel that a part of herself is missing."
Talking of which, Steve will be back and we'll be seeing plenty of him. "As the season progresses we'll definitely find out where Steve went and what he's doing now, but I think it'll take a lot for Steve and Fiona to be back together," Rossum confesses. "I don't know if we'll see that very soon." Not only does he return in the nude, but later in the season he'll be wearing a thong on a yacht full of women. Steve, of course, isn't the only one in the buff, but that's the nature of a show with the title Shameless, Rossum says. "This is a house with very thin walls. The kids are growing up and they have bodies. Little Liam is 2 years old and is getting stiffies in the mornings, so everyone's in everyone's business. There is a certain amount of over-share and of comfortability that they have with each other and themselves that lends itself to a certain amount of nudity."
At the end of Season 1, newcomer Jasmine (Amy Smart) implanted herself into Fiona's life, much to the chagrin of Veronica (Shanola Hampton). Their continued friendship over the summer, and the influence Jasmine has over Fiona, will drive a wedge between the longtime friends. "Veronica really hates Jasmine and really doesn't understand what Jasmine wants from Fiona," Rossum says. "We'll get to see more of the intention of Jasmine and how Fiona deals with that."
Frank (William H. Macy) will also be back to his old tricks — the least of which include getting Liam kidnapped and trying to marry a woman on her death bed. Fiona will also discover she "has Frank's DNA in her body and if she's not careful, she can make the wrong decision and end up being chased by somebody with a baseball bat and hiding under tables just like him," Rossum says. "Of course that's Frank's proudest moment, but this is all too horrifying for Fiona."
Instead, Fiona will focus on herself -- a strange experience for someone who's never really thought about her role in life other than caretaker to her siblings. "She wants to know what else she could have in life," Rossum says. "The kids are growing up a little bit, so she is able to take more control of her life. But there's a stress in that too, because she hasn't had to focus on herself. Sometimes it's easier not to focus on yourself and what your own goals are and to put that off onto other people." Rossum continues: "She has to start evaluating, as the kids get older, who she is aside from this mother figure. We'll see her think about going back to school and trying to get her GED. She's definitely a hard worker, but she doesn't feel as if she's book smart at all. It's interesting to see her struggle through that and to see her navigate the waters of being single and playing that field."
Television Series: Shameless US (S02E03)
Release Date: January 2012
Actress: Emmy Rossum, Laura Wiggins & Molly Price
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