Fri, August 6, 2010

Now this is some awesome news for V fans. Zap2it is reporting that Jane Badler will be joining the cast of V for its second season. As most of us who grew up spending a good chunk of the 1980s terrified of her recall, Badler played Diana, the evil rodent-snacking leader of the Visitors in the original miniseries.

Rumors had swirled following Comic-Con last month after V executive producer Scott Rosenbaum let slip that Anna's mother "Diana" would be joining the show next season that Badler would again reprise the role.

This new incarnation of Diana will appear in a recurring role as the mother of the show's current Visitor-bitch-in-charge, Anna, played with wonderful evilness by Morena Baccarin. Badler will make her debut in the season premiere, according to TV Guide, when we learn that Anna has been keeping her mother prisoner in a section of the mothership that's been designed as a replica of the Visitors' home planet.

I think this could be a really good boost for V. I was a huge fan of the original series and thought the early episodes of the reboot showed a lot of promise to be even better. Unfortunately during the second half of the season it seemed be turning ino just a generic action show. Plus it had way too much of whiny Tyler, the teenage son of Elizabeth Mitchell's character.

However, the season finale ended with a quite a few interesting twists for the main characters and an enraged Anna unleashing what looked like a full-scale Visitor invasion after her nest of Visitor babies were blown up by the resistance. That was cool. Plus Morena Baccarin is one of the best parts of the show, and seeing her get to play off the original most-evil Visitor has the potential to be amazing.

The only thing missing now is a Marc Singer cameo.