January Jones promises 'a bit more' Betty Draper in 'Mad Men' Season 6
'Sweetwater' star also discusses last season's prosthetics
PARK CITY, UTAH - On one hand, the Sundance Film Festival is among the most connected, finger-on-the-pulse events anywhere. On the other hand, for all its surplus of information and buzz in some areas, Sundance can feel like you've entered a black hole in others.
I suspect it's the latter hand that explains why January Jones didn't know yet that AMC had announced a Sunday, April 7 premiere for the sixth season of "Mad Men." In Park City to promote her revenge-themed kinda-Western "Sweetwater," Jones was pleased to hear the premiere date, she wasn't able to give much information about the secretive AMC drama.
"Betty will be in it a bit more," Jones teased.
That won't be difficult, since Season 5 found Betty struggling with her weight and other insecurities, but also found the character MIA for long stretches, in part due to Jones' new baby.
While Jones wasn't eager to spoil any details at all about the new season, she was quite comfortable talking about her reaction to Betty's arc and transition last season.
Check out this conversation and stay tuned for the first half of my "Sweetwater" interview with January Jones.
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January 24, 2013 at 5:08AM EST Reply to Comment*AMC not ABC Dan. With love.
dan Gracias! Off to fix...
January 24, 2013 at 5:20AM ESTDan
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January 24, 2013 at 1:35PM EST-Daniel
par
January 24, 2013 at 10:42AM EST Reply to CommentBut less Betty is better, not more.
vfefrenzy
January 24, 2013 at 11:28AM EST Reply to CommentWhen I read the headline, I hoped this meant fatter Betty. I still hope that, but it seems like that will not be the case.
Monty Jack
January 24, 2013 at 11:49AM EST Reply to CommentWhoooo-OOOOOO-ooooah, Fat Betty, blam-ba-bam-ba-bam!
Costanza
January 24, 2013 at 2:23PM EST Reply to CommentJanuary Jones the person doesn't seem very far removed from Betty Draper Francis the character...#icequeen
Matt I've heard stories along those lines, but I'm not sure how you got that from this interview. She seemed reasonably warm and open.
January 24, 2013 at 3:55PM ESTLana
January 24, 2013 at 6:06PM EST Reply to CommentDan, you did lose a ton of weight! Good for you!
I'm happy there will be more Betty.
rebecca
January 24, 2013 at 7:51PM EST Reply to CommentI was hoping Betty would finally have a leading role again this season. Obviously that's not going to happen. *sigh*
gladly I think Matt Weiner's very far from the Betty of the first season of Mad Men, and I don't really like where he's taken the character, nor do I think he's capable enough of steering Betty out of the spin. For that reason, I'm happy to have less of her. I think Weiner's treatment of that character and her story is one of the worst parts of Mad Men.
January 25, 2013 at 9:28AM ESTGansSo
February 19, 2013 at 10:45PM EST Reply to CommentJones' a wonderful actress and I really can't wait to see her back on Mad Men. REBECCA & GLADLY - I agree it would be hard to bring Betty as a main character, unless she gets a completely new plot line in her story (like eeh... leaving husband no 2, getting a job, doing sth on her own maybe).