Starring Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, and featuring the ever-popular Andrew McCarthy, Lipstick Jungle follows three of New York City's most powerful women as they deal with life, love, and the challenges women face in juggling high profile careers with long-standing gender expectations.

A couple of days prior to the premiere, The Deadbolt joined a number of outlets on a conference call with Lipstick Jungle stars Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, and Andrew McCarthy to get the scoop on their characters, what fans can expect from the series and the three women who take Manhattan by storm.

Kim Raver on how Lipstick Jungle reflects real people:

"It’s a whole mix of people and that’s also what I love about being in New York is there’s a real - you know, I have a very close friend who is a surgeon and one is a, you know, jewelry maker and one’s an artist. And I really value - I mean, all of my friends but especially like my women friends because there is a lot to juggle when you’re a mom and have a career, and are married. And to me, the life that you have is what supports you going to work every day. So yes, I do and that’s very important. But I also - my friendships with Brooke and Lindsay are extremely important to me as well. And that is part of my life outside of work."

Raver and what she likes about her character, Nico:

"For me, with Nico I love that she’s not afraid to speak her mind. She’s unedited and she doesn’t apologize for who she is, which I think that’s, you know, a main key in who she is."

Lindsay Price on the villain her character interacts with on the show:

"Well, I get to work with the amazing Kerry Butler who is - she just is a Broadway star. She’s starring in Xanadu and she was in Hairspray. One of the luxuries of working in New York City is we get to work with these amazing, well-trained stage actors. And Kerry plays this character, I think, so well. I really like the idea of being somebody’s mentor and then having your heart broken and your business threatened by someone that you’ve nurtured. I think there’s something very complicated in that. And maybe also, because it’s a female relationship, I think this character really considers her like a little sister to her. It goes even deeper than the professional wound. But it’s great fun because the fashion world, everyone, says it’s so cliché how backstabbing and nasty it is, and the fur is always flying. But it does make for some interesting drama and storylines. We’re not going to go quite that far with it, but it’s a realistic thing that could happen to Victory."

Price and what she likes about her character, Victory:

"I think the thing I like the most about Victory is that she is successful in the business world but she doesn’t make any apologies for wearing her heart on her sleeve or being an emotional person, or maybe sometimes not being the most censored or reserved with what she has to say. She doesn’t make any apologies for her femininity also - being in a competitive, sort of cutthroat business."

Andrew McCarthy on why he wanted to do the series:

"Well, I was a big fan of Candace’s sort of world and her voice. And I thought it was a really interesting show that treated women with a real regard, that I don’t see on television too much. And the character, I thought, was just somebody I don’t see very often on television played the way I would want to play him. You often see these rich, powerful guys as sort of sharks."

McCarthy on his character, Joe, and how long he will last:

"You know, I’m here now. I don’t know that he starts so vile, though. I think he’s - actually people presume people that have money and power are unpleasant. I think he’s just direct and follows his own sort of agendas without being encumbered by anything that society would put on him, because that’s what money does. It buys us freedom from having those constraints. But I guess we’ll just have to see where it unfolds, you know. I think that’s the thing about television until you - certain relationships and certain dynamics start to work, and so then they’re written for. And other ones work less well so they sort of phase out. And it’s just sort of a movable feast, always."

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