ROOMMATE WITH A VIEW
She was supposed to be just a recurring sight gag in gobs of black eyeliner. "She walks into the room, gives a dirty look and leaves" was the job description that the executive producers of WB’s Felicity, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, gave when they offered the role of Meghan to their longtime friend Amanda Foreman.
Instead, with just a couple of minutes per episode—only enough time to toss an acid glance or a withering comment—Foreman managed to make Meghan, the dark force who shares Felicity’s dorm room, the series’ most stingingly plausible creation. Foreman recently thrilled the ever-growing Cult of Meghan by delivering consecutive lines of dialogue, primarily involving a box she doesn’t want anyone opening.
In this week’s episode (May 18, 9 P.M./ET), a pivotal one for Meghan, she continues her cryptic behavior, practicing casting spells on Felicity. The twentysomething Foreman is a child of Hollywood (her late father, John Foreman, produced "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"; her mother is actress Linda Lawson), which might explain why her musings often end with a dramatic flourish. "I want Meghan to have a love interest," says the actress.
"Someone with long hair and dressed kind of weird. That way, when they get out of bed it’ll be a guessing game. Wouldn’t it be fun if you couldn’t tell if she’s involved with a boy or a girl?" —Margy Rochlin
