Lizzy Caplan Joins 'The New Girl': Plays Love Interest For Three Episodes

Matthew Perry will have to share Lizzie Caplan. For a little while.

The "Party Down" actress will be heading over to "The New Girl," playing Nick's (Jake Johnson) love interest.

For a three episode run, Caplan will play Julia a super-cool smarty with a master's in art history.

The courtship begins, appropriately, at an art gallery. Nick is intimidated by her and is worried that she won't accept him or his goof-ball friends. But, turns out, little miss perfect has a little bit of an anger problem.

Caplan will certainly feel at home in Zooey Deschanel's "adorkable" universe, but can it compete with her cult-favorite role?

Comments

[Max Shaw]

01:30 PM on 10/06/2011

I was trying to figure out what her name was! Saw her on Childrens Hosptial a couple times.

[wethree]

10:20 AM on 10/06/2011

Anyone else smell "sweeps week" coming up? Or, a Hail Mary Pass to keep this fairly dull show from getting cancelled?

How?

The "twist" to Lizzy showing up will be when she and Zooey walk out of the same bedroom together one morning. . .

Cheap?

Yes.

Effective.

Yes.

[triplettam]

06:48 PM on 10/05/2011

Lizzy and Zooey together? Love them both.

[mmxxmmxx]

06:42 PM on 10/05/2011

Lizzy? Did she play Jason's love interest on 'True Blood' a few seasons back?

[jaycg9]

11:15 PM on 10/05/2011

First season, yeah.

[Carbon Forteetoo]

06:00 PM on 10/05/2011

Lizzy has epic boobies. She should show them off more often.