Friday Apr 09, 2010

Dinner With the Stars!

Posted at 09:28AM Apr 09, 2010 by The Little Liar in General


Hey guys! So I've heard a lot of you are excited for the TV show...AND YOU SHOULD BE! I've seen the pilot and it's awesome-- it sticks to the plot of the book and stays very true to the characters. And better yet, look who I got to meet in New York last week?

The cast of Pretty Little Liars with the author, Sara Shepard

These pretty ladies are our new Pretty Little Liars! Clockwise from left: Shay Mitchell, who plays Emily. Troian Bellisario, who plays Spencer. Ashley Benson, who plays Hanna. And Lucy Hale, who plays Aria. And oh yeah, there I am in the middle! Look how fancy we all are!


The girls were so awesome. We had a great dinner together talking about the books, what it was like being cast for the show, how they get along with their co-stars (all the guys are SO CUTE!) and other fun things about our lives! (We all passed around pictures of our dogs!) Don't be discouraged that the stars don't quite look like the characters on the covers of the books. They embody the characters completely, and I couldn't be happier with the cast. Let's hope I get to spend some time in LA on the set soon! (I heard it's on a Warner Brothers set. Apparently Hollywood tours go past it all the time!)


The TV show debuts on June 8. That's also when WANTED, the conclusion to the PLL series, comes out! You guys ready? I'm pretty sure WANTED is the craziest, scariest PLL yet!

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wow im so excited for the tv show and heartless!

Posted by robski on April 09, 2010 at 09:31 AM EDT #

I am so ready to know how everything turns out! I've been discussing my theories online with my friends for ages and I just want to know how it all ends. I know there's no way that I've got all the details figured out, since there are always shocking twists and turns. I'm looking forward to the series, but I'm much more excited about Wanted! I can't wait to read it! (Oh, and if you want to find places to discuss your thoughts about how it all ends, try prettylittleliars.webs.com and also the page for Wanted on Amazon.com in customer discussions! This page always gets mobbed with too many comments to go through them all, but if you want to leave your ideas on the discussion pages, that would be awesome!)

Posted by Lilly on April 09, 2010 at 01:52 PM EDT #

oh m effing godddd the wantedddd bookk yayayaayayay me and my bestie jessie are going to barnes n noble tehheheh and the tv show!

Posted by amber jz15 on April 09, 2010 at 03:23 PM EDT #

sara! u have 2 do another series !!!!!!!

Posted by mc on April 09, 2010 at 04:23 PM EDT #

I mean http://www.prettylittleliarsss.webs.com

Posted by Lilly on April 09, 2010 at 06:36 PM EDT #

I only have 29 channels and the show will be on channel 38!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am FORCING my mom to get channels back i HAVE to watch it!!!!!

Posted by Kaylin on April 09, 2010 at 07:19 PM EDT #

i feel sorry 4 u kaylin i have comcast (all the way inthe 800s) anyway..... can't wait 2 c the show and i have heartless rite now(only on chapter 2)some one said ali had alot of sisters including...........emily or spencer can't remember wich one :) i sooooo heart pll

Posted by massiekur on April 09, 2010 at 07:30 PM EDT #

I can't wait for both. I have been reading PLL for four years since it first came out and I am dying to find out what really went down...even though it will be sad to see the series end. It'd definitely one of my favorite book series and I have gotten a couple of other friends hooked. I'm kind of over the fact that most of the girls don't look like how they are described in the books. I just really wish Spencer was blonde! And I read a copy of the pilot script, it was AMAZING! I cannot wait until June 8! I can't even wait for real commercials for the show! I'm going to check abcfamily.com...lol Great job, Sara on an awesome series! I heart you!

Posted by alyssa on April 09, 2010 at 07:33 PM EDT #

does anyone here have Telus TV? like, do you know what channel it would be on? because i have nooooo clue :P

Posted by dancebabe7035 on April 10, 2010 at 11:45 AM EDT #

okay girls, help me out here. does spencer hastings smoke? because some girl on youtube says she does, and im trying to tell her she doesnt. because she doesnt! rigghhtt???

Posted by dancebabe7035 on April 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM EDT #

oooh i new blog:) i'm def equally excited for both though:)

Posted by frilly on April 10, 2010 at 05:18 PM EDT #

i cant wait till the show!! but i am only on killer right now. i hope i finish that and heartless by the time wanted comes out!!

Posted by Taylor on April 10, 2010 at 09:22 PM EDT #

LOVE THIS SERIES!!!<33 your an incredible writer! I'm so excited for june 8 my friends and I have already planned our night, you must write another series or continue this one I can't stop reading it over again.

Posted by steph on April 10, 2010 at 10:32 PM EDT #

shay mitchell is really pretty! Well I mean they're all pretty but you know what i'm saying aha

Posted by audreyLUVZponies on April 10, 2010 at 10:57 PM EDT #

Sorry Dancebabe bt she does in the first book she steps out of the restaunt to take a smoke and then Wren eneters. He should have never broke it off. OMG, Sara you rock I love you so much you are one of my few Heros because everyone else is a druggie!!!!!! All those girls are so prettya nd your the luckeist to get to hang out with them. I have a question, if you ever read this. I wonder what you guys ate, I mean those girls have to eat healthy t maintane their figure. Hhhhm.

Posted by Imnotaliar on April 10, 2010 at 11:19 PM EDT #

I can't wait until the show! But none of the characters look like they do on the covers, Troian Bellisario should play Aria (not Spencer), Lucy Hale should play Hanna (not Aria), Ashley Benson should play Spencer (not Hanna), and Emily should look COMPLETLEY different. I am only on the thrid book and I am hooked, but I was on the website for the TV show on ABC Family and a few people completely ruined the surprise! They were saying who "A" was and that "A" may not be the killer! This really got me mad! I do not think they should be able to do this!

Posted by beachy28 on April 11, 2010 at 02:46 PM EDT #

and yes, dancebabe7035, Spencer does smoke

Posted by beachy28 on April 11, 2010 at 02:50 PM EDT #

Ok so i'm really excited for the show but i live in Canada and we don't have ABC family here. The secret life of an american teenager is on much music here so i'm thinking it will be on there but if it's not how am i supposed to watch it? If anyone can help me out that would be sooo greaaaat :)

Posted by Izzy on April 11, 2010 at 04:39 PM EDT #

what channel is it going to be on?

Posted by ellie on April 11, 2010 at 05:23 PM EDT #

@Izzy. if you go to abcfamily.com, they have full episodes of tv shows that they show on their channel. when it comes out, they'll probably upload the episodes and you can watch them from there. hope i helped!

Posted by jillian (: on April 11, 2010 at 05:27 PM EDT #

@ellie, its going to be on the channel ABC Family

Posted by jillian (: on April 11, 2010 at 05:27 PM EDT #

Omg!!! I've been waiting for wanted to come out!!! It comes out right b4 my birthday and that's the present I'm gonna ask 4!!! I've been reading the books since Febuary and have finished the whole serious except for the one that's about to come out!!!! And I can't wait for the tv series to come out!!! And I wish there were more pll books and so does this girl I know named Hannah she says these are the best books she ever read!!! And I 100% agree!!!

Posted by Kennedy on April 11, 2010 at 05:31 PM EDT #

I could be happier with the cast.

Posted by Justine on April 11, 2010 at 07:15 PM EDT #

Um, the least they could do was stick with right hair color per character! Hanna is NOT blonde, Emily is! how come they can't use the characters on the book? And I thought the last book was Twisted, not Wanted??

Posted by liesareugly on April 11, 2010 at 07:52 PM EDT #

I could not agree with you more... even though Emily has red hair. And I think it was going to be Twisted, but Sara changed the title to Wanted.

Posted by Justine on April 11, 2010 at 08:03 PM EDT #

wow i agree, at least give them the right hair color! the only character that is slightly on track is Aria. Spencer and Emily are blonde, NOT Hanna! thats going to be a huge disappointment and confusion for me when i read the last book.

Posted by Lily on April 11, 2010 at 08:37 PM EDT #

What channel will this show be on like ABC family?

Posted by btbby on April 12, 2010 at 01:25 PM EDT #

Oh my god thanks sooo mucccch jillian (: I realllly hope it does go on therrrreee because if it doesn't i'm going to be so super maddd! I really want to see it. And WANTED!! it comes out on June 8th (which is the day before my friends bdayyy) I am so excited like you guys don't even know! Also i have to do a project on Heartless and i have to make like a box thing with visuals in it. I need i think 6 and it has to describe the book and it has to be real like i can't print off a picture of something i actually have to make it. For example, i'm thinking about doing Ali's flag piece, you no drawing what SHE TOLD then was on it not what actually is. Does anyone have any idea's for me? if so pleasssseee let me knoooow! :)

Posted by Izzy on April 12, 2010 at 04:20 PM EDT #

Is the TV series going to be available in New Zealand?

Posted by SJ on April 12, 2010 at 10:14 PM EDT #

dammnit. @imnotaliar i dont understand your question. haha, could you explain a bit more?

Posted by dancebabe7035 on April 12, 2010 at 11:59 PM EDT #

I love thia series its alittle bit of a bummer that the actors dont look like the girls on the cover but oh well im phyced i turened all of the the girls in my class on to these books and they love them we cant wait till wanted and the show comes out :) love ya

Posted by Lily Noctor on April 14, 2010 at 04:48 PM EDT #

what channel is it going to be on. i just got heartless like a week ago and finished it an hour ago. im very thrilled yaya!!

Posted by maddy on April 14, 2010 at 08:53 PM EDT #

OMG!!! Yay T.V. show!! The T.V. show girls don't really look the the series girls, though ): Another Series PLEASE Sara!!(:

Posted by Tinsley on April 17, 2010 at 01:45 PM EDT #

First offf .. Sorry to be the bad comment but Emily's hair needs to be more Strawberry blonde . It says shes a swimmer right ? so it needs to have a tint of green from the chlorine . Second, Spencer ? her hair need to be BLONDE and so does the rest of her familys .. right ?? other people willl off the bat start to think Spencer is different .. Third, Hanna is supposed to have the get the hell out of my way face not the .. ehhh face . AND Hanna is supposed to have brown hair !! long staright brown hair and freckles . but i do have to say .. The girl who plays aria is quite on the dot . the heart shaped head and such . and i know Ali isnt pictured on any of the books or on this picture .. but i reallly picture ali as the Blonde Girl from Sleepover, the movie, who play Alexa Vega's bestfriend. But moves in the end. Google it . She has that face that could easily say for itself "Easy Killer" .

Posted by Melissa on April 17, 2010 at 03:18 PM EDT #

Hope Sara read my comment above ! Sorry to be harsh about it. But i am quite excited to see the show. I must say reading this book is far more exciting than Twilight, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE The Twilight Sags very much so(:

Posted by Melissa on April 17, 2010 at 03:20 PM EDT #

the girls look nothing like they should, just sayin

Posted by Shelby on April 19, 2010 at 11:59 AM EDT #

Wow I can't wait for the show or Wanted! The characters are pretty much how I pictured them too! I love PLL :)

Posted by Kelso on April 21, 2010 at 03:40 PM EDT #

i loooveee lucy hale! She is a wonderful actress and is fit to play aria!

Posted by kerri on April 23, 2010 at 06:57 PM EDT #

Izzy we have to do that project for school too! But I'm doing it on the second book, Flawless, because we had to do a project earlier in the year about an amusement park and I chose the first book for that one. I wonder if we go to the same school or something lol ?

Posted by Jess on April 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM EDT #

My biggest problem is spencers character cuz she is supposed to have blonde hair like Ali cuz the are sister or half sisters or whatever u call it.

Posted by Spring! on April 24, 2010 at 01:13 PM EDT #

wow thatgirl looks nothing like spencer! i love these boobs so much! i am getting PERFECT today! i am so excited! go sara u are the most awesome writer! i read the first book in a day and a half! yay :)!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by happygirly on April 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM EDT #

woops! i ment to say books! not boobs! my bad 4give meeee!

Posted by happygirly on April 25, 2010 at 11:17 AM EDT #

i would just like to say the cast is a load of bologna. they might be able to act but they look nothin like what the characters should. they probably didnt read the books but looks are kinda essential details in these books and i dont think they captured it.at all.

Posted by Cody on May 30, 2010 at 09:12 PM EDT #

Yesterday, I started reading the actual book in the seris, Flawless, and it was Ah-Mazing! I read two hundred pages yesterday, and I am thinking of finishing it today! Haha But I have to say, I am not very impressed with the characters. And I know Sara, that you probably were not responsible for the cast. I think that it would have been much more interesting if the characters looked like the actual people in the book. Spencer has blonde hair, Emily is not a brunette, and it is getting all mixed up. But everything is fantasic, and you did such a great job in the book!

Posted by Loni on August 05, 2010 at 10:38 AM EDT #

hi, i LOVE THE SERIES! and i was just wondering where i can watch the show in canada, because we dont have abcfamily....? thaNKS

Posted by Jaya on October 10, 2010 at 03:23 PM EDT #

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