Hunting Wives’ Katie Lowes Addresses Possibility of Season 2 on Netflix
Malin Åkerman is a straight shooter when it comes to her hair.
The Hunting Wives star is well aware that her wig on the Netflix series has been a topic of discussion, and as she revealed, it even caused some issues behind the scenes.
“I had a wig fitting in L.A.,” Malin explained on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast Aug. 21. “Then they go off and they make a wig that is sized for my head.”
But according to the 47-year-old, when it came time to film her role as a politician’s wife on the show’s North Carolina set, the wig they received fit great, but wasn’t “quite the color or the shape that we had talked about.”
“The poor hair lady’s freaking out,” Malin recalled. “And she’s pulling out her box of wigs, and she’s like, ‘What about this one?’”
And while the wig wasn’t fitted to her head, the color was what they envisioned and the hair was long, so they thought it could work as their plan B.
“That ended up being the wig that we had to go with because we had no time to make a new one,” she laughed. “It was a wig in a box.”
Malin—who shares son Sebastian, 12, with ex-husband Roberto Zincone—explained that they did try to “get the wig maker to make a proper one,” but when the new one arrived, “It was a different color.” Luckily, they were able to work the updated hairpiece into the show during a scene when TV husband Dermot Mulroney announces his run for office.
Netflix
“When Jed is running for governor, you see me getting glammed up, and I’ve got tin foil in my hair, because the new wig was lighter,” she said. “We’re like, ‘How are we going to pull this off? Well, we’ll just pretend like she just got it lightened.’”
And while The Hunting Wives hasn’t been renewed for a second season yet, Malin—who married husband Jack Donnelly in 2018—is looking forward to forgoing the wigs entirely if they return for more episodes.
After all, fans have had plenty to say about her hair since the show’s release.
Netflix
“Was no one on the set of The Hunting Wives concerned about Malin Akerman’s wig?” one user wrote on X. Another added, “If the hunting wives gets season 2, please get malin akerman a better wig good lord.”
But as one person noted, “maybe it’s a good thing that they gave margo that horrible wig and a southern accent because if she looked and sounded like how malin does normally i don’t think i would’ve survived.”
To see more surprising celebrity wigs, keep reading.
Rocker
Nick Lachey shows off his bad side by dressing up as a rocker, complete with a wig!
Lovely Curls
Britney Spears‘ wig almost looks like her real hair!
Glam
NeNe Leakes stuns in a glamorous, over-the-top wig.
Margot Tenenbaum
Kelly Osbourne dressed up as Margot Tenenbaum from The Royal Tenenbaums and was very convincing!
Jagged Wig
Lady Gaga is a huge fan of wigs and this eccentri style is super jagged.
Tinseltown
Miley Cyrus does her best Tinseltown impression with a purple tinsel wig!
Superhero
James Franco dresses up as a superhero complete with a black wig!
BFFs
Behati Prinsloo dons a wig while playing dress-up with a friend!
Two-Dimensional
Rita Ora plays around with a two-dimensional wig made from foam. She reminds us of a cartoon!
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
Leave a comment