Will Lorraine Toussaint Return to “Orange Is the New Black?”
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Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — SPOILER ALERT: After back and forth reports, it appears Lorraine Toussaint is set to reprise her role as Vee, a prisoner that shook up the women’s federal prison, on the upcoming third season of Orange Is the New Black.
On the season two finale of the Netflix series, Vee appeared to be killed after being run over by a van driven by another prisoner trying to escape the Connecticut jail.
On Tuesday morning, TMZ reported the actress was slated to return to the series’ New York set that same day. Hours later, however, Netflix told Buzzfeed that the TMZ report was false.
Despite the denial, Toussaint was later spotted by a TMZ videographer as she arrived at the Queens, New York, set of the dramedy.
When asked by the videographer if she was returning to the show, Toussaint replied, “You know, if I were to give that away they’d actually have to kill me for real…again.”
“Let’s put it this way, at the end of last season, I took a pretty big hit,” she added.
Toussaint told ABC News Radio earlier this month that she still has hope for Vee. “She’s definitely taken a hit. She’s taken a seriously bad hit. The creator Jenji Kohan believes she’s dead and she would know,” Toussaint said with a laugh, “but I secretly do think [she’s alive.] Now it is Vee. It is Vee.”
Toussaint also said she was humbled that some fans continued to hope that she’s not quite dead. “Mostly I’m so flattered and honored that people actually want her to still be alive,” she added.
“If she is alive I just hope she’s nowhere near my house,” Toussaint quipped.
Toussaint is now starring in ABC’s fantasy drama Forever, which airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
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