“Lucifer” Has a New Mom – and She is Hot!

“What's fun about Mom [as we head] into Season 2 is that she's different from Lucifer and Amenadiel [his brother, played by D.B. Woodside],” added executive producer Joe Henderson. “She didn't come to Earth in a body. She was a soul in search of a body. So what's exciting is she was sort of popping from body to body, and we'll find that eventually she ends up in [Helfer].”

“I was really, really happy when they told me Tricia was on board for lots of reasons,” said Ellis (pictured at top with Helfer) of her casting. “I was a huge Battlestar fan. It is a bit weird that I used to have a crush on my mom. But the dynamic that Tricia brings with mom has really elevated the show to a new place. It’s given me and D.B. an opportunity to have a new relationship within the show and to see us behave differently as our characters; most people would agree that you act a little bit differently in front of your mom.”

So what does Helfer think of all this? “It’s very flattering, and to think about it I would go the shade of my [red] dress,” she joked of the debonair Ellis’ admiration. “But of course you hope there’s more that I can bring to the character than just what the character looks like and that she’s younger than expected.”

Helfer noted similarities between this character and that of her Battlestar Cylon. “This is a sexy irreverent show about the devil coming to Los Angeles and in doing so finding his own humanity,” she explained. “I kind of liken it a bit to when I did Battlestar and the Cylons weren’t just the evil side and the humans the good side; there started to be a lot of blending. [This] mom does not like humanity at all when you first meet her, and the fact that she has to be in human form does lead to some comedic elements, but the longer she’s in it will she start to like it?”

Helfer advised viewers to “buckle-up” when it comes to Satan’s mama. “She’s a lot more layered,” she teased. “They set her up [so] that you are expecting this arch character, but she is maternal, loves her sons, and where Amenadiel takes after his father and his work, Lucifer and his mom definitely have some similarities.”

Seems the similarities don’t stop there; after binge-watching season one again for homework, the happily married Helfer couldn’t help admitting to admiring her onscreen sons. “Hello! They are fine specimens,” she laughed. “ Both of my sons! But they are also so lovely and I was taken in about mid-way in the first season by how much heart there was with the comedy … maybe it was my maternal instinct, but I cried when Lucifer lost his wings!”

Season 2 of Lucifer premieres Monday, September 19 on Fox.

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