Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2008-03-31

Interview:
"The Hills" was the #1 original series on cable among people between the ages of 12-34 in 2007. "The Hills" is also the top show area on MTV.com for all of '07 in terms of uniques and streams. Since the premiere of the third season in August, "The Hills" show area on MTV.com has attracted an average of 600,000 unique visitors a week. We had the honor of sitting down with Lauren "Lo" Bosworth from The Hills and Laguna Beach and talking about the reality series and the young starlet's future.

Can you talk a little bit about how shows like Laguna Beach and The Hills work? How much of it is reality and is any of it scripted?

Lo: Sure. We do have a filming schedule which definitely makes it easier than having cameras around 24/7. Everything that we film is real, everything you see on the show has really happened. It really is a lot of expert editing done by people that work with the show. They create such an interesting storyline that it seems like there is a script. If I didn't know and I watched the show, I would think the same thing, but there is no script.

Is it difficult to live a normal life with the cameras around? Or does having that filming schedule help to make it more bearable?

Lo: The fact that there is a filming schedule makes it a lot more bearable. We filmed this morning, but now I'm just hanging out here at home. I have the rest of the day off, so it's really not bad at all. It's weird though, the paparazzi like to hang out in front of the house, and so if we go anywhere, they're there. So it's hard to like run down to Blockbuster, because they're there. There are always people around.

How did you all get approached initially to do Laguna Beach?

Lo: MTV decided that they wanted Laguna as the place for the show, so they met with the school board. So that's how they got on campus at our high school. They held interviews and people filled out applications, and they read everything and found out who were friends with whom. Then they set us all down and decided who they wanted film with.