Interview: Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver from The Riches
In The Riches, Izzard and Driver play Wayne and Dahlia Malloy, Irish Travellers from rural Louisiana. In season one, Wayne, Dahlia and their three children broke all ties from their community when an unfortunate auto accident provided them the opportunity to assume the identity of a deceased, wealthy and “normal” family. Seduced by the idea of a bigger life as “H. Douglas and Cherien Rich” and armed with the keys to a new house in a posh neighborhood, the Malloys soon found suburban life more twisted and challenging that any of their previous stings.
We had the honor of sitting down with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver to discuss the upcoming season and how the writers’ strike affected the series. Here’s what they had to say: