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New faces enlist with returnees in Season 7 of ���Army Wives��� ���I���m really enjoying it,��� Bell says of the rebuilding of the cast. ���There are a lot of changes, and while As happens on actual military bases, the names it���s the same show, it also feels different. Denise has and faces of some ���Army become the central friend Wives��� are changing. people come to for differWhen the Lifetime ent reasons, especially as drama series begins its the new girls try to fit in. seventh season Sunday, The new characters are March 10, an obvious fun, and I think they���re absence will be that of nice additions. As in Army founding cast member life, people get moved Kim Delaney ... with the every couple of years, and departure of her characnew friendships form ... so ter, Claudia Joy Holden, it���s realistic, for sure. explained very early in ���If anything, (the origithe run. Longtime co-stars Sally Pressman and Ster- nal actors and characters) got to stay together longer ling K. Brown are recurthan most people do on ring now, but at the same a military base,��� notes time, the show is getting Bell, who adds, ���I���ve met an influx of performers Brooke Shields several both new and familiar. times, and she���s a sweetTorrey DeVitto (���Pretty heart, a really nice lady. Little Liars,��� ���The Vampire I���m excited to have her be Diaries���) plays a veteran a part of our show.��� of three tours of duty in Bell shares a reasonIraq, now opting for doable amount of screen mestic life with her staff time with ���Army Wives��� sergeant husband (Burnewcomer DeVitto, pargess Jenkins); singer-acticularly since both of their tress Ashanti appears as characters have an affina mother of three whose ity for riding motorcycles. husband (Joshua Henry) ���She���s just been so sweet serves overseas; Jesse and welcoming and really McCartney, who also has great to work with,��� DeVitdual careers in singing to says. ���I like and respect and acting, portrays a new her so much. soldier eager to make his ���Even though this show mark; and Elle McLemore is seven years old, I don���t is cast as the latter���s new, know people expected it young wife, forced to build to go this long. We aren���t a life for herself away from sure how the audience is other loved ones. going to react to all the And midway through its changes, so I still have the new season, ���Army Wives��� same worries and fears will be joined by a particu- you do when you start larly famous new co-star: a new show. On the flip Brooke Shields, as an Air side, coming into a show Force pilot who proves that���s been on for seven herself a worthy opponent years, the morale on the to Army Gen. Michael set is just beautiful. EvHolden (Brian McNamara) erybody is in their rhythm as each tries to maintain and groove, and you don���t a degree of professional have those 16-hour days power. you have on a new show For all the actors who when you���re trying to find are just starting their your footing.��� ���Army Wives��� tenures With ���Army Wives��� her on location in Charlesthird series running curton, S.C., Kelli Williams, rently, it���s little surprise McNamara and Wendy that DeVitto enthuses, ���I Davis remain prominent love being busy! I always on the series ��� as does say I need a break, but Catherine Bell, whose alwhen I actually get it, I���m ter ego Denise Sherwood just itching to get back to remains so pivotal to the work after one day. What show, ABC Studios signed most people don���t realize the popular ���JAG��� alum is that even though I was to a new contract early to doing ���Pretty Little Liars��� ensure the drama would and ���The Vampire Diahave at least another year. ries,��� there are so many By Jay Bobbin �� Zap2it 2 Torrey DeVitto joins the cast of ���Army Wives��� with its seventh season premiere Sunday on Lifetime. cast members, I was only working two or three days per episode. Now with ���Army Wives,��� I don���t really have any days off.��� A similar work pace usually applies to DeVitto���s husband, Paul Wesley, alias the undead Stefan on The CW���s ���The Vampire Diaries,��� on which she recently acted in scenes with him for the first time. She also has a The Goshen News ��� Viewer���s Choice ��� March 4-March 10, 2013 well-known father in the longtime drummer for music icon Billy Joel, Liberty DeVitto, and she has family ties to the real military as well. ���I don���t have relatives in the Army specifically,��� she says, ���but I have family in the Air Force, a couple of cousins and an uncle. And my aunt was actually a chief petty officer in the Navy for a long time. They were all so thrilled, on so many levels, that I got this role. They���re all from Michigan, and they were like, ���Your character���s an Airborne, and she���s from Michigan? Amazing!������ With so many of her co-stars new to the world of ���Army Wives��� that she���s known for so long, Bell ��� who also will continue her ���Good Witch��� series of TV movies for Hallmark Channel at Halloween ��� takes her position as one of the senior cast members seriously, despite her trademark good humor. ���I���m always aware of the fact that you set the tone,��� she says, ���but it���s a great cast and crew, with real camaraderie. We���ve always had a great vibe, and we���re just keeping that going.���

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