Kristen Bell had to make the tough choice to spend time away from her family in order to film Veronica Mars [1], but for her, the sacrifice is worth it so her daughters, 6-year-old Lincoln and 4-year-old Delta, can see her character as an inspiration [2] in their lives.
Veronica Mars's fourth season is set to hit Hulu on July 26, and according to Kristen, it was a "giant show to shoot." The 38-year-old actress, who shares her two daughters with fellow actor Dax Shepard, told Access Hollywood that the night shoots and 16-hour work days would all be worth it in the end, if her daughters have someone like Veronica to look up to.
"I'm here a lot of hours, which means, logistically, I'm away from my kids more hours and missing four or five bedtimes a week," she said. "When I decided to take it on, I was like, 'You know what? Now that I went back and reread the scripts and watched the show, I want my girls to have this character in their life.'"
"I made the choice as a mom, now — which was really hard — to go, 'I'm gonna miss a couple bedtimes for a couple months, because I want this character to exist in the world.' I want her to be a zeitgeist. I want girls to reference her, I want girls to feel like her," she continued. "What would Veronica do?"
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