In an all-new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Christopher Lloyd, Executive Producer of Modern Family detailed several new and exciting things coming up for the show in Season Three.
As the third season premiere aired last night, here’s somethings we can look forward to in the upcoming season, as revealed to Entertainment Weekly.
On Mitch and Cam adopting a baby boy:
“We didn’t want to just do: ‘Here we are at the top of Season 3. They’ve got a baby boy in their house!’ We want to explore the actual, sometimes arduous process of getting a child. Auditions for surrogate mothers. Dealing with lawyers. The anxiety of wondering if they’re prepared to have a boy in the house because they both felt a little bit more comfortable with having a girl. And Mitchell in particular has some misgivings about being a father to a boy. So they go through the steps, the highs and lows, some of the disappointments that are involved in bringing a baby into the house. And then we’ll get to the actual child at some point during the season.”
On re-casting Lily:
“It was a hard decision, and this was not remotely having to do with us wanting to upgrade the acting ability or jump the character in age. The twins who play the part (Jaden and Ella Hiller) were not happy. We started feeling like we were just being mean to these little girls, making them come to the stage. And the character is reaching an age where she would talk, and that was going to be an asset to us to have Cam and Mitch communicating with her. So, we have a new little girl, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons. And we’re hoping that it’s not too jarring a transition for people. I don’t think it will be because they look similar and they’re of similar age. She’s very cute and winning, and we’re not going to have her suddenly doing soliloquies in the first episode. She’ll talk the way a 3‑year‑old would talk.”
On Modern Family‘s first Thanksgiving-themed episode:
“It winds up pitting all of the Pritchett family members against the non‑Pritchetts — that would be Jay, Claire and Mitchell on one side and the spouses on the other side. Without giving too much away, the question is whether it’s conceivable to launch a pumpkin from one end of a football field to another using bungee cords.”
To discover a multitude of other glimpses at the upcoming season, check out the full interview right here.