Former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari has been rumored for weeks to be replacing Lauren Conrad, her former high school rival, on MTV’s The Hills.
Well, now it’s a done deal!
Cavallari will indeed be starring in the faux-reality series, with her first appearance on the show also being Conrad’s last – the May 31 season finale.
Kristin will be shown catching the bouquet at the wedding of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (she introduced the gruesome twosome years ago).
She’ll appear in 10 episodes this fall. The 22-year-old budding actress is fully prepared to stir things up, too: “It’s a TV show,” Kristin Cavallari explains.
“I’m not going into it like, ‘I’m going to make great friendships with these people.’ It’s work! Drama sells. I think that’s why they’re bringing me in.”
Kristin shared more insight with Entertainment Weekly on her return to reality TV. We’ve printed some excerpts below, with more after the jump.
On why she’s coming back: “My goal is to get fans excited about me again. When I first started out, I had a celebrity name but I didn’t have the acting skills I have now. If I have some buzz with my name again, I feel like it will only help.”
“But they might try and set up certain encounters and situations. I’m totally cool with that. Again, it’s a TV show. They need to make it entertaining.”
On introducing Heidi and Spencer: “It’s so funny. I guess it was four years ago. I was dating Brody Jenner and Spencer was Brody’s best friend. I had known Heidi when she was friends with Lauren when we were still filming Laguna Beach.”
“Heidi was like, ‘Hook me up with someone. I wanna meet a guy.’ And Brody and I were kinda like, ‘Well, maybe Spencer?’ We’ll see what happens.’ So we all went on a double date and they just hit it off right away and now they’re married.”
On how her version of The Hills will differ from Lauren Conrad’s: “I’m a completely different person. I have a lot more energy. I’m more outgoing. I’m a little more spontaneous. And she has a boyfriend so she’s not dating on the show.”
So? Are you excited for Kristin Cavallari on The Hills?