

According to TVLine, Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black, American Pie) talks about and explains why Peacock canceled Poker Face. Lyonne states that she wasn’t surprised by the cancellation of the series. Poker Face was canceled by Peacock back in November after two seasons.
“We weren’t shocked!” Lyonne tells The Hollywood Reporter in a new interview about the abrupt end of Poker Face. She even terms it “news to some people” since she and co-creator Rian Johnson actually crafted the Season 2 finale, which aired on Peacock in July, as a series finale.
As per TVLine, Lyonne pointed out that he last episode of the second season was titled “The End of the Road”. She states, “That should have been a little clue, folks. We literally threw the car off a cliff!”
According to TVLine, although the series was canceled, Lyonne explains, she has other ambitions right now: “For me, baby’s gotta direct some movies. I’ve been talking about it long enough.” But she supports the idea of Peter Dinklage taking over as the star of future Poker Face seasons. Peter is also one of my favorite people of all time, and she hints she might return as Charlie somewhere down the road: “Rian and I might just come back with a good old-fashioned, made-for-TV movie just like ‘Columbo’ would like to.”
As per TVLine, even though the door is currently closed on Poker Face until it finds a new home, Lyonne teases how another of her famous roles might come back. She talks about the series Russian Doll, in which she starred as time-loop traveler Nadia. Russian Doll hasn’t continued past the second season as Lyonne reveals to THR that an idea for a third season is still percolating in her brain. “Yes. I’m determined to do it” in the style of David Lynch, she says: “‘Fire Walk With Me’ and then ‘Twin Peaks: The Return.’ I’m determined to follow that model. I can’t tell you when I’m going to hit up Netflix. But it’s incoming. It’s in process.”
Lyonne adds via TVLine that “I’ll have to go in and pitch it, I’m sure. We’ll see if they let me get away with it. But I don’t know if that will be in two years, 10 or 20, or 35.”
Russian Doll is available to stream on Netflix and Poker Face is still currently available on Peacock.

