Jennifer Tilly is ready for her close-up -- on the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills , that is. Three months after it was announced that Tilly, 65, would be joining the cast for season 14 of RHOBH alongside Bomoza Saint John, the actress is opening up about what it means to join the show after previously appearing only as a guest in seasons 10, 12 and 13. Chatting with ET's Brice Sander from the Sutton Stracke Green Label Capsule Collection Show at the Godfrey Hotel in Hollywood on Monday, Tilly expressed her excitement at finally getting the chance to finally be promoted to the role of "friend.
" "Oh my god, it's so exciting, you know, I've been a big Housewives fan since the inception, since the first episode so now it's sort of like I crawled into the TV," the actress shared, adding that it means the world to do it with her best friend, Sutton Stracke . "I get to witness everything firsthand." As for how filming on the highly-anticipated new season is going, Tilly is keeping her lips zipped.
So far we know that Kyle Richards, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Stracke and Saint John are all set to return as full-fledged cast members. "Well, it's a little cray cray crazy but I, you know, I love all these girls -- I really admire them," she shared with ET. "It's very difficult work to spin entertainment out of thin air and they all do a phenomenal job of it.
" Tilly isn't the only familiar face walking back onto TV sets for .