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Returning after its super-hot freshman season for an even more electrifying second season, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS continues to see Aria, Hanna, Spencer and Emily haunted and tormented by the mysterious 鈥楢.鈥� Just who is 鈥楢鈥� and what he or she really wants remains murky and now more life-threatening than ever.

Troian Bellisario and Shay Mitchell
What鈥檚 your reaction as you鈥檙e coming off this amazing first season and you鈥檙e about to start your second season?
Shay: Surreal. I mean it鈥檚 not the only word. We鈥檙e having so much with it, and now we鈥榬e on the verge of the first episode of the second season. So, yeah, we鈥檙e having fun.
Troian: There鈥檚 a really big like cycle. I don鈥檛 know if you鈥檙e experiencing it. But like when I think back 鈥� I鈥檝e seen pictures of the fourth episode of the first season and like shooting certain sequences 鈥� that felt like eons ago 鈥榗ause so much has happened. But, for the girls, it鈥檚 only been like a few weeks or something like that. So it鈥檚 just kind of funny that to us it feels like a lifetime ago. So it鈥檚 .

So do we find out what happened to Ian?
Troian: You definitely find out about Ian. I mean, they all saw him swinging dead and there鈥檚 no body whenever anybody came to check. So you definitely find out what happened.
Shay: It鈥檚 cool that the season 2 premiere episode takes place moments after the season finale, so you鈥檙e not left wondering what happened in that hour afterward. It鈥檚 moments after we left the church.

Will we see more of Noel?
Shay: Poor Noel.
Troian: Yeah.

Was that final sequence in the church choreographed liked a dance scene?
Troian: Yeah. It was so much fun to film. There was actually a really surreal moment. It was the end of shooting everything. We were all so tired and I was at the bottom of the stairs. I had been choreographing the fight. I really wanted to do the fight because I鈥檓 an energetic dancer, and honestly it鈥檚 for me to act between the fight if I鈥檓 in it. I鈥檝e done a lot of fight choreography in theater school, so I was like, 鈥楯ust put me through the paces 鈥� like what do you want? Do you want me to smack my head on the back, do you want me to grab him 鈥� like what do you want?鈥� And so we had been rehearsing it, I was at the bottom of the stairs and I run up these flights of stairs, do all of these things, run up the whole stairs essentially. So I was at the bottom of the stairs waiting for them to call action and I was like, 鈥楾here鈥檚 smoke everywhere. My life right now is on the WB lot, waiting to call action, and I鈥檓 about to shoot an action sequence where I almost died. Wow, that鈥檚 really cool.鈥� It was really fun.

What has been the biggest shock for you when you read the scripts?
Shay: Every episode! Every time we have a cast read, all of us are like, 鈥榦h my gosh!鈥� Hearing the speak their lines after you鈥檝e read it, you鈥檙e like, 鈥楾hat happens?! Oh my gosh! That鈥檚 going to be a bad ass scene.鈥� You鈥檙e just imagining what that scene is going to be like when you actually watch it. I think in every episode there is something very dramatic that happens and we鈥檙e kind of like, 鈥榃hoa!鈥�
Troian: Obviously finding out what happens to Ian is a huge shock for us. I was shocked the show went in the direction that it did 鈥檆ause I was expecting it to be light, campy, fun, charming, then this scene happened and I was like, 鈥橭h!鈥� It got really intense.

Do you see your characters as bad girls or just normal people?
Shay: I would definitely say normal people. Definitely not bad girls. Even Allison. She has her moments. But, at the end of the day, everyone is like that once in a while.
Troian: The cool thing is a scene that [Shay] and I shot about a week ago when we decide to find out why Allison had been acting out.

The publicity for the first season had the girls covered in dirt looking like they had just buried someone. Would you say the characters are getting closer to or further away from that perception?
Troian: I think we鈥檙e getting further away from it, but it comes back. It鈥檚 funny, we鈥檙e about to shoot a scene that 鈥� I won鈥檛 tell you who it was with 鈥� and it鈥檚 like we鈥檙e being haunted. Are we moving forward? Are we being allowed to move forward? Is this something that鈥檚 always going to be on our shoulders, like our dead best friend? Or is it something that we鈥檙e going to learn to let go of? It is kind of appropriate when you see the new set of advertising. It鈥檚 like a very different type of world. So we鈥檙e moving out of it, but certain aspects are still there.

Where are Spencer and Tobey at this season?
Troian: The cool thing is when Spencer and Tobey came together, they were like the Bonnie-and-Clyde of Rosewood. They were like the outcasts. She was the one whose sweater had been planted. So they found each other. What is really cool is that it is a real relationship. So it鈥檚 really fun to get to scenes where we have differences. Like, 鈥榦h my gosh, you鈥檙e really going to take that side, are you?鈥� We鈥檙e both really stubborn characters. So it鈥檚 fun to see their relationship move onto a more normal level.

Lucy Hale
Is there something you can tell us about Season 2 that we should be looking forward to?
Lucy: The girls have to go to therapy. There鈥檚 sort of a love triangle 鈥� a real love triangle. I can鈥檛 say who it鈥檚 with, but it鈥檚 really exciting. Aria is trying to form an adult relationship 鈥榗ause Ezra is no longer her teacher. So there鈥檚 that. Her are back together. We鈥檙e still trying to figure out what happened to Ian, if he really did kill Allison, and A 鈥� you know, all those sorts of things.

Do you know who 鈥楢鈥� is?
Lucy: Noooo. I don鈥檛 think anyone does. I don鈥檛 think the writers do. About halfway through last season, I gave up. So now I don鈥檛 even care. So it will be interesting when it all sort of wraps up.

How would you describe Aria鈥檚 journey for the 2nd season?
Lucy: They really don鈥檛 tell us where the season is going, but the girls have really gone through a lot. A is now trying to get them to turn on each other. But the good thing about the show is that they鈥檙e bond is rock solid. But in her personal life, she is dealing with her brother who tends to rebel a little bit. So she sort of feels a little bit responsible for that. And, like I said, someone else sort of catches her eye. So she鈥檚 got a decision to make about 鈥榳hich way do I go?鈥� And what do I do? That鈥檚 about all I know. We literally go script by script, and the writers try not to tell us anything.

How far into Season 2 are you right now?
Lucy: We just started the 2nd episode.

Do you ever go to the writers and say, 鈥業鈥檝e got the perfect line for A?鈥�
Lucy: We actually should! They are so good at what they do. We鈥檝e got some good ones coming up.

How about a candy jar where you can put suggestions?
Lucy: Like 鈥楢鈥� ideas? You never know they might actually use one!

Are your and Aria鈥檚 personal styles coming a little bit closer as the show goes on?
Lucy: I feel a little bit older than Aria. I mean, she is so young. But I definitely feel like the wardrobe is starting to work. It鈥檚 helped me break out of my shell and try things I wouldn鈥檛 have tried. Aria is like the trendsetter. She鈥檚 willing to try out things that nobody else is willing to try.

Do you see the show as a positive influence?
Lucy: I see the show more and more as a positive influence. Every bad decision we make comes back to haunt you. So I guess the lesson is: don鈥檛 lie. I think with these girls, you really get to see them grow. I think that is a good message. It used to be all about A, and now they each are dealing with their own battles and I鈥檇 like to say that they鈥檙e learning from it.

What are you excited about that is upcoming?
Lucy: I think she鈥檚 really thrown off-guard by this new guy that she鈥檚 attracted to. I think that will be exciting. It鈥檚 a major part of her storyline. It will be interesting to see what she does.

Is the show staying along the same lines as the book or is it starting to divert?
Lucy: We鈥檙e sort of going in one a specific direction. But there鈥檚 some things that are in the book, some that aren鈥檛. I don鈥檛 know. There鈥檚 going to be four new books. So it鈥檚 hard to know. I鈥檓 not sure. 鈥楥ause we鈥檙e already at the end of the series already at the end of season 2. So one way or another.

Have you read the books?
Lucy: I鈥檝e read 7 of 8.

If the series is very successful, how long do you see it going?
Lucy: I don鈥檛 know. If we鈥檙e lucky enough to keep going, I can see it going for a while. But you never know. Things change. It鈥檚 kind of interesting to see. The show moves so slow. I think the first season was only a couple of months. So it could be going for a while. We鈥檒l just have to see鈥�

Don鈥檛 miss out on finding out what really happened to Ian and all the other juicy surprises when PRETTY LITTLE LIARS returns for its second season on Tuesday, June 14th at 8:00PM on ABC Family.

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