Lucy Lawless takes on 'Vampire Bats'
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless, best known as "Xena: Warrior Princess," will battle
"Vampire Bats" in a CBS made-for-TV movie. Lawless returns to her role as Dr. Maddy Rierdon, which she created for the network's bug-infested flick "Locusts" last year. In the Halloween thriller, Lawless is drawn into the
fight against the
thirsty creatures invading Beverly Hills.
Lawless told Sci Fi Wire she's not nervous about sharing the small screen with bats, since she worked with rats and spiders and other scary creatures on "Xena."
But she admitted, she's glad CBS didn't decide to center its latest disaster film around frogs.
"Frogs I find to be a little
disgusting, and I own several of them or my boys own several of them," she said. "I'm not
particularly squeamish, but I don't like frogs. They feel horrible."
"Vampire Bats" is scheduled to air Oct. 30.