Wynonna Earp: 9 Reasons Why Lucy Lawless Would Make the Perfect Mama Earp
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It can’t really happen, can it? Could Wynonna Earp seriously land Lucy Lawless to play Mama Earp in Season 3? What started out as just a pipe dream for showrunner Emily Andras and many fans, now seems to have a bit of momentum, and even Lawless herself possibly down for the idea. The Season 2 finale of Wynonna Earp ended on the cliffhanger that Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) has in fact known where her mother has been all these years, as well as how to contact her. With Mama Earp poised to play a major role in Season 3, Andras then told several outlets that if she had to dream cast the role she’d pick Xena’s Lawless. The Wynonna Earp fans then did what they do best, and reacted with #NoChill about the situation, politely reaching out to Lawless on Twitter.
While nothing official has been announced, and with Wynonna expected to start shooting Season 3 in Calgary later this year, there’s nothing concrete to report as far as Lawless actually becoming Mama Earp. However, we here at The TV Junkies couldn’t help but get excited along with all the Earpers about this possibility. Yes, Lawless would be a huge name to get for the Canadian supernatural drama, but it’s more than that. In fact, here’s several reasons why we think Lawless would be absolutely perfect for the role of Mama Earp:
She was a warrior princess!
As Xena, Lawless played one of the biggest TV badasses of all time. The mother of the Earp heir is going to no doubt be quite the woman, and who better for that than a warrior princess? It’s perfect and so fitting. Also, Scrofano is so good as Wynonna Earp, and brings such a presence to the role, that whoever plays her mother is going to need to be able to match that in many ways. Lawless’ past as Xena no doubt makes her up for that challenge.

She’s got the range
It’s pretty clear to everyone that Lawless would own the badass part of the Mama Earp role, but what about the rest? Every character on Wynonna Earp is three-dimensional, with many layers, and there’s no doubt that will apply to Mama Earp as well. There are so many questions surrounding why she left her children with a seemingly bad father, that there’s sure to be many emotional moments when she makes her return. Lawless has proved in past roles on shows like Spartacus and Top of the Lake that she’s capable of a wide range of emotions. She can be tough and a physical presence in one moment, and then transition right into a tender, emotional one the next. Mama Earp is going to need to be a skilled actress, especially to go up against Scrofano, and Lawless’ past work shows her more than capable.
She’s an LGBTQ icon
Thanks to the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor) on Xena, Lawless became a bit of a LGBTQ icon. It’s a role that she’s fully embraced and earlier this year was named Australian LGBTI Awards Ally of the Year. Wynonna Earp is one of the best shows on TV when it comes to LGBTQ representation, and Lawless’ history makes her a perfect fit for everything the show stands for when it comes to the LGBTQ community.

She’s got a huge fandom following
Since Wynonna Earp does have such strong roots and so many fans in the LGBTQ community, many of those fans also were fans of Xena. In fact, these fans have already even given a name to themselves, Xearpers! While there’s a lot of cross-pollination when it comes to the two fandoms, the possibility of Lawless coming to Wynonna could bring a whole bunch of new genre-loving fans to the show. Wynonna Earp has been very popular on social media, but its traditional ratings have not been the best. An influx of new fans who would follow Lawless anywhere would be very welcome for Syfy and Space in Season 3.
She’s no stranger to genre
Xena wasn’t Lawless’ only stop in genre television, and the New Zealand native actually has quite a history with it. Some of her past roles include being a part of shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Hercules and Ash vs. Evil Dead. We’re not saying that whoever plays Mama Earp must have a background in genre, but it sure doesn’t hurt that Lawless has played on many of these types of shows before.
She can do comedy
One of the things we love about Wynonna Earp is that while she is a hero, she certainly isn’t perfect. She’s going to make mistakes and screw up from time to time, and usually with some hilarious results. That comedic nature trickles down from Scrofano’s Wynonna to every single member of the cast. In short, being able to also land a joke or one-liner is a requirement for being on Wynonna Earp. One of our favorite Lawless roles proved that she definitely has the comedic skills to do just that. As Diane on Parks and Recreation, her character was one of the only ones able to hold her own against Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman). She was a hilarious single mom who was always firmly in charge of the situation, and Lawless was able to jump into an already fantastic cast to make the role her own. We’d love to see her do a similar thing in Season 3 of Wynonna.

She’s got great hair
We’ve all seen the gorgeous hair porn that Melanie Scrofano puts on display every week as Wynonna. It only makes sense to assume that Wynonna comes from a long line of luxuriously locked women, right? Whether she’s brunette or blonde, Lawless has definitely proved that color doesn’t matter because her hair is always on point. Frankly, we’d expect no less than hair to die for out of Mama Earp!
The show and its stars want her!
Despite saying that she thinks she has “a two per cent chance of making that happen,” showrunner Andras did mention Lawless as her dream Mama Earp following the finale. “I feel like the feminist/warrior princess time continuum would explode, but it would be completely worth it,” she told TVLine. Star Scrofano is totally on board with the Lawless choice as well. When asked recently at Dragon Con what she would do if the show had “Game of Thrones-type money,” the actress said she’d “cast a really expensive Mama Earp.” She also freaked out with fans recently on Twitter when Lawless responded to tweets about Wynonna Earp.
Lawless seems down for it!
Which brings us to our final point, and that’s that Lawless herself seems open to the idea. She first opened the door when a Wynonna Earp fan tweeted to her asking if she’d play Mama Earp. The Xena legend responded with “Certainly. Where and when?” This set off a Twitter firestorm that included Scrofano, Andras and even Star Trek’s William Shatner getting excited about the idea over the weekend. Last, but not least, Lawless still seemed interested early Tuesday morning when she tweeted out an article about this dream casting scenario. So basically, if all parties involved seem down for it, let’s do this thing! We didn’t think it possible, but we’re now even more excited for Season 3 of Wynonna Earp!
Stranger things have happened: Could ‘Wynonna Earp’ EP’s Dream Casting of Lucy Lawless Become a Reality? https://t.co/3uSARVpnZj via @ew
— Lucy Lawless (@RealLucyLawless) September 12, 2017
What do you think of Lawless for Mama Earp in Season 3? Add your thoughts and comments below!
Wynonna Earp Season 3 will return to Syfy and Space in 2018.
If money is any object, then I will contribute to crowdfund Lucy Lawless as Mama Earp! (Not even kidding.) I am SUPER DUPER EXCITED that this is even being talked about as something more than a pipe dream. HOW AWESOME! I’m struggling to be coherent. dfaslk;jasdl;kja;lskdjfa;lksdjfa;l
I am hopefully suspecting that Emily’s rush back to the writer’s room recently is to incorporate a MAJOR actor into S3, or at least pitch it. Is there any way this does not make sense for anyone? I say nay.
Is it me, or do Lucy and Mel look like they could actually be related? I take it as a sign. . .
For all these years Xena was my primary fandom, then I found Wynonna Earp. Hooked! When Mama Earp was introduced it was Synchronicity. It works for all the reasons stated above. My Dream Team.
Oh please TV gods make this happen!
Oh brother, if this could happen, I don’t think my fangirl heart would ever stop squealing – and I NEVER squeal. It would be something on the par of Wayne Gretzky getting traded to the LA Kings – an epic coup, maybe even game-changing.
I like the idea of Lucy Lawless as Mamma Earp for all the reasons you mention, as well as Jordan’s comment: the resemblance between her and Mel is kind of spooky.
There’s another dynamic I haven’t run across yet. If I’ve learned nothing this last season, it’s that Dom is pretty formidable in her own right, and I would love to see her work her chops with an actor of Lucy Lawless’ caliber.
I’m keeping everything crossed, and thinking happy thoughts.
A woman is riding alone
Her shameful past almost destroyed her
She is battling the army of the dark world
She is fighting in the name of good
Horns are sounding as she approaches
Way must be made for a fierce battle
Rhythmical drums are heard
The Princess is back…
This is the translation of the Bulgarian lyrics of the opening theme for Xena Warrior Princess (according to Whoosh! online).
Now reread it again with Wynonna in mind riding in on her motorcycle.😏
According to the musical group,
The Fifth Dimension, “When the moon is in the 7th house, & Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars!!! THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS! (Googled that and found out that…The Age of Aquarius will hopefully bring us into an age of world peace, where we all love and respect one another without prejudice and fear.) Who better than Lucy Lawless & Melanie Scrofano to usher that in, hand in hand for all the little Earpers and die hard Xena fans via the genius of Emily Andras!!!! 😋
P.S. Reason #10…Lucy is a great singer! Perhaps a duet with Waverly is in order?
P.S.S. 😂😄😆😅😉 🔥🔥🔥🔥(Did I do good B-Train?)
Those words + Wynnona on a bike. you have a beautiful mind. Just thinking of that gave me goose bumps!
Lucy “Flawless” Lawless appearing as Mama Earp would be pretty great to see. And maybe with her foot in the door, SyFy would be blown away by Lawless’ charisma and talent and happily greenlight a limited Xena: Warrior Princess revival!
O my God oh yes yes she be more then perfect I love Lucy I still watch xena today everyday I love how she began and grew so much in xena didnt like how it end but yes if play mama Earp then fans all fans be do thrill just to watch her again on screen in something meaningful and challenging oh she can dance it xena is a very skillful actress everything she done I watch more then once and yes xena I am hook on I never stop watching just trying figure thatbdeath out when she can’t die and was timeless between her and alti the deal anyway great pic for mama Earp and their be many viewers just because she playing a part and wouldn’t matter what part xena make any part great and loved oh yes cast her
This would be epic. No-Earptastic! No–Totally Amazeballs!!! There are so very many reasons why it should happen, but I’d like to focus for a moment on why it could happen: Because an Earper did the Earpiest thing of all–gave a polite #NoChill Wynonna Earp-themed reply to a Lawless tweet about newspaper headlines that blamed hurricanes on lesbians. Why? Because our showrunner expressed a dream and sometimes a nudge is the first step towards dreams coming true. 🙂
I am hoping that when we get mama Earp whoever she will be played by that
A) we will get answers about how it happenned that wynnona is in contact with her, how much does she know about current events and was it her idea to be present after she left or was it something wynonna got her to do and did she keep up with waverly, basicaly I want to know about everything
B) this is something that I was wondering since the show started and as I said, we are getting mama earp, she is from the past and I want to know about years that wynonna wasn’t in Purgatory, we know that sometime in the past she was in Greece before coming back, she is caring a key as a necklace among other things I don’t feel like it is a fashion choice. I want the story about that.