Jane Lynch Likes BeingOnly Murders in the BuildingVictim Because She's 'Leo Rising': 'I Want to Be the Focus'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jane Lynch on Aug. 22, 2024.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Jane Lynchisn’t afraid to be the center of attention.TheGleealum, 64, stars as Sazz Pataki on Hulu’sOnly Murders in the Building, and though her character was killed at the end of the third season, Lynch told E! News during theEmmys 2024pre-show that she enjoys being the victim for the season-long mystery.“John Hoffman, who’s a showrunner, came up to me the season before and he said, ‘You’re our murder victim,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh!’ I was really happy because what that means is that you get to be in a lot of the next season because they have to do flashbacks, and you’re the focus of everything,” she said.“So I like that. I have Leo rising. I love that. I want to be the focus!“Jane Lynch in “Only Murders in the Building”.Patrick Harbron/HuluThis isn’t the first time Lynch, who was born on July 14, has referred to her love for all things zodiac.Shepreviously told PEOPLE in Augustthat while she doesn’t “think it’s going to happen,” she would one day “want to do an astrology podcast.“The Emmy winner also noted how much she loves working alongsideOMITBcostar Steve Martin, as her character Sazz serves as the stunt double for Martin’s actor character, Charles.“The great thing about it is when we do a rehearsal for the scene, I just watch what he does and when he does this, when he does that, and if he changes it up, I have to stay on my toes,” she said.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Jane Lynch on Aug. 22, 2024.Kevin Winter/Getty"But usually, he’ll set it so that I can mirror it. So that’s always a lot of fun. We don’t kill that gimmick, that old chestnut, but we do it every once in a while and I think it’s to great effect.“Lynch starred onGleefrom 2009 to 2015 as Sue Sylvester, and she also spoke to E! about how she’d “love to see a whole season ofGleewith just those pop songs [from the ’60s and ’70s]. The stuff I grew up with on a radio.“SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as it’s broadcast live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.Only Murders in the Buildingseason 4 is now streaming on Hulu.

Jane Lynchisn’t afraid to be the center of attention.

TheGleealum, 64, stars as Sazz Pataki on Hulu’sOnly Murders in the Building, and though her character was killed at the end of the third season, Lynch told E! News during theEmmys 2024pre-show that she enjoys being the victim for the season-long mystery.

“John Hoffman, who’s a showrunner, came up to me the season before and he said, ‘You’re our murder victim,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh!’ I was really happy because what that means is that you get to be in a lot of the next season because they have to do flashbacks, and you’re the focus of everything,” she said.

“So I like that. I have Leo rising. I love that. I want to be the focus!”

Jane Lynch in “Only Murders in the Building”.Patrick Harbron/Hulu

Patrick Harbron/Hulu

This isn’t the first time Lynch, who was born on July 14, has referred to her love for all things zodiac.

Shepreviously told PEOPLE in Augustthat while she doesn’t “think it’s going to happen,” she would one day “want to do an astrology podcast.”

The Emmy winner also noted how much she loves working alongsideOMITBcostar Steve Martin, as her character Sazz serves as the stunt double for Martin’s actor character, Charles.

“The great thing about it is when we do a rehearsal for the scene, I just watch what he does and when he does this, when he does that, and if he changes it up, I have to stay on my toes,” she said.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Jane Lynch on Aug. 22, 2024.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

“But usually, he’ll set it so that I can mirror it. So that’s always a lot of fun. We don’t kill that gimmick, that old chestnut, but we do it every once in a while and I think it’s to great effect.”

Lynch starred onGleefrom 2009 to 2015 as Sue Sylvester, and she also spoke to E! about how she’d “love to see a whole season ofGleewith just those pop songs [from the ’60s and ’70s]. The stuff I grew up with on a radio.”

SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as it’s broadcast live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Only Murders in the Buildingseason 4 is now streaming on Hulu.

source: people.com