https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGABd_gfjE Does it feel like kind of a magic trick that you can tell an inspirational sports story that’s rooted in defeat, as opposed to a miraculous underdog victory? JOSEPH: I think James [Graham, playwright and TV series creator] would probably say, “It would’ve been so much easier if we’d gotten the Cup!” But…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qriWSK376U0 Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells star in a hilarious and heartfelt look at losing a loved one When Jim Rash wrote his latest film Miss You, Love You, about a personal assistant who is sent to help plan the funeral of his employer’s stepfather, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter did not have to go far…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6fyay74Kn0 Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd redefines masculinity in his provocative new series Half Man When Richard Gadd’s new show first entered the consciousness of those who had previously devoured his Emmy-winning drama series Baby Reindeer, an early press release promised it would get to the bottom of what it meant to be a man. “It’s…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnQ7WqkkmE A scientist’s stagnant relationship with his wife is jolted when he shrinks her to the size of a teacup in The Miniature Wife Anyone in a long relationship can relate to its challenges. In the case of scientist Les Littlejohn (Matthew McFadyen) and his wife Lindy (Elizabeth Banks), it has resulted in the couple…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OegsEuqMmo Emmy-winning comedy Hacks looks to make a mark in its final season The fifth and final season of Hacks is underway, closing the book on the story of veteran standup comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her partner/protégé Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) — and, to paraphrase the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange trip it’s…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8x47ky2Tw Even as someone who’s behind the scenes and knows how the proverbial sausage is made, do you ever find yourself shocked by some of these grisly injuries when you’re filming a scene? Yeah, and most of these things hang out in the hall. There will literally just be, like, a bunch of heads…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtzQKrludQ Do you feel this show is taking a bit of a subversive, or at least unexpected, approach to the traditional “crime thriller?” STEPHEN: When I read it — and obviously I’m looking at it through the prism of, “I’m gonna play this character Henry [a police officer]” — I just remember getting to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvZfqiAhdQ A new arrival in a small Texas town finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder in The Hunting Wives Novelist May Cobb struck gold with The Hunting Wives, her bestseller about Sophie O’Neil, who abandoned a successful but stressful career in Chicago to settle down in a small Texas town with her…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDkjatAGXc As much success as you’ve had in the U.S., how important is it for you to still work on Canadian projects? I love making art. It’s nice to do that in Canada. It’s nice to do that in the States. It’s nice to do that wherever I’m welcome. But Super Team Canada is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih01iblDuHg&t=5s%20 What appealed to you about Jim — and about this show as a whole? He is a fixer for the mafia, 1972. Hey, that’s fun! He loves his job. That’s his family; he has grown up with that mafia family and he’s pretty darn happy until [FBI agent Nina Hayes] comes around and basically…