After seven years of kilometers Კ A good wifeThree-time Emmy winner Juliana Margulis is more selective than ever about where she’ll go. while connecting morning show As Laura Peterson, a host who became one of the best journalists in the country after appearing in the 1990s and losing her position on the main show, Margulis claims she has the opportunity to play an LGBTQ character at the head of her own. game. She was too good to be true. Here he talks about his on-screen chemistry with Reese Witherspoon in love, with Jennifer Aniston in PowerPlay, and expresses extreme self-confidence.
Deadline: At this point in your career you can be truly outstanding in terms of work. შესახებ was talking about morning show Did it meet your criteria?
Giuliana Margulis: One, I was already a huge fan of the show. Second, I’ve never played a character like Laura Peterson. I thought it was so cleverly written and what a great privilege to play an LGBTQ character who was so successful and confident and had this amazing success story, but he also stepped into the ring so he could get to where he wanted to be. It is a very fun game. Plus, work with everyone there. Mimi Leder is her executive producer-director and she and I go to the ER together. And the first person I did to direct the first episode was Leslie Linka Glatter, who didn’t just film me. emergenciesBut also Კ A good wife. It was a really safe environment in the midst of a pandemic to explore these types of characters.
Deadline: What was particularly attractive about Laura Peterson?
Margulie: One of the things I find so interesting about her is that she is a woman who truly has a life of her own. I have heard from so many people how much it means to them to finally see a character on TV who is LGBTQ and described as having such incredible self-esteem and intelligence and knows where she is going in life. She is not a caricature. What I’m wondering, and what I want to know more about, is how far does he go with Bradley (Witherspoon)? Where is the line between sexual attraction and common sense for Laura? Will she fall so madly in love with Bradley that she can’t get back together with someone she knows her? By creating this, I want to know who her friends are, who drives it. We all have people in our lives and, in Season 2, you didn’t see it with Laura. You see him only in her environment. I was happy to see Laura in her environment with other LGBTQ friends, other people. I want to know what they say about it. And where is your family? Carrie Ehrin, when she created Laura, told me that Laura was highly educated, from a liberal New York family. When she went out with them, her family didn’t accept him. I was happy to research this as I think this is what many members of the LGBTQ community are experiencing.
TERM: Has being so united and self-confident influenced you?
Margulie: It’s a great relief. (laughs) One of the reasons I love acting is because I love wearing someone else’s shoes. When the lines are written for you and the character is there, I can feel sorry for that character, whereas when you are your person in life, you have to walk lightly. You don’t want to get frustrated if you can’t get the tone right, so invest in a good nut. When I play a character, everything goes out the window and I can figure out who the character is on the page and physically create him. For me it is freedom. I find tremendous freedom in acting and it probably comes from my childhood that I’m always in the wrong clothes, the wrong shoes, the wrong country and the wrong accent. I have never felt as close as Laura Peterson, but I also know that she is a human being. In order not to turn him into a caricature, I will gladly look at some of the sides of him that are most vulnerable to problems that people may not know and how to deal with them.
Deadline – You also have a mentoring trait which can be good but also quite limited in the relationship.
Margulie: absolutely. I mean, you don’t always want to be a mentor. Sometimes it’s cool when you ask someone else for advice in a relationship. I know that there is always a lot of generosity in my marriage. What keeps it balanced is that I know I can ask my husband, “What do you think?” And whatever he says, I respect that answer. I don’t know, along with Bradley and Laura, how much she would have followed Laura Bradley’s advice.
Deadline: And can a person assume the role of mother without feeling like a father?
Margulie: It is what it is, right? They always say there are the flowers and then the gardeners and this is how a relationship is formed between people. You are a flower. You are constantly watered. And then there is the gardener who always takes care of you. I don’t think this is a healthy relationship. I think they both have to be gardeners and they both have to be flowers at different times to find yin-yang in the relationship. Otherwise it will be one-sided and I don’t know how sexy or fun it will be after a certain amount of time.
Deadline: How did you and Rize start developing this relationship? In their first scene together, the chemistry clearly shows in hindsight, but I couldn’t see where she was going at the time.
Margulie: I don’t believe anyone, especially them. With Reese it’s easy. She knows how to play with other actors. I’m so thankful I had these scenes with him because it all depends on your chemistry and the people. You can’t make it up. Either he is or he isn’t. And I think Reese was very excited to see Bradley go in a different direction than he was in. I also think it’s important that this character, led by Alex (Aniston) and Corey (Billy Crudap), who have ulterior motives, see himself through the eyes of others. I think a big part of activating the relationship in Season 2 was Laura saying, “They aren’t helping you well, you are more than that.” I think this is a lightning-fast moment for Bradley because he hears it from someone he has respected all his life, perhaps one of the reasons he became a journalist. So for Bradley to hear that from him, I think it’s one of the most important moments in Season 2 for Bradley to get on with who he is as a person.
Deadline: Laura shows how far we’ve come in the play and is open about who we are, but when their relationship goes public, Bradley’s life still falls apart. What do you think this arc says about how far we have come or not, in terms of public acceptance?
Margulie: I think we haven’t gone far enough, but I also think we have gone far enough that you don’t lose your job. I think that’s what the whole show is about. It started with the #MeToo movement and what was happening to women in the news environment behind the camera. And I think we’ve taken a lot of steps forward and a lot of steps back. But I think what makes the show so delicious is the gossip about this food. One of my favorite scenes from the show is when Alex walks in and says, “Why don’t you like me?” And my character paints a picture of how he reacted to Alex being gay, and he paints very broad lines so that the entire audience can understand him. I think it brings awareness of what idle gossip can do in someone’s life. Hopefully, people who see this will be able to explore themselves. [actions]. I obviously when I read the scene. I thought, ‘God, did I say nonsense just for the sake of gossiping?’ Words have power and, when mispronounced, they can destroy. Especially in the world of social media, these 40-character phrases that people write on their sleeves, or because they’re angry, have consequences.
Deadline: This scene is also your story arc with Jennifer. Here’s Steel’s introduction to her character interviewing Alex, and then this latest conversation where the nature of their relationship becomes clear. When you shot this first scene, I think you knew why Laura is so good with Alex.
Margulie: Yes. But the most interesting thing for me about shooting this scene is knowing that Cory is doing something good. She has spent the past 20 years trying to stay away from Alex because she didn’t care about having a relationship with him. Laura doesn’t like Alex. The point is, Alex has nothing to offer Laura, so Laura will stay away. In Power Dynamics I liked the fact that I think Alex’s character has a pretty good idea of what Laura will do, but – at least I hope this is what the viewer saw – I just wanted Laura to do her job, the which is the understanding of the truth. . It has everything to do with Mitch (Steve Carell) and this upcoming book and I don’t think Laura would much care if Alex slept with Mitch. I think what matters to Laura is the truth and how it affects every woman who works on the news. And by doing so, he is effectively elevating Laura. Until Alex can just say “This is who I am”, he can’t be himself, and Laura has already dealt with it. So I thought it was a very clever way for the writers to almost reflect on what Laura went through 20 years ago when she was expelled. There is freedom in saying, “Yes, I’m gay. I don’t hide anymore. This is who I am. “Finally, Alex’s character was given the freedom to say, ‘Yeah, she slept with Mitch.’ Here I am. “Free me.” Right there, she suddenly gets rid of these funny and harsh lies.
Deadline: You played a reporter and morning host, did you deliver someone?
Margulie: I tried to make Laura my person. People will leave immediately: “This is Diane Sawyer. This is Katie Kurik. I also felt that there was a lot of Christian Amanpuri because when he was fired, he went back to work on the field. He returned to the war zones. He went back to the scary places and said, “I’m a journalist first and foremost” and I think that’s the truth of him. Laura is exactly what she was chosen for the job. It takes a lot of diligence to be on the field in the middle of a war zone, to be honest, life threatening. It’s also a silver line on what happens to something horrible when you go against your will and then get fired for recommending a woman to a man. What she did for him was bring him back to himself and what he wanted in life, and he was a true journalist.
Deadline: Hosting a morning show is very difficult. At one point, you look at the COVID death statistics, then sing a song to wash your hands. And it just has to flow.
Margulie: You have to sell everything. Ultimately, you are trying to attract people to your network, so you need to appear curious and the only way to do that is to be curious. And I think it was fun for Laura to go do it. morning showBecause first of all he was there to do it, but there was also a lightness he could enjoy.
Deadline: Laura and Bradley’s story may have been completely confused by Covid and Mitch. Are there still 3 for the season?
Margulie: I can honestly tell you I don’t know. Wait. I haven’t received the script yet, so I can’t say anything. And I’m sure even if I had a script, I wouldn’t have the right to say anything. But obviously I can’t wait to know what they write for him.
Source: Deadline
