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We lately sat down with Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman, the celebrities of the newest drama, The Hunting Wives, which is heading to Netflix solely for a yr within the US on July twenty first. In our interview, they preview the collection, talk about their characters, and share their experiences.
Primarily based on the best-selling novel by Could Cobb, The Hunting Wives makes for a darkly addictive, vastly provocative collection, full of thriller and intrigue. This trendy, twist-filled drama is ideal for followers of Netflix collection like Lifeless to Me, Behind Her Eyes, and What/If.
The collection follows Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow), who strikes from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Maple Brooks, Texas, together with her household, comprised of husband Graham (Evan Jonigkeit) and their son. At their new house, they purpose for a contemporary begin to their lives, leaving Sophie’s mysterious, traumatic previous behind.
Nonetheless, when the household arrives in deep crimson Texas, it’s the last word tradition shock, particularly for Sophie, who meets Margo (Malin Akerman) — a captivating, hedonistic, and outgoing socialite — who step by step makes Sophie come out of her shell. As Sophie mixes with Margo and the Hunting Wives, she succumbs to their irresistible allure. Earlier than lengthy, her former vices resurface… and issues, slowly however absolutely, get lethal.
Our interview with stars Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman is beneath. Test it out!
What’s On Netflix: What initially drew you to your roles on the present? What stood out to you?
Malin Akerman: How are you not drawn to Margo Banks? She is such a enjoyable character, wild and free. She actually has so much to do on this present. I feel her arc is huge and wild. And I used to be very excited to play somebody so multidimensional. I received actually fortunate as a result of all eight episodes have been despatched to me. And so much of occasions, you simply get the primary episode, and it’s a guessing sport as to the place the character would possibly go. However having all eight episodes to learn and watch her undergo what she goes via, there was no approach I used to be not going to do that position. It was simply too good to cross on.
Brittany Snow: I felt the identical. Studying all of the episodes, I received to see the complete transition of Sophie’s character and character and the way she actually got here again to herself in a approach and the way on the very starting she variety of begins off a sure approach and also you don’t suspect her to have a lot energy. However she earns that energy and she or he will get that energy all through the present.
And I simply love taking part in characters that kind of are the eyes of the viewers in a approach as a result of it’s an amazing alternative to be curious and and to indicate the world as finest as I can. I feel that Sophie is a good way into this loopy salacious world as a result of she’s studying as she goes and so is the viewers. They’re simply actually nuanced characters which are each good and dangerous, black and white, every little thing in between. And that’s one thing you search for whenever you’re desirous to do a task.
WoN: Did both of you realize concerning the e-book earlier than taking the position? Did you learn it beforehand — and if you happen to did, what did you study concerning the character from the e-book?
Malin: I didn’t know concerning the e-book earlier than the script got here in. And now I’m an enormous fan of Could Cobb. My first impression was the script by Rebecca Cutter and she or he’s additionally a powerful author.
So, hopping from one to the following, as quickly as I completed the scripts, I went on to the e-book, which explores completely different types of writing. Nonetheless, on the similar time, they complement one another so effectively, and actually, it’s only a jumping-off level. And it’s actually enjoyable to learn Could Cobb’s descriptions, and she or he’s so descriptive and titillating the best way she writes. So it was nice.
I at all times love when there’s some IP that goes with a script which you could dive in and actually get. It’s good to have that for character improvement as effectively, just a bit additional piece. I received to find Could Cobb via looking my scripts.
Brittany: I hadn’t been conscious of the e-book, despite the fact that it’s very unusual that I hadn’t as a result of that’s very a lot my style. I like something homicide thriller associated. That’s my go-to.
However I learn the scripts first as effectively after which I learn the e-book afterwards. And I’m actually glad I did it in that order as a result of we really do take some liberties during which the unique readers of the e-book shall be shocked as a result of we use the e-book as a blueprint, however we additionally variety of make it our personal in a approach. Nevertheless it was very useful additionally to learn the e-book and discover out extra about Sophie and what made her tick and type of fill in these gaps that I used to be not sure of when creating the character.
It was so useful to have a e-book. It’s at all times useful to have the ability to do one thing like that.
WoN: Malin, your character Margo is seductive, mysterious, and manipulative. How do you put together to carry that complexity into life?
Malin: I simply carry myself, actually. That’s simply who I’m [laughs]. No, it’s a crew effort.
It’s conversations with Rebecca and Could and the producers initially simply to variety of get a way of what they’re on the lookout for and vice versa, what they see in me that they hope that I can carry to it. However I feel finally, for me, it’s a lot concerning the intention of the character inside scenes and what they want. And so having every little thing ready, like now we have the Texan accent, now we have the wig, now we have the costumes, now we have the world, is so enjoyable to step into.
However then, finally, attending to the underside of what this girl wants? What does she need? The place is she going? The place is she coming from? And the way do you convey that in every scene in order that we preserve it grounded they usually don’t turn into caricatures of themselves? I at all times discover that’s actually vital as a result of that’s one thing that I’m actually drawn to once I watch tv or movie, is which you could be as wild and as loopy, but when it’s not primarily based in one thing actual, then you definitely lose me a bit bit.
So I hope that I used to be capable of floor her in sure ways in which I used to be making an attempt to in order that we really feel the need and the survival in her and the way vital some of these scenes actually are to her.
WoN: Brittany, your character will get pulled into this world of secrets and techniques and social video games. What was essentially the most difficult or stunning half of entering into that world?
Brittany: I feel it’s at all times a bit bit of a problem to variety of play that duality of curiosity and naivety that sort of makes it fascinating and but not dumb. I feel that it’s actually difficult to be an actor that’s open and nonjudgmental, but in addition you’re desirous to go on the experience with them as a result of it will be a totally completely different present if Sophie was only a bumbling lady who didn’t have an opinion about something and type of simply went alongside and wasn’t kind of taking within the data in an clever approach, and but isn’t a complete naive lady and being swept in underneath false pretences.
I feel she will get a bit bit extra of her footing in a while within the present, and that was a problem at first to play someone that you simply wish to preserve watching this journey with, since you’ve received to root for her. You’ve received to root for her journey and for her to make higher decisions as she goes alongside.
WoN: What do you suppose Sophie actually needs from this group of Hunting Wives? Is it belonging, escape, or one thing completely different?
Brittany: I feel she’s actually misplaced herself as to who she is as a lady. I feel, as you study all through the present, you variety of study an increasing number of about issues that occurred to her that kind of stripped away her identification as a lady and who she needed to be as a lady in society, but in addition inside herself.
These girls, when she sees them, are so daring of their decisions and free in a approach, and I feel that she’s actually enticed by that and desires to regain possession of herself, each sexually and emotionally. I feel that’s what attracts her in.
WoN: The dynamic between Sophie and Margot is simply unbelievable. It’s intense, it’s electrical. How do you two work collectively to construct that pressure on display?
Malin: We don’t get to decide on who we’re going to behave with. It’s a extremely large journey for these two. I really feel so fortunate that I received Brittany as a accomplice as a result of we hit it off. We have been quick associates. We’re nonetheless associates to today. We like to hang around collectively, and that was the identical on set.
If you happen to like your accomplice, if you happen to get pleasure from the individual that they’re off display and also you respect them because the actor that they’re, which I actually do. I feel that Brittany is an distinctive actress, your job simply turns into simple since you’re in it collectively. We had a lot enjoyable. We have been preparing for sure scenes, and we have been within the toilet collectively and simply variety of laughing. It was like two schoolgirls simply on the brink of go on their first date or one thing. We had so much of enjoyable, and I couldn’t have imagined doing it with anyone else.
All these scenes, this journey that they needed to go on. I hope that there was this charisma between them and that it jumps off the display as a result of we positively felt it as scene companions.
WoN: What was it like working in that environment? Clearly, your accents, the tradition. What was it like leaping into that Texas world?
Malin: The accent was so much of enjoyable. I really feel like that at all times brings one other factor. It helps get you into character.
It steps you away from your self just a bit bit extra, and we had a beautiful dialect coach who helped us out. I feel Texas is enjoyable so far as one other character within the present. It’s large, it’s unapologetic, and I feel that basically works for these characters. To have Brittany’s character step into that world, it’s a bit daunting at first. Like she mentioned, we get to observe it via her eyes, and she or he warms as much as it as a result of it may be very enjoyable.
We thank Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow for his or her time. All eight episodes of The Hunting Wives drop on Netflix within the US on July twenty first.
