Interview
This was a heartbreaking episode to watch. What was it like for you to experience?
It was the second time I had a Laurie-centric episode, and you can't believe it. Honestly. The gratitude… it's incredible to see those kinds of brains and Damon focused on you and your character. It's really an incredible feeling. That's number one. One thing that was super gratifying is that Damon and I… I swear, we dreamed it up. How did she join the cult? What was the moment she joined them? We dreamed that scene up three years ago, or a long time ago. That was the backstory I always knew and worked off of. You never know if you're going to see these scenes rendered, or if it's just good back story to have. That was beautiful. I was like, "Oh my God! The Leftovers is so cool!" You get to go back in time and tell stories that maybe have been hanging. And then you know, it was honestly a bit of a trickier trajectory than my episode last year, and a lot of the character-centric episodes. They tend to be about a person wanting someone and they are incredibly tenacious and they have all of these things against them, and yet they persevere, and part of what we're watching is them battling all of these things. This episode, when I look at it, it was honestly a lot about Laurie listening. On the surface, it was a little bit more passive. And yet, she throws herself into the Melbourne Bay at the end. (Laughs.) So I had to back it up. There wasn't an obvious trigger, but obviously all of these conversations work on her in a way that she does what she does.
It was the second time I had a Laurie-centric episode, and you can't believe it. Honestly. The gratitude… it's incredible to see those kinds of brains and Damon focused on you and your character. It's really an incredible feeling. That's number one. One thing that was super gratifying is that Damon and I… I swear, we dreamed it up. How did she join the cult? What was the moment she joined them? We dreamed that scene up three years ago, or a long time ago. That was the backstory I always knew and worked off of. You never know if you're going to see these scenes rendered, or if it's just good back story to have. That was beautiful. I was like, "Oh my God! The Leftovers is so cool!" You get to go back in time and tell stories that maybe have been hanging. And then you know, it was honestly a bit of a trickier trajectory than my episode last year, and a lot of the character-centric episodes. They tend to be about a person wanting someone and they are incredibly tenacious and they have all of these things against them, and yet they persevere, and part of what we're watching is them battling all of these things. This episode, when I look at it, it was honestly a lot about Laurie listening. On the surface, it was a little bit more passive. And yet, she throws herself into the Melbourne Bay at the end. (Laughs.) So I had to back it up. There wasn't an obvious trigger, but obviously all of these conversations work on her in a way that she does what she does.
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Promo
Episode #27 (season 3, episode 7): “The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)”
Debut date: SUNDAY, MAY 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
On a mission of mercy, Kevin (Justin Theroux) assumes an alternate identity.
Written by Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof; directed by Craig Zobel.
Debut date: SUNDAY, MAY 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
On a mission of mercy, Kevin (Justin Theroux) assumes an alternate identity.
Written by Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof; directed by Craig Zobel.
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