Amy Seimetz Makes a Vivid Return to TV in ‘The Testaments’
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The filmmaker and actor talks to The Hollywood Reporter about why the ‘Handmaid's Tale’ sequel series is her biggest project since her high-profile exit from ‘The Idol’: “It has to be something where I'm like, ‘I don't know if I can do this.’”
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Amy Seimetz never fully turns off her directing brain while acting. “My goal as an actor is always to not get cut out of the television show,” she says with a laugh. “A lot of things that are really helpful for me, in line delivery, are more technical on the filmmaking side: What are you cutting to next? Where are you playing this out? Is this a closeup? Wide? How are you editing this?” The approach has nothing to do with maximizing screentime or superseding her actual director, but modulating her performance within a broader context. “These questions can sound like I’m overstepping, but I actually am aware as an actor, ‘Oh, if I look over here, they can cut to this to help them out in some capacity.’” Related Stories TV John Oliver Mocks Trump for Avoiding the Word "War" Amid U.S. Military Operation in Iran: "He Really Just Talks Like a 6-Year-Old" TV 'Harry Potter' Trailer Surpasses 277M Views, Becomes Most-Watched in HBO History This yields rich rewards in The Testaments , Hulu ’s upcoming sequel series set 15 years after the end of The Handmaid’s Tale (premiering April 8), and featuring Ann Dowd reprising her Emmy-winning turn as Aunt Lydia. Seimetz portrays Paula, the obsessive matriarch grudgingly raising Agnes (Chase Infiniti), which is the Gilead name for Hannah, the now-teenaged daughter of Handmaid’s protagonist June ( Elisabeth Moss ). With imposing, sometimes comic intensity, Seimetz captures the anxieties of a woman on the verge of unraveling whenever life seems out of order — even the misplacement of a dish. “She wants everything pretty, she wants everything perfect — and so anything that’s out of place, that’s where my eye goes,” she says. “It is very rare to get the opportunity to play someone so sort of insidiously bad. But...
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