Motion! Cynthia Nixon, Ian Somerhalder and extra TV stars have taken on multiple accountability whereas filming their exhibits.
Nixon revealed in October 2021 that she directed an episode of And Simply Like That, the Intercourse and the Metropolis revival set to debut on HBO Max later that yr. “It’s been a whole dream to work with my beloved co-stars and crew on this new position,” she captioned a celebratory Instagram submit on the time. “I’ve actually by no means felt so supported in my life. (And don’t fear, Miranda continues to be going to be within the episode — it was surreal to do each directly!) #AndJustLikeThat.”
Costar Kristin Davis commented that it was “a lot enjoyable” to see Nixon take cost on set. “Easy and insightful and thrilling abruptly. Hopefully the primary of many….🙏,” she added in an Instagram Story.
The actresses beforehand labored collectively on the unique HBO collection for six seasons from 1998 to 2004. They joined OG star Sarah Jessica Parker for the revival, which follows the trio of buddies as they navigate New York Metropolis of their 50s.
Whereas it was Nixon’s first foray into directing her personal work, the profession transfer has been widespread amongst loads of different collection regulars. Somerhalder took on directing whereas starring on The Vampire Diaries — as did his onscreen brother, Paul Wesley.
“I’m actually grateful that I get to be with my fellow actors who’re like my household, and actually dig deep and attempt to discover these moments of their characters that imply one thing to them, not simply from a directorial place. That is my present, too, and I need each body of it to be nice,” Somerhalder informed Collider in 2016. “I’m simply tremendous grateful to the studio, the community, to Julie [Plec] and Kevin [Williamson], and to the fellows who made all of this occur.”
The Anomaly actor acknowledged that creating greater than 20 new episodes every season was a “formidable” process for everybody who was concerned within the course of.
“With 22 episodes, you’re capturing virtually 200 days a yr. How do you keep crew morale, integrity and power at that stage, at that velocity, on a regular basis?” he continued. “I feel we’ve completed a reasonably rattling good job. This present, even though it’s a teen vampire cleaning soap opera, is likely one of the finest wanting exhibits on TV. I watch different tv exhibits, which are large tv exhibits which are very massive in dimension and that do effectively, and a minimum of our present appears to be like so stunning as a result of we work so arduous at making it really feel like a movie. It’s a movie expertise, and that’s what you need.”
Somerhalder was notably grateful for the chance to see a distinct aspect of the collection he labored on for thus a few years. For Sophia Bush, attending to direct one of many ultimate episodes of One Tree Hill was additionally an emotional milestone.
“I burst into tears and acknowledged what a tremendous honor that was to be trusted with that,” she informed The Hollywood Reporter in 2012. “Every part was actually necessary and all the pieces was actually priceless. As a result of I knew that it was the final likelihood that I used to be going to have to inform these tales and to honor these characters and to essentially present their relationships. It simply felt supremely necessary.”
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