Helen Mirren Joined Cast Of ‘1923’ Before Taylor Sheridan Had Written Any Scripts – Contenders TV
deadline.comHelen Mirren had no clue who she would play in the Paramount+ series 1923 because creator Taylor Sheridan likes to build characters around the actors who are cast to play them. “For the first time in my life, I wasn’t given a script.
I had no idea what it was going to be, and likewise for Harrison [Ford],” Mirren shared during Deadline’s Contenders Television panel Sunday. “We were asked to participate, and you do what you do as an actor and say, ‘Lovely, sounds really interesting.
I’d love to read the script?’ But there is no script. Taylor likes to write for the people that he knows are going to play the role.
That was a combination of flattering and at the same time sort of rather nerve-wracking because I’d actually never met Taylor Sheridan and maybe when he meets me, he won’t want to write for me.” RELATED: Deadline Studio At Contenders Television 2023 – Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Dominique Fishback, Riley Keough, Natasha Lyonne & More Mirren suggested a meeting with Sheridan so they could get to know each other.
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