She has gained two Oscars, Critics Alternative and SAG awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and so many different present enterprise honors. Now Renee Zellweger may add an Emmy or two to her shelf as star and government producer of NBC’s restricted collection The Factor About Pam, a real-life home crime story combined with darkish comedy.
Zellweger is nearly unrecognizable as suburban housewife Pam Hupp, who turns into embroiled within the homicide of Betsy Faria, one thing Faria’s husband initially was convicted for. However on the subject of Hupp, the street is lengthy and twisty, and issues aren’t all the time what they appear. Reworking herself, with the assistance of prosthetics, a vocal coach and different character traits, Zellweger discovered this function irresistible when she was satisfied to hearken to the favored podcast primarily based on the 2011 occasions surrounding the Faria homicide and Hupp’s involvement, in addition to the NBC Dateline episodes. The star was offered and made it her first main function since successful her second Oscar, and first for Greatest Actress in Judy, the biopic that targeted on Judy Garland’s remaining act.
She joins me for this week’s version of my Deadline video collection The Actor’s Aspect to debate all features of this newest chapter in a profession that has included such film highlights as Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Chicago, Chilly Mountain, Nurse Betty, Down with Love and a lot extra for the reason that Texas native broke by means of in 19993’s Dazed and Confused. Diving now into tv, however particularly community TV with a undertaking very totally different from the standard broadcast fare, Zellweger talks about all of it and why she was pleased it debuted as a weekly restricted collection on NBC earlier than hitting streaming. To observe our dialog and get the “actor’s aspect” of issues from Renee Zellweger simply click on on the hyperlink above.
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