Jessica Biel not solely is discovering quite a few meaty roles for herself nowadays, she has, with producing associate Michelle Purple, discovered a strategy to get them made. Her newest is the Hulu restricted sequence Sweet, which particulars a stunning crime that occurred 42 years in the past in a small Texas city the place a spouse and mom took an ax to a different suburban mother and pal, is only one of a lot of tasks she has dropped at fruition — not only a star but additionally a key producer. Others embody her Emmy-nominated The Sinner, Merciless Summer time and Limetown, together with the 2016 film E book of Love, with many extra within the pipeline.
She joins me right this moment for this episode of my Deadline video sequence Behind the Lens, the place she discusses what drew her to the unusual and beautiful story of Sweet Montgomery; whether or not she believes she was responsible or not; how she shot it throughout a pandemic whereas competing in opposition to one other restricted sequence for HBO Max coping with the identical story (it airs in August); working with Melanie Lynskey in some fairly harrowing scenes; bodily reworking into this girl who at 72 remains to be alive; and, amongst different co-stars, describing how she got here to forged her well-known husband Justin Timberlake in a shock uncredited position within the remaining two episodes. The reply may shock you.
To observe our dialog and to go “behind the lens” with Jessica Biel, who’s changing into a powerhouse on each side of the digital camera, try the video above.
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