Jean Smart, Sigourney Weaver.Jean Smartalmost wasn’t part of theWatchmencast.Smart, 69, revealed that another actress almost played the character of Agent Laurie Blake (a.k.a. Silk Spectre) in the 2019 HBO miniseriesWatchmen, which earned Smart her most recent Emmy nomination.“They hired metwo days before I started,” she toldSaturday Night LivestarBowen Yangin an interview forVariety. “I’ll be really honest: I hadSigourney Weaverto thank for turning down the role. So, thank you, Sigourney.“Based on the 1986 DC comic book of the same name,Watchmenfeatures Smart as Laurie, an FBI agent and former superhero who now works with the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. The show is rooted in the mythology of the comics, as well as the very real history around the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Smart has praised the show’s creator, Damon Lindelof, for the “amazing” writing.Jean Smart in Watchmen.Mark Hill/HBO"I knew nothing about the graphic novel,” she said in her conversation with Yang, 30. “I knew nothing about the story at all. I started reading the pilot, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, this is amazing.’ I’d never really done that science-fiction genre, and the fact that Damon was able to use that tragic part of our history that almost no one knew about - that was what was so shocking, that I had never heard of the Tulsa massacre. That’s why I think he said no when I asked him to do a second season because I think he put everything into that.“Smartdiscussed playing LaurieonPEOPLE Nowback in November 2019. “The term ‘badass’ keeps coming up,” Smart said of the fans' response. “Which I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll take that.’ I’ll definitely take ‘badass’ at this stage of my career.“RELATED VIDEO: Watchmen’s Jean Smart Says Series End Is ‘Just Wild’: ‘People Aren’t Going to See It Coming’“I just find her really interesting because she’s obviously very wounded,” she explained of her character. “But she acts like she’s just cool as a cucumber and totally in control, until we see her.“Smart recently stole scenes in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown, in addition to leading an ensemble in HBO Max’sHacks.
Jean Smart, Sigourney Weaver.
Jean Smartalmost wasn’t part of theWatchmencast.Smart, 69, revealed that another actress almost played the character of Agent Laurie Blake (a.k.a. Silk Spectre) in the 2019 HBO miniseriesWatchmen, which earned Smart her most recent Emmy nomination.“They hired metwo days before I started,” she toldSaturday Night LivestarBowen Yangin an interview forVariety. “I’ll be really honest: I hadSigourney Weaverto thank for turning down the role. So, thank you, Sigourney.“Based on the 1986 DC comic book of the same name,Watchmenfeatures Smart as Laurie, an FBI agent and former superhero who now works with the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. The show is rooted in the mythology of the comics, as well as the very real history around the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Smart has praised the show’s creator, Damon Lindelof, for the “amazing” writing.Jean Smart in Watchmen.Mark Hill/HBO"I knew nothing about the graphic novel,” she said in her conversation with Yang, 30. “I knew nothing about the story at all. I started reading the pilot, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, this is amazing.’ I’d never really done that science-fiction genre, and the fact that Damon was able to use that tragic part of our history that almost no one knew about - that was what was so shocking, that I had never heard of the Tulsa massacre. That’s why I think he said no when I asked him to do a second season because I think he put everything into that.“Smartdiscussed playing LaurieonPEOPLE Nowback in November 2019. “The term ‘badass’ keeps coming up,” Smart said of the fans' response. “Which I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll take that.’ I’ll definitely take ‘badass’ at this stage of my career.“RELATED VIDEO: Watchmen’s Jean Smart Says Series End Is ‘Just Wild’: ‘People Aren’t Going to See It Coming’“I just find her really interesting because she’s obviously very wounded,” she explained of her character. “But she acts like she’s just cool as a cucumber and totally in control, until we see her.“Smart recently stole scenes in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown, in addition to leading an ensemble in HBO Max’sHacks.
Jean Smartalmost wasn’t part of theWatchmencast.
Smart, 69, revealed that another actress almost played the character of Agent Laurie Blake (a.k.a. Silk Spectre) in the 2019 HBO miniseriesWatchmen, which earned Smart her most recent Emmy nomination.
“They hired metwo days before I started,” she toldSaturday Night LivestarBowen Yangin an interview forVariety. “I’ll be really honest: I hadSigourney Weaverto thank for turning down the role. So, thank you, Sigourney.”
Based on the 1986 DC comic book of the same name,Watchmenfeatures Smart as Laurie, an FBI agent and former superhero who now works with the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. The show is rooted in the mythology of the comics, as well as the very real history around the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. Smart has praised the show’s creator, Damon Lindelof, for the “amazing” writing.
Jean Smart in Watchmen.Mark Hill/HBO
“I knew nothing about the graphic novel,” she said in her conversation with Yang, 30. “I knew nothing about the story at all. I started reading the pilot, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, this is amazing.’ I’d never really done that science-fiction genre, and the fact that Damon was able to use that tragic part of our history that almost no one knew about - that was what was so shocking, that I had never heard of the Tulsa massacre. That’s why I think he said no when I asked him to do a second season because I think he put everything into that.”
Smartdiscussed playing LaurieonPEOPLE Nowback in November 2019. “The term ‘badass’ keeps coming up,” Smart said of the fans' response. “Which I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll take that.’ I’ll definitely take ‘badass’ at this stage of my career.”
RELATED VIDEO: Watchmen’s Jean Smart Says Series End Is ‘Just Wild’: ‘People Aren’t Going to See It Coming’
“I just find her really interesting because she’s obviously very wounded,” she explained of her character. “But she acts like she’s just cool as a cucumber and totally in control, until we see her.”
Smart recently stole scenes in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown, in addition to leading an ensemble in HBO Max’sHacks.
source: people.com
