Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles β and it’s working
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“There’s an understandable pull in my industry to make things that are kind of like a gleaming vanilla car commercial, like super safe, super familiar, appeal to the masses.Β And [then there are] people that are out there who are like,Β I’m actually going to go the other way,β she tells Fresh Airβs Ann Marie Baldonado. Gilpin won an Emmy for her guest role in the horror-comedy Widowβs Bay, and now she currently stars in the noir series The Lowdown. She talks about growing up with actor parents, aging out of archetypal roles, and the 105% it takes to play Mary Todd Lincoln in βOh, Mary!β on Broadway.Β
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