When Betty Gilpin first heard about Damon Lindelof’s new series “Mrs. Davis”—in which she plays a grail-hunting nun with a grudge against AI—she says she thought two words: “Hell yes.'
In the Peacock series, which debuted Friday, Gilpin plays Simone, a nun with a passionate distaste for an all-powerful AI app called “Mrs. Davis.” Beyond her quest to destroy Mrs. Davis, Simone also accepts a second, extremely casual mission—hunting down the Holy Grail. Oh, and did we mention that she’s also in a very literal, very physical relationship with Jesus Christ himself?
Some might consider the show’s depiction of Jesus sacrilegious—or at least, surprisingly horny. But as she thought about the relationshipdevelops with religion, Gilpin recalled conversations she’d had with two different crew members that illuminated just how many perspectives went into making it. Rather than throw on a habit and embark on a Grail quest with no research, Gilpin said she spoke with real-life nuns in preparation for her role. She described the nuns who spoke with her as “some of the smartest, most incredible women I’ve had the pleasure of talking to” and marveled at their capacity for meditation. “They’re really doing the work that, you know, often people pretend to be doing,” Gilpin said.
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