“I wasn’t judging myself and I was meeting her where I was at,” she says of playing a mother who is convinced she’s becoming a dog.
The film, which is now in theaters, is based on Rachel Yoder’s novel—a meditation on the identity transformation of motherhood, which can lead to isolation and lots of complicated feelings. Adams stars as Mother , who is feeling untethered after giving up her work as an artist to raise her young son and struggling to connect with other mothers. Her husband is often away on business trips, which leaves her alone with her thoughts.
But I always do work—I read the book several more times and really dug into her history with her mom. I create histories and scenarios to sort of help support the events that we’ll be portraying We did a Q&A after a screening the other day, and you said a phrase: “radical acceptance.” Could you talk a little bit more about where that perspective came from? I’m still working at it.
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