We spoke w/ Olivia Colman about LandscapersHBO, the stranger than fiction true story, and Paul King's Wonka.
From creator/writer Ed Sinclair and director Will Sharpe , the four-episode limited series Landscapers explores the love story of Christopher and Susan Edwards and the bizarre real life events that ultimately led to the discovery of a crime that remained buried for more than a decade. On the surface, the pair were a seemingly ordinary British couple who become the focus of an investigation that proves the truth really can be stranger than fiction.
RELATED: New 'Landscapers' Trailer Shows Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as Murder Suspects in Quaint English Town COLMAN: It was just all in the script. It was a really lovely roadmap to follow. It was quite clear what you were meant to be doing, when, and why. It made our job very easy. And then, having Will [Sharpe] on board, he’s such a great director. It was pretty lucky, really, that it was pretty easy.
COLMAN: I knew that she was a librarian. Ed met Darrell Ennis-Gayle, who’s the real Douglas, so we had insight into Susan, in particular, from him. He said she was a very gentle, very polite, quiet lady. We knew about all of the film memorabilia. They arrived back in the UK with loads of memorabilia and the Gérard Depardieu letters and one Euro, or something like that. As you said, the facts are stranger than fiction. That all informed my thoughts on her.
You’ve worked with such incredible artists, in front of and behind the camera, on the projects that you do. Does that help keep you inspired? Especially having done this acting thing for quite some time now, does the challenge of working with people at a particular level always help keep you stimulated and inspired about doing what you do?
There’s a moment in court when your character says, “I’m not fragile, I’m broken. I’m broken, so you can’t hurt me. No one can hurt me anymore.” That realization feels like such a defining moment for her and it was so emotionally moving to watch. Did that feel like a defining moment for you, when you were doing that scene?
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