Elizabeth Perkins Proves 60 Is Sensational in Fox's "The Moodys"

In the sitcom The Moodys which returns to Fox for its second season on Thursday April 1 Ann is married for 34 years to Sean played by Denis Leary pictured at top with Perkins Their three adult children were launched sort of and yet as the new season opens everyone is camped at their Chicago homequotWe decided to do the show postpandemicquot Perkins tells MediaVillage quotWe just needed a reprieve Sean39s been on house arrest and it39s a little bit of a metaphor for how we all feel amp8230 can I step outside I think everybody is over the nihilism and the depression and just wants to get outside and have some joyquotPerkins refers to the series39 oldest son Sean Jr played by Jay Baruchel He was under house arrest for accidentally torching a church and is less than thrilled about the prospect of working in his father39s HVAC business Middle child Bridget Chelsea Frei is a recently divorced lawyer Dan Franamp231ois Arnaud the youngest wants to be a photographerThe comedy perfectly captures the vibe of a couple ready to throttle one another but their decades of loving each other stanch those homicidal tendencies An exchange in Thursday39s episode might make some wonder if they were surreptitiously recordedAnn So you have no idea why I am upsetSean Because I spent a bunch of money without asking you about itAnn Really that39s what you thinkSean Well can we just get to the part where you give me the answerAnn Do you have any respect for what I am trying to do with my lifePerkins laughs recalling the scene and shares that she loves how realistic the fictional family isquotDenis and I are both in longterm marriagesquot Perkins says quotWe wanted to be true to that Anyone in a longterm marriage has these fights but it has nothing to do with if you love each other Nothing It has nothing to do if you are sick of the marriage Nothing It39s just a part of how they relate to each other and nothing to do with the status of the marriage This is not going to break up the marriage This is just the way we relate It39s real life We really want to make this realquotWhat39s also extremely real is how Perkins plays AnnquotAnn has a lot of me in herquot Perkins explained quotThere is a lot of desire to do something else now that I am an empty nester And now that I am doing this career for 35 years what else is out therequotAnn39s been a stayathome mom unlike the actress Perkins has worked steadily since she began and garnered Emmy SAG and other award nominations over a career that has included Sharp Objects Weeds and BigPerkins loves that Ann is a fully realized character with a new career as a therapist The actress draws much of the character from her momquotWhen my mom turned my age she moved to North Carolina and became a drug and alcohol rehab counselor and decided to do something completely different with her lifequot Perkins said quotAnn has gotten her degree in psychology and did a twoyear master39s program and is now a therapistquotThough they first met on set Leary 63 and Perkins grew up about 40 miles from each other in New England she in Vermont he in Massachusetts He has two grown kids and Perkins has four adult childrenquotDenis and I were raised in the 3970s and we went to Springsteen concerts and smoked weed and did bong hits in the garagequot Perkins recalled quotSean and Ann have those memories There is a certain swagger to that and a certain quality in their relationship They were very sexually active and probably had sex in the back of an ImpalaquotWe wanted to keep that attraction because that39s the real thingquot she continued quotI adore my husband It was something we actively wanted to put in the show Just because you are 60 doesn39t mean you are not sexually active It was important to Denis and me that these people still go at itquotDuring the pandemic the actors39 onceempty nests became crowded again Perkins acknowledged how deeply she missed her kids but once they were home she couldn39t help but grow annoyed by dirty dishes in the sink wet towels on the floor and the TV constantly blaring As soon as they left she missed themWhile Perkins believes 60 is hardly elderly the number can bring an urgency to live a necessary push to make sure you do something more than another load of laundry and run yet another errandquotWhen you get to a certain age it39s 39Hey I never went to Italy I never took that art class I always wanted to do I didn39t spend enough time with my girlfriends39quot Perkins said quotFor Ann it was 39I really want to go back to school39 Whether or not she is any good at it the point is she did it She took that extra step for herself and it doesn39t have anything to do with anyone in the family For a lot of stayathome mothers it39s a great step and really inspired by my motherquotThe Moodys is telecast Thursdays on Fox On April 1 it starts at 9 pm ET with a double episode and beginning April 8 it airs at 930 pmClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your 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