Linda Emond on the "Weird Joy" of Filming "The Patient" -- "We Had to Work Hard to Stay Sane" (Video)
Three-time Tony Award-nominated actress Linda Emond joins us to talk about her role in the chilling new FX on Hulu series The Patient,where she stars alongside Steve Carrell and Domhnall Gleeson. The series -- from co-creators and executive producers Joel Fields and Joseph Weisman, who previously collaborated on FX's hit series The Americans -- chronicles the ordeal of psychotherapist Alan Strauss (Carrell), who is imprisoned by his client Sam Fortner (Gleeson), a serial killer who wants to stop killing. Emond plays Sam’s mother Candace -- who while not completely supportive of her son's behavior, certainly isn’t discouraging of it, either.
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"I felt lucky every single day," Emond says of working on the series. "It was great writing, great acting. Most of my stuff was with Steve Carrell, so how bad can that be? And Domhnall was a doll, even though he's not playing a doll. It was a weird joy to go into such a dark show."
Emond talks with us about the challenges in tackling the dark subject material and finding levity in between scenes when not filming, especially with her two co-stars Carrell and Gleeson whose roles were very emotional and physical. "We had to work to stay sane, especially Steve," she says. "I don’t know how he did that. Domhnall, too. Doing hours and hours in that basement? It was a great experience from top to bottom."
New episodes of The Patient are available to stream Tuesdays on Hulu.
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Juan Ayala
Juan Ayala is a Brooklyn-based writer, podcaster and columnist at MediaVillage. He covers programming aimed toward diverse, multicultural and LGBTQ+ audiences under his Multicultural TV column. His love for TV and film ranges from workplace comedi…
