Robin Wright and Laurie Davidson Discuss Creative Choices in Prime Video Thriller 'The Girlfriend'
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Summary
Robin Wright and Laurie Davidson discuss their Prime Video thriller series The Girlfriend, in which Wright stars as a woman in a relationship with a younger man. Wright explains her creative choice to open the series with an ambiguous pool scene designed to make viewers question the nature of the relationship. The article covers their approach to keeping audiences guessing and the deliberate "weird" tone they aimed for in the thriller.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI wanted to let it drag out as long as I could to make the audience wonder, is this her young hot boyfriend?
Because we don't know anything about [her character] yet. Maybe she's having an affair with this young hot kid.
We added the hug in the pool and that was very perverse, right? It's just weird
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