Playing twins on Claws gave Carrie Preston a new level of respect for Tatiana Maslany
Note: This interview discusses plot points from the Claws episode, “Til Death.”
For the women of Claws, time’s been up
With its vibrant color scheme, superficially wacky characters, and Florida setting, Claws appeared to be the perfect summer show when it premiered in June 2017. But as its first season unfolded, the TNT drama revealed itself to be more Venus flytrap than Southern blossom. The uniformly great performances—including…
Catch up on Claws, the summer sleeper hit with one of TV’s best ensembles
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Carrie Preston talks getting her “crying in the shower” scene right
In Dating Game Killer, Investigation Discovery’s new true crime movie, Carrie Preston plays Carol Jensen, a mother seeking justice for her daughter, one of serial killer Rodney Alcala’s victims. With her character mourning the loss of her daughter, the role required Preston to put her emotions on full display, which…
Carrie Preston and Guillermo Diaz on the legacy of the Dating Game Killer
Investigation Discovery’s first true crime movie, Dating Game Killer, re-tells the story of Rodney Alcala, a murderer and rapist whose superficial charms landed him an appearance on The Dating Game during his spree. In the video above, stars Guillermo Diaz and Carrie Preston talking about the legacy the Dating Game…
Scott Foley, Carrie Preston, and Guillermo Diaz on our fascination with serial killers
Investigation Discovery’s new true crime movies—Dating Game Killer and Final Vision—are the latest in a long list of Hollywood productions centering around serial killers. Dating Game Killer concerns Rodney Alcala, a murderer and rapist whose superficial charms landed him an appearance on The Dating Game during his…
You can’t go home again, but you can do worse than Crowded
Appropriate for a comedy about swelling numbers, NBC’s latest venture in the multi-camera arena has a statistical basis: Studies like the one released by the White House’s Council Of Economic Advisers in 2014, which found that 31 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 lived with their parents in 2014—up…
Actors from The Wire and True Blood join Showtime’s Happyish
Carrie Preston (True Blood), Molly Price (Third Watch), and Andre Royo (Super, The Spectacular Now… just kidding, you know him as Bubbles from The Wire) have all joined Showtime’s comedy Happyish. They add to an impressive list of cast members that already includes Bradley Whitford, Kathryn Hahn, and Steve Coogan, who…
