Leading an unhinged sci-fi/spiritual/philosophical action-comedy-drama-mystery as a nun named Simone? Betty Gilpin was all in.
"My agents were like, 'You have to pretend to be cool and aloof, like you have other things going on,' " in approaching her pursuit of the role. I was like, 'Guys, I will do whatever it takes. I wanna start filming tomorrow,'" Gilpin says of her hardball negotiating tactics when it came to Peacock's "Mrs. Davis."
The "GLOW" and "Nurse Jackie" star had previously scored big leading a project for "Lost" and "Watchmen" creator Damon Lindelof — her experience in the deliciously wicked (and controversial) film "The Hunt" made her keen to work with him again. When he told her, during the lockdown, he had "met this genius named Tara Hernandez, and we're making this show called 'Mrs. Davis,' I quietly was like, 'I wanna play Mrs. Davis,' not knowing what it was," she says, laughing. "Months later, he sent me the script. I had that stomach-turning moment of, 'Oh, God, I want this so bad.' I can't be cool about it. I just want it."
