Julia Roberts is entering the world of the small screen with Amazon Prime Original series 'Homecoming'
Actress Julia Roberts says working on the thriller Homecoming was a challenge, and feels the show can be renamed No Easy Days.
Hollywood's "Pretty Woman" Roberts is entering the world of the small
screen with Amazon Prime Original series "Homecoming", adapted from a
podcast with the same name.
"I was really taken with the podcast," said Roberts in a statement to IANS.
"The characters were terrific. (Actress) Catherine Keener is a friend of
mine -- she played Heidi in the podcast -- and she was fantastic. I was
listening to it with (a TV series) in mind. The audio, the sound
production, the fish-tank bubbles… it was all so visual. Micah and Eli
know this material inside and out," she added.
Directed by Sam Esmail, the show follows the life of case
worker-turned-waitress Heidi Bergman (Roberts) as she struggles to
remember her time working at a facility that treats soldiers returning
from war.
The actress was happy to work with Esmail.
"He's an incredible intellect and has such a very specific vision," she said.
"I come from films where there's just one captain throughout. And I know
from friends and family who work in television that there's a
changing-of-the-guard in every episode, which I'm unaccustomed to."
"Homecoming" was just so surgical in its complexity, said the actress.
"The different time periods, all the different characters - they required a need for one voice behind it the whole time.
"I said from the beginning that I really wanted one person to direct all
the episodes. And if that person wasn't Sam, then I probably wouldn't
do it."
Roberts echoes her collaborators' enthusiasm about the show's set design.
The "Eat Pray Love" star said: "They built it so that we could do these
incredible camera maneuvers. I think there are days when we've done 11
pages of dialogue in one camera move up and down hallways, down stairs,
through huge conference rooms and cafeterias - it's pretty amazing.
"It's been pretty challenging. The show could be renamed, 'No Easy
Days', because there were none! But my collaboration with Sam has been
so joyful. We're just two peas in a pod. He's very specific and clear in
his direction. It's been relatively effortless."
"Homecoming" will stream on Amazon Prime Video from November 2.
source: news18.com
