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There are shows with twisty plots, and then theresBehind Her Eyes.
And I felt like I was sitting up on the floor.
But I opened my eyes, and I was lying back down.
Theres a lot going on behind Adeles killer baby blues.
She convinced David that Robs death was an overdose.
She knows about her husband and Louise.
(She is currently a 19th-century laudanum user in StarzsThe Luminariesand was a cocaine-abusing nurse inThe Knick.)
The roles choose you, she chuckles.
Its like inHarry Potter.
You dont choose the wand; the wand chooses you.
ForEyes, Hewson says that, except for in the flashbacks, she was playing Rob being Adele.
Or at least thats how we shot it.
So shes already visualizing that.
Thats how she then bumped into Louise.
Should we assume that every time Louise and David are together Adele knows?
Adele gives Louise Robs book to help with her nightmares.
Later, Louise says she feels bad reading about Adeles past from someone else.
But Adele encourages her to keep reading.
Shes already basically grooming [her], I guess you could say.
Grooming Louise so that she can become Louise.
Louise has a dream in which she opens a door, and Adele is there in flames.
Because Im screaming, Help me!
This is all my interpretation of the character.
So Erik [Richter Strand],our director, or actually Rob Aramoyo might have different interpretations …
But [thats] how I played it.
Whenever she was in an uncomfortable moment or she felt nervous, I would play with my sleeve.
So that was one thing, a mannerism.
Adele was like his life raft, up until he saw what Adele and David had together.
[He] so badly wanted that love that he couldnt not take it.
I think the interesting thing about Rob and Rob-Adele is that they are just longing for love.
When Adele says to David, I love you, she means it because Rob means it.
Davids specialty is addiction.
Why doesnt he know hes living with a heroin addict?
I mean, the thing with Adele and her drug addiction is that David is already drugging her.
Shes a heroin addict, but most heroin addicts Im aware of wouldnt be shooting up every day.
Its more of a binge situation.
And she is pretty clever about it.
She puts it between her toes.
And hes gone a lot.
Hes not having sex with her.
Hes not examining her body.
I think thats why she gets away with it.
And it was really important for us to play them in a way that wasnt obvious.
What we needed to show so that convince the audience of the story in that moment.
Hes always loved her from when they were kids.
I think, also, hes scared of leaving her because of the secret that they share.
No matter how bizarre she is, and how painful she is, that sort of bonded them.
As Adele, you had to show both restrained anger and uncontrolled rage.
It was really about your physical behavior informing your emotional behavior.
So I asked props to get me a bat and a pillow.
We had that with me on set every day.
And then Id throw it away, and wed go into the scene.
Then her last word is Adam, the name of Louises son.Im glad you liked that.
Any special preparation?Actually, watching Rob die I kind of stole from him.
He went to Juilliard [and is] a very good actor.
So I kind of was like,Oh, thats how he does it.
Maybe Ill do it like that.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
