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It was the marketing for the film that was the first time I was aware of her.
I had written a pilot calledGenesisabout a mature marriage, and she had responded to it, Goldfarb said.
He leaped at the proposal.
That she would do that behind his back is very Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, Keyser says.
We begin the season with an homage to stories about marriage on 50s television.
By the time the season is over, there arent secrets between them.
Weve moved away from old-fashioned sexual politics to something more complicated.
Casting Julia
The show needed an actor who could embodysomeone as familiar as Julia Child.
Lancashire did a series of screen tests with wigs and makeup in early 2020.
(I thought she was going to walk away after being asked to do it so many times.
Shes an actor who shouldnt be tested anymore, McDougall said.)
Sarah came back with this joie de vivre that absolutely gets Child.
It doesnt matter that shes not physically the same.
On the monitor, she was absolutely Julia, McDougall said.
There was one moment on the pilot shoot where we were filming in the Union Oyster House in Boston.
It was the glee she had eating these lobsters we fed her all day.
Twenty-eight lobsters later, she was cracking them over with gusto.
A system that didnt involve prosthetics could be done quickly.
Crucial to the look was the wig.
The hair is bits and pieces of several Julia Child hairstyles, DeCarlo said.
Capturing Julia
With a basic look in place, Lancashire focused on the specifics of the performance.
In her movements, she tried to capture Childs broad yet quite confident approach to physical comedy.
She knew what she was doing in front the camera, she said.
I look at her and see an eccentricity and wonderful unself-consciousness but an absolute truth in what shes doing.
She knew how to play to her audience very well.
Her voice is extraordinarily difficult to mimic, Lancashire said.
Julia has this very complex vocal range, Lancashire explained.
That was a case of playing about until I found something I was comfortable with.
And Ive raised a family for several decades, so cooking has been part of my household chores.
There was no fear about that.
I mean everything, Lancashire said.
Tobin cooked and advised the actors on cooking Childs recipes almost exactly as described in her cookbooks.
For an episode in which they had to prepare raspberry mousse, she went through 750 eggs.
But that was as far as I would go.
Those silences speak volumes.
Those are the moments that, I hope, really did exist in their lives, Lancashire said.
