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She has a cold, her first one in two years.
I put it on, and I was hooked.
Spoiler:She got the gig.
That is a dream come true!
I always play characters that people like, even when theyre not supposed to.
I had so much fun being the worst!
Well, Im really glad your reaction to that comment was so positive.
Part of what is annoying, if you will, about Sherry is that she weaponizes her femininity.
The way she does it is through that passive-aggressive, gaslighting technique.
Like in that scene after everybody leaves the spin studio and Love says that the class was really hard.
You should work on that.
Because Sherry, as annoying and condescending as she is, is also quick on her toes and clever.
Did you channel anyone in particular for this role?No.
Okay, So Im 33.
So thats where I was coming from when I started to think about playing Sherry.
But I didnt channel a specific person; Ive had a couple of decades of this, you know?
A woman can never be too mean or too angry.
You have to play that fine line.
Were perfectly imperfect, Valentina.
Oh, we certainly are.
It helps buffer what, as an actress, your job is.
Some productions welcome the improvisation.
But this is a one-season gig, and so that story is super-important because its only that one season.
Joe and Love, and Sherry and Cary, both couples are different sides of the same coin.
Their union is why they thrive as individuals.
Its not a toxic marriage in the way that Joe and Loves marriage certainly is.
Sherry and Loves interactions in the cage scenes, theyre so subtle yet so effective for the characters.
Because Sherry thinks she knows everything about everyone, but actually, she totally misread Love.
Thats the best shes got, unfortunately.
I love that line she has: The influencer bullshit means I get to choose my flaws.
What is that revealing about Sherry?
About influencers in general?That shes curated her social-media persona.
Her online persona is how she protects herself as a woman.
Thats how she owns her power; she decides what you see and when you see it.
Like that moment when she realizes theres a hidden key.
That was the first moment where I was like,Wait, maybe I like Sherry.Absolutely.
And thats what makes them different than Sherry and Cary.
Like, of course they did.Of course we did!
And can we talk about my bangs?
That was like my gift, a hair joke.
We were having these conversations about how Sherry would cover up the fact that she only has one ear.
I immediately thought, its bangs.
Like, trauma bangs.
In the hair-and-makeup trailer everyone was like, Yes!
Thats exactly what it is.
So thats it theyre trauma bangs.
Its whats great about the series, that the locations are characters too.
They metabolize this event and they become successful because of it, because thats the mindset of these people.
