TV & Satellite Week – 03 August 2019

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Three mums, miffed when their grown-up sons don’t

call them on Mother’s Day, decide to do something

about it in Netflix’s new comedy film Otherhood.

The long-time friends – Gillian (Patricia Arquette),

Carol (Angela Bassett) and Helen (Felicity Huffman) –

drive to New York to pay their offspring a surprise visit.

Arquette, 51, who won a Golden Globe for prison

drama Esca p e a t D a n ne m ora and has been nominated for

an Emmy for her portrayal of a mother with Munchausen

syndrome by proxy in The Act, tells us more...

Did Otherhood make a welcome change from

yo u r m o r e r e c e n t r o l e s? I shot Otherhood in

between filming for Esca p e a t D a n ne m ora and The Act,

so it was a refreshing break between two rather heavy

projects. Not only was it really nice to do a comedy,

but I love the way that the movie delves into themes

of motherhood, sisterhood and friendship. It was also

g r e a t t o b e a b l e t o w o r k w i t h a m a z i n g a c t r e s s e s l i ke

Felicity Huffman and Angela Bassett, and to have a

female director and producer.

As a mother yourself, how much did you relate

t o yo u r c h a ra c t e r i n t h e m ov i e? There are a

number of qualities that are similar to me. For example,

whenever I walk into my kids’ space, I definitely end up

starting to clean the place – just like Gillian in Otherhood

• but my children tend to stop me every time. I guess I
  can be an overinvested mum at times, too. But Gillian
  goes further than I do. She creates a lot of drama.

The movie’s director Cindy Chupack worked

on Sex and the City. How do the two compare?

There are definitely similarities. First of all, you get to see

a lot of New York City in Otherhood. Plus, the wardrobe

is really fun. And there are themes of sisterhood and

friendship, which are themes you see in Sex and the City.

You don’t seem to be short of exciting roles at

the moment... At 51, i t ’s p r e t t y c ra z y t o b e g e t t i n g

these character parts and being able to play complicated

people. I’m lucky I’m at this age at a time where plenty

of people are trying to make a lot of content for a lot of

c h a n n e l s. I t ’s a g o o d t i m e t o b e i n o u r i n d u s t r y.

NEW

Genre: Comedy

Available: Friday 9

August Season: 3 Episodes: 10

Runs: 32-37min TVSW says: Packs

a punch

Oscar-winning actress Geena

Davis joins the cast of Netflix’s

1980s-set women’s wrestling

comedy GLOW for its third season.

Following the axing of their TV

series in LA, the Gorgeous Ladies

of Wrestling have moved to Las

Vegas and are gearing up for

several live shows at the Fan-Tan

Hotel and Casino. Thelma & Louise

star Davis plays the venue’s

entertainment director, the

glam Sandy Devereaux St Clair.

‘Having her on set was amazing,’

says Kate Nash, AKA Rhonda

‘Britannica’ Richardson.

‘We’d sit together and

she’d be learning

how to flip a card

or roll dice!’

For Alison Brie, who plays Ruth

Wilder, AKA Zoya the Destroyer,

having the gang in Sin City marks

a real departure for the show.

‘It looks different, it looks more

luxe, it looks more expensive. It’s

a little more dangerous,’ she says.

But with the new environment

comes fresh challenges. ‘All the

characters are trying on different

versions of themselves,’ adds Brie.

‘And they are all embracing

the themes of Las Vegas –

you know, Sin City and what

happens in Vegas stays

in Vegas! It feels a

bit like there are

no rules.’

GLOW

NEW

Genre: Comedy Available: Friday 2 August

Runs: 100min TVSW says: Mums and the City

Otherhood

Patricia Arquette plays a mum

determined to be part of her adult

son’s life in comedy Otherhood

Geena Davis

Betty Gilpin and

Alison Brie as

Debbie and Ruth