Embracing Cold Reads & Releasing Self Tape Perfection with Lena Hall (Your Friends & Neighbors)
Description
Tony Award-winning actress Lena Hall shares profound insights about the acting process, from combating self tape burnout to finding chemistry with lauded costars like Jon Hamm on Apple TV's YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS.
Alongside host Robert Peterpaul, this episode covers:
- How cold reads can be a performer's secret weapon.
- Why external success (like her Tony award) never guarantees internal peace.
- What true onscreen chemistry between actors is really rooted in.
- How she built an authentic performance of a character with mental health challenges.
- The magic of working with superstar Jon Hamm and more!
Lena Hall is perhaps best known for her Tony-winning turn in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She’s also appeared on Broadway in Kinky Boots, 42nd Street, Tarzan and the revival of Little Shop of Horrors. Onscreen, she rocked 4 seasons of AMC’s SNOWPIERCER and recently returned to TV with the aforementioned YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS. Lena plays Jon Hamm's sister in the hit Apple series, which has already been renewed.
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