The Hollywood Reporter just released the cover of its June 7th issue and leading ladies Kerry Washington, Connie Britton, Kate Mara, Anna Gunn, Elizabeth Moss and Monica Potter are sharing the spotlight. Six of television’s top drama actresses got together for a group interview with the magazine during their Emmy Roundtable Series and now we’re getting an inside look at everything from their worst jobs ever to interacting with fans. Check out a few highlights below!
6 Leading Ladies Land the Cover of The Hollywood Reporter
“Monica Potter, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara, Connie Britton, Anna Gunn and Elisabeth Moss reveal the toilet-cleaning jobs they’d like to forget in an uncensored chat about making it in the competitive world of series TV and how to respond when fans say, “You look so much bigger on camera!” – THR
THR: What was the worst job you had while trying to become an actress?
Connie Britton: I worked at The Gap and discovered I am not a good folder. That was when I was really pounding the pavement in New York for acting work. I also did murder mystery dinner theater in the Poconos.
THR: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get a role?
Kerry Washington: But when you look back, don’t you feel like there is a logic to how things have fallen into place? Like, if only I could have known then what I know now, I would have cried a lot less! Those heartbreak moments. Before Scandal, the only other two pilots I’d ever done were shows that got picked up, but I got fired. They recast my character on both shows. But if I had gotten picked up on one of them, I wouldn’t have been able to do Ray. You know what I mean? It seems at the time like a my-career-is-over moment, but it makes perfect sense in the end.
THR: Monica, did the Parenthood writers talk with you in advance about your character’s cancer storyline?
Monica Potter: Around this time last year, I went in for a mammogram. They said, “We found a little something, we need you to come back in a few weeks.” I went home, panicked and thought, “This is BS. Nobody in my family has breast cancer!” And I e-mailed Jason [Katims, Parenthood creator] and said, “You know, I’m really scared about something … can we maybe explore this storyline for Kristina?” I knew his wife, Kathy, had gone through it. He e-mailed back and said, “Oh my God, I have the chills. I’m in the writers room, we just broke this same story for Kristina.” So it was just kismet. I went back to the doctor, and I’m fine now, obviously. But so it was one of those things where he said, “I really want you to be a part of this collaboration.” Though, I’m always asking the writers to write less for me! I get nervous in the big family scenes where everyone’s talking. So, I just eat in those scenes. It makes it much easier. I’m just going to eat a piece of ham or some chicken.
To read the full interview, click here.
