Jennifer Aniston opened up about her ‘cathartic’ role in AppleTV’s ‘The Morning Show’ and about the many ways it reflects her real life.
The actress dies as Alex Levy, a female anchor of a morning talk show who has to fight for her position as anchor after her partner of several years was removed due to a sexual crime scandal. The series sees Aniston’s character forced to judge herself and maintain her public image, even in the face of opposition, injustice and a male-dominated industry that constantly underestimates her.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Aniston said that while reading the script, she felt that the show was therapeutic for a generation like her, which is just beginning to talk about issues such as gender discrimination and sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.
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“That performance was 20 years of therapy packed into 10 episodes,” Aniston, 51, told the outlet. “There were times I would read a scene and feel like a whole manhole cover was being pulled off my back.”
Actress Jennifer Aniston attended the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar party, hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wales Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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The “Friends” star, like her character, can relate to her every move controlled by the audience. She explained that on a deep personal level she relates to the moments in the show when Levy is forced to imagine if she is good when she would much rather come out of the spotlight.
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“Cathartic, yes, and also interesting for me to see how I’ve always tried to normalize that I’m fine and ‘everything is great, you know, this is all normal’, and then there are moments when you’re private burglary if you ‘Calgon, take me away’ moments, ‘”Aniston explained.” To actually see an actor’s brain observing and acknowledging it, I had to look at it as opposed to pretending it did not exist. . “
Specifically, she was asked about a scene in the show in which her character has a burglary on a red carpet, and said she had similar moments in real life.
Jennifer Aniston opened up about her role in AppleTV’s ‘The Morning Show’.
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There were moments – not at that level of hysteria – but moments of ‘I do not want to go f-ing here,’ ‘I do not want to step on the carpet,’ ‘I do not want to be seen,’ ‘ I do not want to be seen and everyone will talk about me and judge me ‘… that’s real,’ said Aniston. “I loved walking in and leaning in and not being ashamed.”
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The ‘Friends’ actress clearly broke away from her sitcom roots for the heavy media drama. The show “The Morning” earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. This marks her first nomination in the drama field. She was previously nominated five times for her role as Rachel Green for “Friends,” and took one win at home, as well as guest appearances on “30 Rock.”
