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BY GEORGE DICKIE When you play a character that's close to you, is that difficult or is it easier to play? And how would you be as a detective? This character, in many ways, she felt a million miles away from me, which she is, in terms of the job that she does. I could never do the job that Mare does. I could never be a detective. I don't think I have the mental stamina that is required. I have stamina, but in a different way. But I think the one thing I did feel I had in common with Mare that I quite honestly was able to lean on a lot was that real sense of family and how much it means to her to hold that together at all costs. And also to be able to admit to herself from time to time that she has failed in a lot of areas and tries desperately to correct those errors and to hold everyone as close to her as she can, even if she's a difficult person to live with from time to time. It doesn't change the fact that her love for her family is the thing that bolts her down and drives her in life and is her number one priority. And that was something that I was able to connect with in the midst of all these other things. You've always been very good with American dialects and you've done it again here. Does it get any easier? Honestly, this (Philadelphia-area accent) drove me crazy ... because there are really varying degrees of it. ... And the thing that was hardest for me, of course, was to do it well enough that you shouldn't hear the act of doing it. I always hate that when you can hear someone doing a voice or doing an accent. And that's one of the things for me that is more important than anything, is just making it just disappear and blend in. So I did spend a long time working with a coach and working with people locally, as well. And it was up there amongst the hardest accents I've ever done. OF 'MARE OF EASTTOWN' ON HBO Kate Winslet May 3 - 9, 2021 Page 9 InFocus V E R G A P L E J E R Z A R G A H D R A I R M B I P A X R C S J P M L N A I E X M D U M M L A L O R C L O T W E P K A R I M A C L A D N T T E E I L E N U M C H O H E S R H O K X S G X E I U I B A T L T R A U E Z T Q B K R E H R E M G W K A S T L K A I N P L U P E R O R J E X M O S H O X R O S T L C C P D B E D I L L A N E E F H N K E C S F P U K R Q G L O E R F L V X U Y E K A V L L X R N I E L O C A T I O N O E G B A C C H R I S T O P H E S K O word search solution "Between Black and Blue: Season 1" (Sundance Now — series premiere, May 25) From writer/director/producer Sheldon Wilson ("Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli Davis Conspiracy") comes this original true-crime documentary series about the fight of New York City detectives Michael Borrelli and Robert Davis to clear their names in the 1975 sensational murder case of a Denver businessman. The decades-long hunt for answers might be found in one of the confessed gunmen, who was placed into witness protection by law enforcement more than 40 years ago. Solution on page 2 Your message could be here! Call 574-533-2151 ext. 345

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