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20-05-2025
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Ramón Rodriguez on the power of vulnerability and grit in ‘Will Trent': ‘that combination of toughness and tenderness really drew me in'
Ramón Rodriguez still remembers the first time someone on the street called him "Will." "I've had people yell out 'We love you, Will!' in the middle of New York traffic," he laughs. "That was the moment it hit me — people are really connecting with this character." More from GoldDerby Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor) 'It: Welcome to Derry' gets creepy trailer, Elle Fanning joins 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,' 'Yellowjackets' renewed, and more top news today Cannes: Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' scores praise and Oscar buzz for June Squibb Rodriguez stars as the titular investigator in ABC's Will Trent, a procedural drama adapted from Karin Slaughter's best-selling crime novels. "Once I began reading, I was struck by Will's resilience. He had a horrific childhood in the foster system, but he's built this incredible career with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation," says Rodriguez. "He's smart, capable — and deeply scarred. That combination of toughness and tenderness really drew me in.' Rodriguez's portrayal of Will — a dyslexic agent who hides his vulnerability behind sharp suits — has anchored the show since its 2023 debut. Now renewed for a fourth season, viewers have watched the character slowly evolve, from adopting a Chihuahua named Betty to confronting his painful past. Disney 'She brings out a side of Will that we don't often see,' Rodriguez says of the pup. 'People come up to me all the time to talk about Betty. They think she's my dog — I have to break it to them she's not. But I adore her.' Season 3 pushed the character further than ever. In a gut-wrenching episode, Will accidentally shoots and kills a young boy while chasing a suspect — a moment that shatters him emotionally. 'That was probably the biggest setback we've seen him go through,' Rodriguez says. 'It stays with him. We've watched him grow in some areas, like discovering family in Puerto Rico or being less ashamed of his dyslexia. But this incident knocks him off his feet.' Rodriguez, who also directed the season premiere, says the emotional scenes were a challenge, but one he was uniquely equipped to handle after living in Will's skin for three seasons. 'There's a real benefit to being with a character this long,' he says. 'You develop a kind of shorthand. You just know how he would move, how he speaks, how he thinks. It becomes instinctual.' This season also introduced new characters — and new romantic possibilities. Gina Rodriguez joined as a potential love interest for Will, while Scott Foley's character brought complications for Will's ex, Angie (played by Erika Christensen). Rodríguez was instrumental in casting Gina, who he's known for years. "I called the showrunners and said, 'I know the perfect person.' Gina was on the shortlist, and she just crushed it,' he says. 'We needed someone who could bring humor, gravity, and keep Will on his toes. She did all of that.' Off-screen, Rodriguez and Christensen share a strong creative rapport built on years of friendship. "We'd never worked together before this, but we've known each other a long time," he says. "There's something layered and lived-in about Will and Angie's dynamic, and Erika brings so much depth to it. It's a gift to work with someone who can match you emotionally in every scene." With Will Trent now confirmed for a fourth season, Rodriguez is already thinking about what's next. "The challenge is how to keep it fresh. How do we keep the cast excited, the fans invested? We've got some ideas,' he teases. "But I don't take this for granted. Not for a second." Best of GoldDerby Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor) 'The Four Seasons' star Erika Henningsen on the 'biggest opportunity' she's ever been given and what might happen in Season 2 TV makeup and hair panel: 'Bridgerton,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' and 'The Wheel of Time' Click here to read the full article.
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20-05-2025
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Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in ‘The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor)
For many fans of The White Lotus' trip to Thailand, the final dinner shared by the women known as the Blonde Blob and the Toxic Trio will remain their fondest memory of the HBO series' third season. In the finale, TV star Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) and her childhood best friends, New York City lawyer Laurie (Carrie Coon) and Austin socialite Kate (Leslie Bibb), sit down for one last awkward meal, with church-going conservative Kate declaring all their metaphorical gardens in bloom and famous Jaclyn insisting she's been on cloud nine all week despite feeling so deprived of attention that she cheated on her husband with the man she'd been trying to get divorced Laurie to bed. But then, it's Laurie's turn to speak, and she admits she's actually been sad, contemplating her misplaced faith in her career, love life, or motherhood saving her. She's had an epiphany, however: Time gives her life meaning, and talking to her oldest friends feels very deep even when it's happening poolside. More from GoldDerby 'It: Welcome to Derry' gets creepy trailer, Elle Fanning joins 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,' 'Yellowjackets' renewed, and more top news today Cannes: Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' scores praise and Oscar buzz for June Squibb 'Somebody Somewhere' final season aims big for 2025 Emmys: Bridget Everett in Best Actress, Comedy Writing, and Original Music categories The cathartic scene ends with each of the women saying "I love you" — which Monaghan tells Gold Derby wasn't scripted. "You have to understand, in [creator Mike White]'s process, you don't really rehearse. You just kind of rock up and you say your lines. So we were stunned at [Carrie's] performance and the vulnerability," she says. "The more we got into it, and we got to witness and be good listeners, it just felt very natural for us to have that very authentic moment together." The women had also grown close off-screen during the long shoot. They didn't know each other when they were cast, but quickly established a group text to create that sense of history. "We didn't take for granted how fortunate we were to be three women working together in a show. I've been in this industry for over 20 years, and I can count on one hand the number of times my costar has been a woman," Monaghan says. "Immediately we knew we were in a very privileged position, and the three of us have been working a long time, so we really respect the process. We understand how integral prep is, and we wanted to start that bond immediately. I don't know which one of us said, 'Hey, show me your best 10-year-old picture.' We dug up some pictures, and we started texting and sharing questions like, 'When was your first kiss?' We just started to have that dialogue, and it was really fun and really helpful." SEE How Natasha Rothwell helped Belinda get her groove back in The White Lotus Season 3 Once they arrived in Thailand, their storyline kicked off production. "The three of us spent a lot of time together, just bonding over water aerobics, believe it or not. Leslie is a very good water aerobics instructor," Monaghan says with a laugh. "And so we would run lines and just talk and gossip, and do the things that we were all meant to do to build that dynamic. It was just a beautiful process, and we kept that going throughout our entire experience." You'd think playing an actress would be easy for Monaghan, but the idea of portraying perpetually sun-soaked Jaclyn (whose unnamed TV show even she doesn't know) made her nervous. "I felt like, it's very meta. How does one play an actress? It hit a little bit close to the bone," she says. Once she had her first Zoom with White, and read all eight scripts, she felt way more at ease. "I discovered all the layers and the subtleties and all of the beautiful complexities that Mike White, of course, brings to each and every character," she says. "The beautiful thing about Mike is, and I'm sure he's said it publicly, he's never really written anything that he hasn't observed and experienced himself. He's been a part of this industry for such a long time, and I don't think he's written an actor before." White has shared how he observed three women on vacation and couldn't tell them apart until one of them left and the others started talking about her — a scenario that plays out repeatedly for Laurie, Kate, and Jaclyn. "He thought it would be interesting if Jaclyn, someone who has this privilege and enjoys the benefits of her fame and utilizes that, would do her friends a favor and take them on a trip of her lifetime, and see how those nuances might arise in terms of that constant comparison in that competitiveness that you see the ladies endure and also perpetuate," Monaghan says. It was important to both her and White to find moments where Jaclyn is humbled and humanized. "She likes to create a lot of drama. My inspiration was a butterfly: She's very colorful and lively, but somehow she knows she has the really short lifespan in terms of career and vanity. As the week starts to devolve, I wanted to see her looking for that external validation in all the wrong places," Monaghan says, noting that the ladies getting caught in the festive Songkran water gun street fight was one of her favorite sequences to film (and also foreshadowed the trio witnessing the real gunfire in the season finale). HBO "I wanted to see a woman who we want to believe is charmed or different or extraordinary, but she's just like us. You know, she's human, and she is ordinary. I just wanted to make sure that we found those moments of a little bit of self-reflection," she says. "And even though she's probably a great actress, she's a terrible liar. That was something that I really wanted to bring to the table." Monaghan thinks viewers were fully invested in the fate of the women's relationship by Episode 3, when Jaclyn and Laurie come to realize registered independent Kate voted for Trump. "That was a conversation that a lot of people are having around their dinner tables," Monaghan says. "I think that was a very special scene not just because of the subject matter, but it also really highlights what Mike White does so well, which is he allows his actors to really live in the moment in a nonverbal way. That's where all of the actors shine. I don't know if a lot of directors allow their actors to hold space like that, and there was a lot of pregnant pauses and looks that felt very authentic to that conversation, and I think people were kind of having a holy shit moment with that. So it was nice to see how it affected audiences." That kind of freedom brings out different layers in a performance, Monaghan says. She credits White being a keen observer of people and an empath. "He likes to feel the dialogue. He likes to feel the tension. And because he is that person, you just have that inherent permission from him. And by the time you start working and he sees the qualities that you're bringing to the table as a performer, he can fine-tune you. He just understands the range." White being an actor himself makes filming The White Lotus a particularly collaborative experience. "He has such a specific tone. So if I felt like at some point, I wasn't getting a line or I was just off by like a percentage, I'd be like, 'Just give me a line read,' and he would just give me a sense of what direction he wanted it to go," she says. "He's an actor, so you know he gets it, and it's not offensive, and then you kind of nail it, and then at some point he just goes, 'Oh, just do what Jaclyn would do.' Which is like, 'Oh, wow!' That essentially means that you've embodied the role, and then you can just really let loose and have a lot of fun. And it's very rewarding to hear him laugh. I'm sure you've heard many people say, 'If you can hear his cackle…' It's more gratifying than it probably should be." What does Monaghan think Jaclyn will do when she returns home from Thailand? "I think she's fulfilled her promise to her friends, but I don't know if this trip has filled her cup, so to speak," she says. "Part of me feels like she's been able to maintain these deep friendships, and she's going to leave paradise and go back to her little bubble in Malibu, but also know that this friendship is intact and that it's been able to survive these ups and downs. And no doubt there will be more ups and downs in their future, but they're connected." Best of GoldDerby 'The Four Seasons' star Erika Henningsen on the 'biggest opportunity' she's ever been given and what might happen in Season 2 TV makeup and hair panel: 'Bridgerton,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' and 'The Wheel of Time' 'The Wheel of Time' makeup, hair, and prosthetics head Davina Lamont breaks down Rand's multiple looks in Rhuidean Click here to read the full article.
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20-05-2025
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‘It: Welcome to Derry' gets creepy trailer, Elle Fanning joins ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,' ‘Yellowjackets' renewed, and more top news today
Gold Derby's for May 20, 2025. It: Welcome to Derry, HBO Max's upcoming prequel series based on Stephen King's novel and Andy Muschietti's film adaptations, got its first trailer. Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges every 27 years to feed on the children of Derry, and the show tells the story of the class of 1962 — 27 years before the events of It Chapter One. The cast includes Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and Taylour Paige, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise. Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs developed the series for television, with Andy Muschietti directing multiple episodes and Fuchs serving as showrunner alongside Brad Caleb Kane. The horror drama premieres this fall on HBO and HBO Max. More from GoldDerby Everything you need to know about 'The Bear' Season 4 as first trailer drops Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor) Cannes: Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' scores praise and Oscar buzz for June Squibb Emmy nominee Elle Fanning has joined the cast of Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping as Effie Trinket, the conflicted stylist played by Elizabeth Banks in the original films. In Sunrise on the Reaping, Effie is much earlier in her career, and is serving as the stylist for hero Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada). The film also cast two other important roles, with Molly McCann set to play young District 12 tribute Louella, and Iona Bell as her lookalike Lou Lou. They join a cast that already includes Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow. The film is slated for release on Nov. 20, 2026. Yellowjackets, Paramount+ with Showtime's Emmy-nominated thriller series, has been renewed for Season 4. Season 3 became the series' most-watched season yet, according to the streaming service. The series is created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, and Simone Kessell. It follows the survivors of a plane crash as they try to stay alive in the wilderness in 1996 and stay alive when their past comes back to haunt them in the present. Humanitas, a nonprofit that 'honors and empowers television and film writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way,' announced that Lena Waithe, creator of The Chi and Twenties and Emmy winner for writing Master of None, will receive the organization's Voice for Change Award, which 'honors those who have created or championed visionary and courageous storytelling.' Waithe will receive the award at the 2025 Humanitas Prizes Award Show & Toast on Sept. 7 at Avalon Hollywood. Writer and producer Mara Brock Akil, who gave Waithe one of her first jobs in Hollywood as her assistant on the set of Girlfriends, will present her with the award. CLASH, an animated comedy series based on studio Supercell's massively popular mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, is coming to Netflix. The new series will build upon the mayhem of the games. It follows a determined, but in over his head, Barbarian who must rally a band of misfits to defend their village and navigate the comically absurd politics of war, according to Netflix. The project is in pre-production now, with showrunner Fletcher Moules (Agent Elvis), head writer Ron Weiner (30 Rock), and animation studio ICON Creative Studio. Netflix released the trailer for Season 2 of action comedy series FUBAR. In Season 2, father-daughter CIA agents Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Emma Brunner (Monica Barbaro, who picked up an Academy Award nomination between seasons) are back in action trying to stop a terrorist (Carrie-Anne Moss) — who also happens to be Luke's ex, with whom he still has great chemistry — from starting World War III. The season premieres on June 12, just in time for Father's Day. Emmy-winning Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph will be honored with the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Second Annual Gotham Television Awards on June 2. 'Over the course of her distinguished career across film, television, and stage, including her recent, widely celebrated performance as Barbara Howard in Abbott Elementary, Sheryl Lee Ralph has carved out a singular place in entertainment history,' Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, said in a statement. 'After making her feature debut in Sidney Poitier's A Piece of the Action, she has continued to embody his spirit of purpose, dignity, and excellence. Honoring her with the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Gotham Television Awards will be a powerful, full-circle moment.' Other honorees at the Gothams include Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino (Étoile) and Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game), who will receive Creator Tributes; Elisabeth Moss and the cast of The Handmaid's Tale will receive the inaugural Ensemble Tribute; and Brian Tyree Henry will receive the Performer Tribute. Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally) and Rashida Jones (Black Mirror) are joining the cast of writer-director Lena Dunham's Netflix romantic comedy movie Good Sex. Natalie Portman stars as a therapist who gets out of a bad relationship and tries having good sex for the first time, helped along the way by an older and younger man (Mark Ruffalo and Tucker "Role Model" Pillsbury, respectively, whose castings were announced yesterday). Ryan will play Portman's character's therapist and mentor, and Jones will play her recently divorced best friend. Netflix's live-action adaptation of animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender has added seven actors to its upcoming second and third seasons. In Season 2, Severance breakout Dichen Lachman will play Yangchen, Triangle of Sadness Golden Globe nominee Dolly de Leon will play Lo and Li, Terry Chen (Lucky Star) will play Jeong Jeong, Lily Gao (Blue Sun Palace) will play Ursa, and Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun) will join as Fei. Killers of the Flower Moon's Tantoo Cardinal will join in Season 3 as Hama, along with Hadestown's Jon Jon Briones as Piandao. Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered in 2024, and was renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 to conclude the series shortly thereafter. Season 2 production has concluded, and production on Season 3 starts soon. The Westminster Kennel Club is celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2026, with its 150th annual dog show. The organization has announced dates, venues, and judges for the sesquicentennial event. The agility competition will take place at New York's Javits Center on January 31. Breed competitions and judging will occur on February 2 and 3. And the Best in Show champion will be crowned at Madison Square Garden, the original home of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, on February 3, judged by two-time Westminster Best in Show-winning breeder-owner-handler David Fitzpatrick. The show's Fox Sports broadcast and streaming schedule will be announced at a later date. Best of GoldDerby Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in 'The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor) 'The Four Seasons' star Erika Henningsen on the 'biggest opportunity' she's ever been given and what might happen in Season 2 TV makeup and hair panel: 'Bridgerton,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' and 'The Wheel of Time' Click here to read the full article.
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20-05-2025
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‘It: Welcome to Derry' Teaser: Bill Skarsgård Is Back as Pennywise in Prequel Series
It's been a beat since Bill Skarsgård played Pennywise in both 'It' films (released in 2017 and 2019, respectively), but the 'Nosferatu' and 'The Crow' actor has wasted no time diving into the demonic terror of the Stephen King villain for prequel series 'It: Welcome to Derry.' The show is set in 1960s Derry, 27 years before Andy Muschietti's 2017 'It: Chapter One' film. Filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti developed the drama series 'Welcome to Derry' for television along with Jason Fuchs; Andy Muschietti is directing multiple episodes of the series. More from IndieWire 'FUBAR' Season 2 Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Dad of the Year to CIA Agent Daughter Monica Barbaro 'The Bear' Season 4 Trailer: Jeremy Allen White Scrambles More Than Just Eggs to Salvage His Flailing Formal Restaurant The elusive logline reads: 'Set in the world of Stephen King's 'It' universe, 'It: Welcome to Derry' is based on King's 'It' novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films 'It' and 'It: Chapter Two.'' So what is 'Welcome to Derry' really about? It's safe to say that it could just be an origin story for Skarsgård's Pennywise with a new crop of kids to scare. The cast includes Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. 'It: Welcome to Derry' is produced by HBO and Warner Bros. Television. Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti produce through their Double Dream production company, along with Fuchs, Skarsgård, Brad Caleb Kane, David Coatsworth, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin who executive produce. Fuchs and Kane serve as co-showrunners on the project; Fuchs wrote the teleplay for the first episode. Skarsgård previously told Collider that it was 'surreal' how big of a success the 'It' films were. 'It became this completely universal thing, outside of the thing. That's not me. I can't even relate myself to it anymore,' Skarsgård said when reprising the role for the sequel film. 'And now that I'm going back and doing it, it's such a bizarre thing. I don't think I'll ever really experience anything like it. It's this dualistic thing of me and the work and the character, and then the thing that it became, but it's fun.' He added that it was easy to slip into the alter ego of the clown, too. 'I was surprised how much of the character was just there already,' he said. 'I instantly could access him again, like it was yesterday that we wrapped the first one. It was just all there. So, the work and preparation and figuring out the character is almost intuitive, which is pretty cool. It's a very strange thing, but I'm trying to enjoy the ride, as much as I can.' 'It: Welcome to Derry' premieres this fall on HBO and HBO Max. Check out the teaser below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
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20-05-2025
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IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Trailer Delivers the Unsettling Pennywise Prequel of Our Dreams
The origin story of Pennywise the Clown is coming to HBO Max (yep, that name is back), thanks to It: Welcome to Derry. In season one, we will go decades back to discover how all of this strangeness began for a town's children. And if the trailer for Welcome to Derry is any indication, we are in for a terrifying trip back to 1962. This season is actually the first of a planned three-season arc, with the latter two going further back in time to 1935 and 1908, respectively. So we will likely end this season with more questions that need answers. And we will also have to hope that Warner Bros. doesn't cancel the series before its story can come to completion. Either way, we are cautiously optimistic about It: Welcome to Derry based on its trailer. It shows a new family moving into Derry, Maine, where kids are going missing at a relatively rapid rate. At first, the neighbors seem cold and you'd assume racism because, well, this town seems very white and the new family is Black. That's probably a part of it, but certainly only scratches the surface of what's going down. A few intrepid youth realize that murder is likely the source of these mysteries, but they are told to not stick their noses where they don't belong. Everything happening feels unsettling and creepy to the max before we finally get a glimpse of Pennywise at the end. Good stuff! RELATED ARTICLE Why Are Small Towns the Perfect Sinister Setting for Horror? Welcome to Derry will drum up scares on HBO and HBO Max in the Fall of 2025.
