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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Better Sister' star Bobby Naderi on 'changing the dynamic of protective power' in thrilling show
Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks play sisters in the new crime thriller series The Better Sister (on Prime Video), based on the novel by Alafair Burke. In the mysterious new show, a puzzling death brings Chloe (Biel) and Nicky (Banks) back together unexpectedly. The sisters live very different lives, Chloe is a journalist, married to her husband, lawyer Adam (Corey Stoll), while Nicky is a recovering addict whose teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) is being raised by Chloe and Adam. Yes, Chloe married her sister's ex-husband. But when Adam unexpectedly dies, the estranged sisters work together to get answers about Adam's death, and to be there for Ethan. Among the cast is Bobby Naderi who plays Matt Bowen, who one of the detectives working on the case, alongside his partner Nancy Guidry (Kim Dickens). Their dynamic is one of the highlights of the show. There's this really appealing, sarcastic banter that they have with each other. Nancy, in particular, is always ready to be a little bit critical of her partner's approach. Naderi told Yahoo Canada that these great were a great balance to the more dramatic moments in a show tackling such "heavy" subject matter. He also praised the script for The Better Sister as a solid foundation for the actors to work from. "If it's a bad script, I don't believe that you can be amazing," Naderi said. "For me, what attracted me to [The Better Sister] was kind of changing the dynamic of protective power. ... And I've played police officers and FBI in the past, this was so different. The show's very heavy. ... There's something to grow in that is exciting. His backstory, with his family, it's all that stuff." With so much of this story resting in the twists and turns, Naderi very much went on the ride of trying to figure out what happened as well, looking for clues. But the actor also stressed how interesting it is to see the little nuggets of information throughout the series. Looking at Naderi's career more broadly, born in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, he stressed that he started from a place so far away from the world of acting and entertainment. "I was so far away from acting. I grew up in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War and we got out of there," Naderi said. "I was so far away from the arts." "My mom was an artist, she's incredible writer, ... but with the circumstances of life, that wasn't a reality. I thought I was going to play in the NBA. I still think I could have, which is complete delusion. And then when I was like 19, I got approached to just go into a class, and that really shocked me. And it was from there I somehow and it's still kind of unclear how I ended up in Phantom Love, which went to Sundance in 2007, and that's what kind of opened me up to indie films." Naderi stressed that it was these independent films that were critical because they taught him about cinema. "I'm getting older, but I have that passion for film and storytelling in general," he said. While we won't spoil how The Better Sister ends, we'll tease that Naderi's character is critical, opening up a whole host of details to explore for this character if the show continues.
Russia Today
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Iranian MP calls for nuclear bombs
US President Donald Trump would not dare threaten to bomb Iran if Tehran had nuclear weapons, Ahmad Naderi, a member of the Presidium of the Iranian Parliament, said on Monday. A day earlier, the US president threatened Iran with unprecedented bombing if it doesn't accept a nuclear deal. 'It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before,' he told NBC News on Sunday. Iran could follow the example of North Korea to bolster its security in the face of the threat, Naderi suggested in a post on X. 'Observing Trump's behavior and speech during his first term with North Korea shows that having a nuclear weapon has brought security to Korea,' he said. Trump wouldn't make such threats if Tehran were similarly armed, Naderi asserted. READ MORE: North Korea reveals nuclear-powered submarine 'For a long time, many elites and sympathizers of the country and the [Islamic] Revolution have been calling for the bomb to be tested and announced. If we were also armed with nuclear weapons, Trump would not dare to threaten bombing,' he said. Despite threatening North Korea with 'fire and fury like the world has never seen' over Pyongyang's nuclear program in 2017, Trump instead went on to engage the country diplomatically during his first presidential term. After several meetings, denuclearization talks later collapsed over disagreements on sanctions relief and North Korea's nuclear program. Pyongyang has since continued to conduct missile tests, including of its nuclear delivery systems. READ MORE: Tehran responds to Trump's threat Tehran's nuclear program has also been a bone of contention in US-Iranian relations for years. In February, a month after the start of his second presidential term, Trump announced a renewed push for 'maximum pressure' on Iran. After the US president's recent escalation in rhetoric, Tehran rejected direct talks with Washington, citing a loss of trust following Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. The international agreement was envisioned to scale down the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Earlier on Monday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran would retaliate against any US attack.
