The pursuit of a showbiz career was nothing more than a “pipe dream” for a youngster Connie Britton.
“I used to tell my best friend on the phone late at night,” if I could do something, I would be an actress “, Britton, 57, shared exclusively in the last issue of US Weekly. With his education in Virginia being “Americana par excellence”, the fate intervened in the form of an ad for The McMullen brothers In Behind the scenes review.
“It was a Sunday audition, and I was going to visit my sister in Washington, DC, so I said to myself:” Well, if I decided to come back early, I may go through this hearing ” “She explained, noting that she finally decided to return to New York. “”Eddie Burns made auditions at his father’s office, which is why he had to do it on a Sunday. He couldn’t do it during the week.
After Burns threw her on the spot, she remembers having thought: “Oh, it’s going to be really bad if they just offer me the work.” False: his first feature film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 1995 and launched his career.
Friday evening lights,, The white lotus And other four -star projects have maintained Britton in request. The one that got away? 1996 Jerry Maguire. Losing the role that went to Renée Zellweger was a “major sorrow,” she said We. “Retrospectively, I like my career and [it] I took a different path – after overcoming the initial bite and sorrow, I have no regrets. »»
Then she crosses a “bucket list element” by joining Robert de Niro For the conspiracy thriller Zero dayStreaming now on Netflix. It looks like the craziest fantasy of its youngest has come true: “I am one of those lucky people [who] Had a dream, “she said,” and against all odds and logic, I found myself going there. »»
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College Days (1980)
Spend a year of first year at the University of Normale of Beijing with the Now-American Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was “revealing”, Britton, who specialized in Asian studies at Dartmouth College. “It was still very good communist China. Everyone wore Mao combinations. “Despite being surprised on arrival (” I remember landing and my initial thought was “nobody prepared me”. “), The actress attributes this academic year to have changed her perspective, calling it a “transformative experience”.
‘Spin City’ (1996-2000)
Hang his first regular series as Nikki Faber, a member of the office of the office of the mayor of New York, on Michael J. Fox ‘s Spin city It was a “big problem,” she admitted. “I grew up in sitcoms, and it was my greatest inspiration in terms of television looks.” The ABC concert has doubled as Masterclass: “literally, I learned at work,” she said We. “It was such a steep learning curve, but Michael was the best.”
‘Friday Night Lights’ (2006-2011)
Tami and Taylor coach forever, all of you! As half of one of the most loving and most loving couples on television, Britton received two Emmy’s heads. Of Kyle ChandlerHer husband on the beloved sporting drama, “the basic line of our working relationship was that we knew that we could take a risk and fall, and the other would be there to come and get us”, she sharing. “There was an absolutely unconditional confidence between us, and we are always incredible friends.”
One of his favorite scenes was in season 1, when a frustrated Tami whispered in Eric while cleaning the house during a party. “We had so much fun doing this,” said Britton, noting that their rift was semi-improvised. “It looked like one of the first moments I said to myself:” This is what I want for them [characters]. “” If the duo has their way, they will meet: “We continue to talk about what we could do together.”
“ American Horror Story ” (2011)
The script for Ryan Murphyfirst Ahs slice, Murderwas, well, a shock. “I said to myself:” It will never stay in the show “In particular the rubber man,” said Britton, adding that she considered the content “too crazy for television” and “said so much “In Murphy. Playing Vivien Harmon, who gives birth to the Antichrist, would push Britton from his comfort zone, but she believed in vision. “”[Ryan] said, ‘It will be completely different from everything you have [done in] the last five years. It called me. As for the shocking torsion, in which viewers discovered Vivien and his daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga) Was died? “I thought it was great.”
‘Nashville’ (2012-2018)
The drama marked Britton’s first project as a single mom. (THE Dirty john alum son adopted Yoby, now 14 years old, in 2011.) “I started working 18 hours a day and I [was] A whole new mother for a baby, ”she recalls. “It was quite revealing for me in terms of similar:” Oh, it’s different “. It was certainly difficult. Her character, Queen Country Rayna Jaymes, died in season 5, an event that “looked like a real death, and that was what he had to be”. While viewers were crying for the musician’s loss, Britton also cried the loss of the character. “I want it to have happened differently,” she said. “It was very heartbreaking.”
‘The White Lotus’ (2021)
Turning the first season of the fantastic anthology series during the COVVI-19 pandemic, required masks, daily tests and food delivery. “It was very frightening and very different from any other experience I have ever had,” admitted Britton. The silver lining, in addition to the Hawaiian location? The cast and the crew “linked together because we had to be isolated”. Despite the shooting for a “terrifying period”, Britton returns to this “wonderful” project with great tenderness. “We worked with one of the great directors of writers of our time, Mike Whiteand the equipment and casting [were] amazing. “”
Miss the Emmy Awards (2024)
An imminent snowstorm on the east coast, where it drew Zero dayForced Britton to jump the Emmys and a planned Ahs find Dylan McDermott. Her Toni Maticevski dress still had a moment… on Instagram. “We loved this dress so much that I said to myself:” We take a photo! “”
