Erika Henningsen is used to working with A-Listers. Her first major breakthrough was Despicable girl Musical, written by Tina Fey. She's in Girls5eva As a young version of the comedy big Paula Pell. - - Premiered on Netflix this week - She starred with comedy master Steve Carell and Will Forte Four Seasons. But in her morning interview Hollywood Reporter, She is fresh from a huge difference brush. Henningson is playing Sandra Dee Just in timeThis is a Broadway biopic by Bobby Darin from the 1960s, just served by the stars on the stage now by star Jonathan Groff.
"Jonathan hasn't been that much spit so far, but last night in our fight scene, he said 'I can't stand it anymore' and it all hung over me," she said. "My agent was in the audience for this, and I couldn't believe I didn't even back down."
See Groff Hamilton Often, but this tradition goes back to his debut Spring Awakening - But Henningson said it also provides inspiration. She added: “I like working with him for a lot of reasons, but one small reason is that he just completely embraced himself.”
Four Seasons It's Henningsen's own milestone - her most important screen character to date. During the series, Fey created the series with longtime collaborators Tracy Wigfield and Lang Fisher, with Henningsen playing Ginny, the new girlfriend of Steve Carell's recent divorced character. Ginny joins a long-time group of friends (rounded by Fey, Forte, Colman Domingo, Kerry Kenney and Marco Calvani) to join in three different ways, trying to bridge the gap that has passed down from generation to generation, not just young women. Below, the actress talks to him thr About what she learned from the best and best jobs, and the rewards she was able to teach heroes.
What is the audition process Four Seasons?
I'm still trying to get used to the fact that TV auditions are on the zoom screen, and on Broadway auditions I always know someone in the room, which makes me feel more comfortable. My four seasons callback is with the zoom with Lang Fisher, Tracy Wigfield, Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond. I remember we were going to sum it up and I just said, “Can I try one thing completely different from everything we did?” I think it’s worth mentioning – no one has to get in the car and they’ve all been zoomed in at home. I don't know what I tried was to make a difference, but I was at least able to turn off my laptop and know I tried everything I wanted.
I thought you were given a role because of your previous experience working with Tina and Jeff Despicable girl…
We have a long process to audition Despicable girlincluding Lorne Michaels' audio tape. so Four Seasons Less than that. I sent the audition tape and I had to yell at my acting coach because I recently discovered he was also a Carrie Coon reader. His name is Olli Haaskivi, he is an incredible actor-he is Oppenheimer - Many of us in New York use him for our selfies. I sent mine and got a callback, which was a Zoom meeting, but I never read about chemistry. It wasn't until my first day that I met Steve Carell. But I do think your audition is only as good as your reputation, and Tina knows she can trust me to work with it easily. I proved that I would be very cold.
Is it harder to read without chemistry on the same page as Steve?
I came for my hair and makeup test one day and met him very briefly. When I was nervous I tend to reveal the chat, so I left and thought, I guess I only yelled at Steve for 10 minutes? My word for him will always be officethe bombarded and unconscious person, Steve is far from that. I certainly know, but when you see it up close, you're like, wow, you're really an incredible actor. I also had to teach him about Chappell Roan, so it was fun.
How did that happen?
We shot in upstate New York, and he sometimes drives to New Hampshire on weekends. He said he stayed four hours by listening to music and I asked him what he listened to, and he said shyly, "A lot of women's pop music." I think his agent also represents Olivia Rodrigo, so he was listening to her. So I said, "Well, are you familiar with Chappell Roan if you like it?" I think this is where our characters like the most about real life because I made him a playlist and he came back from the weekend and was like, "Chappell Roan is great." A few weeks later, he had an alumni event at the university and one of the questions is who are you listening to now? He said Chappell, all the college students were crazy, so he came back and was like, “You made me look cool.”
What do you know about the role when you play a role? In such stories, being a "young woman" may develop in many directions, although of course it seems easy to trust Tina to handle it with caution.
The description is very open, like the young attractive girl Nick starts dating. I know Tina does anything more than just black and white. This girl is not only that flying, model-style Instagram girl. To be an opponent, we don’t hate her need for depth and adulthood and exudes real kindness to the team. She wants to be liked by them. It's easy to write a young girl in a group of 50-year-olds, they're a little annoying and annoying, and they want to avoid doing so.
Do you feel the gap between a generation? Do they even think they are older than you?
It's interesting, this group is all supernova. They are everything they do. I totally feel like part of the crew. Unless they will quote songs and TV shows I'm still alive to watch. I think Tina wrote in my packed gift card that putting up with many 1970s sitcom songs requires a special kind of millennial generation. In Puerto Rico, we are waiting for the setup, and Coleman (Domingo) starts the game, the first word you will sing and we will try to finish - everything is over my head. But these two methods were carried out. I had to explain to Will Forte what float is. We were at a dinner party and they asked me what young people do now, not to go to clubs. I was like, they do this, you put on your headphones and run around Brooklyn. They all like it, it's mental illness and blasphemy, you can't pay me enough to do it.
How does a finished plot of a show or viewing make you think differently about the stages of your life?
I love the show and the responses I think people will make, and it shows people in their 50s a very large, dynamic life. I think for my parents’ generation you form a unit with any community or the school system of your children in. But it shows that people have a rich social life and they still have the best friends they know from college and outside. A lot of things I’ve seen before are related to parenthood, and this show is over with friendship. I don't have children yet, but I'm very impressed with how smart, keen, driven people they happen to be parents. It's just part of who they are.
On the show, Ginny forces all the “older” people to go to an off-grid eco resort – what type of vacationer are you?
OK, this is her madness. Plan for six people she only knows about the trips that are run by them? Even if she has a good meaning, it is something Dujuan has to do. I like planning holidays, but then I need to run every five days. We filmed the resort plot in Puerto Rico and we did have a great time. We took a paddle boarding course because we had a big paddle boarding view - we all knew how, but one lesson was fun for all of us. Shooting these plots is like a camp, being able to walk to each other’s rooms and hang out after the shoot, together with poor pizza.
You've talked about loving the instant feedback provided by Broadway - how do you figure out what works or is it interesting to TV production?
The audience at a Broadway show can be intoxicating, like a touchstone test. If one night isn't kidding, then the next night you'll tell it differently. It's frightening to not know if something works. I remember Girls5eva Watch Paula Pell - She plays the dentist in that show Four Seasons - She was so hysterical, but everyone was wearing a mask, so she couldn't even see if people were smiling. It was fun to know it, it was a confidence for me and it was really impressive to me.
As your career progresses, do you want to continue doing Broadway or do you want to turn more to Hollywood?
The only downside to Broadway (besides the salary scale, but not important to me) is the promise of time. If you have a great year in Hollywood, you can shoot movies, series and guest stars in one year. That's what you need to develop a Broadway show. The benefit of timely is that we don't have a trial outside, we just drove the cold on Broadway. I never want to leave Broadway because it gives me a lot of stuff, but I also want to do more on the screen. The new trend of limited running, of course, if people are completely immersed in the theater world, it does make it harder for people to blend their living together, but it does provide space for people to have many different things. I would love to have a six-month revival between shooting a series or an independent film - I've never done any classics. That's ideal.
From the outside, it seems that a large number of celebrity talents have poured into the world of the stage recently. Does this feel for you? Will it take up space or opportunity for theater actors?
I think this will lead to an abortion. We have to make no sense to the theater economy, and it is very prosperous or bustling facts to be realistic. The fact that any show will happen is a miracle, so it would be great if we could create more certainty by introducing people like Denzel Washington. It's great for all of us because people come to watch this show in New York and I do believe it will drip into the entire community. The process from the "No Name Quotation" screen actor to Broadway also has a very beautiful feeling of gratitude. Most people don’t start on TV, they start at local theaters, so they return to the stage to respect tradition and catch fire for it. It's not just something you want to cross your bucket list.
I've interviewed you Just in time Co-star Gracie Lawrence, who has been on stage for the first time since her childhood debut on Broadway, said the thing she was really nervous about is figuring out when to have supper. Do you have any expertise in this matter?
I do. Despicable girl It's too difficult because I didn't leave the stage. It was a two and a half hour show, I was in each scene. You can live out in breakfast, but you have to be super bland. I had a lot of peanut butter, bananas, bone broth, sweet potatoes, chicken, rice…I ate Jadia like a dog when I did a Broadway show. You can use this quote. ((laugh.)