Silverstone reveals that the casting process was very rapid. She says, “My agent called and said, ‘You need to go on this thing. It’s worth it. You should start preparing immediately.’ I think the audition was 24 hours later, it happened very quick. Francine Maisler’s people were casting, and luckily Francine had seen me in a play two summers ago so I’ve been in her graces lately. And then I got a call saying that Yorgos would like to speak with me over Skype. One thing he said was, ‘I really liked what you did on your first instinct with the role’ — before we started getting direction — ‘so just trust your gut. You’ll be great.’”
The instinct that Silverstone felt is that the character was missing something at her core. She explains, “I think that she was very lonely, very needing, very desperate and wanting. She had a big, big need to be filled, and that’s what I played.”
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