‘Friday Evening Lights’ alum Connie Britton ready for rich socialite TV position by watching ‘Housewives’

Connie Britton is sharing how she acquired prepared for her newest position in “Pricey Edward”: She watched actuality tv, particularly the “Actual Housewives of New Jersey.”

The actress’ position in “Pricey Edward” is of Dee Dee, a rich Manhattan socialite who resides the great life till her husband dies in a airplane crash.

“Dee Dee simply made me giggle,” Britton instructed The Related Press. 

“She made me smile on a regular basis, so I actually, actually had a lot enjoyable enjoying her… It was just like the attractive garments and the jewels and the issues, it’s enjoyable to have the ability to do this stuff. After which equally as an actor, (it’s) enjoyable to have all that stuff taken away.”

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“Pricey Edward” which streams Feb. three on Apple TV+ has reunited Britton along with her “Friday Evening Lights” govt producer, Jason Katims. 

Britton performed Tami Taylor, a highschool steering counselor in a small Texas city who’s married to the varsity’s soccer coach (Kyle Chandler.) She is commonly a surrogate mom to the scholars and grounds her husband when the strain to succeed is very excessive. The present additionally put its solid — together with Britton, Chandler, Jesse Plemons and Taylor Kitsch — on a distinct profession trajectory.

″‘Friday Evening Lights’ set the bar for me in numerous methods round what I would like, what I would like creatively and the way I wish to work and people who I wish to work with,” Britton mentioned.

Britton’s position in “Pricey Edward” gave her an opportunity to reunite with Katims since they wrapped filming in 2011.

“Once you work with an actor like Connie, you wish to work along with her once more, prefer it’s all the time at the back of your thoughts,” Katims shared. “However I felt like I waited till I had a task that was the appropriate position. I wished to carry her a task that actually had an opportunity of her eager to do (it).”

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“Pricey Edward” additionally follows the titular character, Edward, a 12-year-old boy (performed by Colin O’Brien) who’s the one survivor of a airplane crash and goes to stay together with his aunt and uncle after his dad and mom and brother are killed. Viewers see Edward regulate to this catastrophic loss and expertise magical considering, the place he pretends to himself that his older brother additionally survived the crash.

The story is predicated on a novel of the identical identify by Ann Napolitano. For his adaptation, Katims selected so as to add extra characters to the story (together with Dee Dee) and have them work together throughout grief counseling.

Britton hopes “Pricey Edward” will remind individuals there are alternative ways to mourn, and that persons are stronger than they generally notice.

“I’m hoping that the present goes to offer individuals language for grief and make {that a} relatable thought. And the concept we’ve got energy within the face of adversity,” she says.

“We’ve been by a lot as a tradition globally with the pandemic,” she provides. “By each character, even a personality like Dee Dee, we are able to acknowledge ourselves and see the energy that we’ve got.”

The Related Press contributed to this report

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