Jessica Biel Was Ready To Leave Showbiz If ‘The Sinner’ Series Wasn’t Sold
deadline.comGetting The Sinner made required the patience of a saint. Jessica Biel revealed on the podcast that she intended to quit Hollywood if she couldn’t sell The Sinner, which eventually went to USA Network after a long shopping period and won her an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination. “Doors did not open at all, even being in the business for so long,” Biel said. “I’ve had this production company with my partner, Michelle Purple, for 20 years… I started it with her when I was 22, and for the first 10 years, we had almost no success at all.
We had a very challenging time getting any story told.” Then they came across The Sinner, a police procedural aboutunlikely culprits and their motivations.
Biel said she and Purple “built that show from the ground up.” “Michelle and I looked at each other and she said, ‘If we don’t sell this show, I’m quitting,'” Biel recalled. “And I said, ‘Me too, I’m quitting.
If this show doesn’t sell, I don’t know what people want. I don’t know what to bring them. I don’t understand this business anymore.
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