Natasha Lyonne Isn’t A Pothead, Despite ‘His Three Daughters’ Role: “I Just Present As One”
deadline.comDespite years of roles that would suggest the contrary, Natasha Lyonne doesn’t partake these days. While discussing her performance in Azazel Jacobs‘ His Three Daughters, the Golden Globe nominee recently opened up about being typecast “as a druggie” in her career Co-star Carrie Coon explained to Rolling Stone, “It’s funny, because none of us knew each other, but Aza wrote all of these roles for us knowing we’d complement each other.
Yet none of them are tailored to who we are. I mean, I can be controlling. But it’s not like Natasha is a pothead.” “No, I just present as one,” quipped Lyonne. “Pot’s not my bag.
I’m actually an ex-junkie. But I see why he thought of me, and at first I was like, ‘Oh, no, it’s another “Here’s Natasha as a druggie”‘ — which I’ve already done so many times, on screen and in life.” She has been open about her history of drug abuse and treatment, having gotten sober in 2006.
Lyonne credited her co-stars Coon and Elizabeth Olsen for helping her find a way into the role. “I was riding so hard for two strangers, but it was like, ‘I have to do this because of them.’ And now these two are, legitimately, two of my favorite people of all time.
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