Sigourney Weaver ‘fearless’ in ‘Lost Flowers’ drama: producer
nypost.comPrime Video miniseries, “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.” Based on the eponymous novel and set in Australia, the series follows Alice (Alyla Browne as a child; Alicia Debnam-Carey as an adult), an orphaned girl who survives a terrible house fire.
She’s taken in by her estranged and secretive grandmother, June (Weaver), to her rural property that’s filled with flower fields — and women who are fleeing abusive pasts.
Executive producer Jodi Matterson (“Nine Perfect Strangers”) answered some questions via email. What attracted you to “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart?”We get sent a lot of books to consider for adaptation at [production company] Made Up Stories, and I can honestly say that I knew from the first page that I wanted to make this into a show.
I finished it in one night because I couldn’t put it down. How was working with Sigourney Weaver?There are very few roles that come up for a woman in her 70s that have the complexity of June, our central character in this story.It required an exceptional actor, and Sigourney was at the very top of our wish list.
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