‘Somebody Somewhere’ Star Bridget Everett on Depicting a Tornado Right and Her Improvised Song About Pee Pee
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe night before HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere” was set to shoot an episode revolving around a tornado, a real one came close to the show’s set. “Somebody Somewhere” star Bridget Everett recounted to Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast how life imitated art that day, and vice versa.“There was a real tornado that ripped through Naperville (Ill.) and also not far from where we were staying in Lamont,” she says. “Jay Duplass was directing that episode, and the people in the Duplass’ post, the VFX and all that stuff, they knew how to make it look real, and to kind of fake it in the right ways.
But it was important to me that it felt like a real tornado, because I’m from Kansas, and I know what that shit looks and feels like.” In “Somebody Somewhere,” Everett (“Inside Amy Schumer”) stars as Sam, a woman who returns to the small Kansas town where she grew up and stuggles to find her place.
She’s dealing with grief from the death of her sister, and navigating her complicated relationships with her parents and surviving sister.
But singing is her saving grace, which leads her to a new community of friends, including Joel, played by Jeff Hiller.“Somebody Somewhere” has now been renewed for a second season.
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