In this week’s episode of The Envelope video podcast , Cynthia Nixon stops by to discuss playing two prominent roles concurrently in “And Just Like That ...
” and “The Gilded Age,” then Lulu Wang joins us to talk about making the leap to TV with “Expats.” Yvonne Villarreal: Hi everyone. Welcome back to another episode of The Envelope podcast.
My name is Yvonne Villarreal. Mark Olsen: I’m Mark Olsen. Shawn Finnie: I’m Shawn Finnie, and today we have — you all are doing both of the interviews today.
Villarreal: You’re slacking. Finnie: Look I wanted to give you all space. Two powerhouse individuals, one who is no stranger to our TV.
Villarreal: I spoke with Cynthia Nixon and, you know, she’s been pulling double duty recently. Of course we’ve all seen her in “And Just Like That ..
.,” which is the sequel to “Sex and the City,” and we talk about reprising her role as Miranda, but we also talked about her role in “The Gilded Age.” Mark, I know you watched this show.
And she plays a so-called spinster who is reliant on her proud and stubborn sister, who’s played by Christine Baranski — the great Christine Baranski. And, you know, they come from old-money New York, but this season, Ada finds herself with a new love interest and the tables have turned a little bit in her favor and we discuss more of that. Mark, who did you speak with? Olsen: I talked to Lulu Wang, the creator of “Expats.
” Lulu wrote and directed the movie “The Farewell”.
