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New York Post
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- New York Post
'Hunting Wives' showrunner defends raunchy hit as viewers go bonkers: 'Unapologetic'
Happy wife, happy life. 'The Hunting Wives' is now streaming on Netflix, and the steamy murder mystery is causing viewers on TikTok to proclaim, 'This show is INSANE!' 'I just started watching Hunting Wives, and all I can tell you is, do not have any children in the room,' another TikTok video declared. Advertisement 'It's so fun, and juicy and sexy. Everyone is behaving so badly,' showrunner Rebecca Cutter exclusively told The Post. 'I wanted to do an exploration of women behaving badly, unapologetic sexual conquest running rampant, and just something fun.' 8 Rebecca Cutter at the 'Hightown' panel on February 9, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images for SCAD 8 Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix Advertisement Based on a 2021 novel of the same name, 'The Hunting Wives' follows Sophie (Brittany Snow), a Massachusetts woman who relocates to Texas thanks to her husband's job. Soon, she becomes entangled in the web of her new friend Margo Banks (Malin Akerman), the Queen Bee leader of the local community. Margo presides over a clique of moms and socialites who like shooting guns and dancing with men half their age. She also has affairs with men and women alike. The show is filled with steamy scenes, including some sparks flying between Margo and Sophie. 8 Sophie (Brittany Snow) and Margo (Malin Akerman) share a kiss on 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix Advertisement 8 Joyce Glenn, Brittany Snow, Katie Lowes, and Alexandria DeBerry on 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix Notably, Margo, who drops trou the most on the show, isn't a twenty-something – Akerman is 47. 'It was important to find an actress, not necessarily that was willing to do nudity per se, but that really felt comfortable with the sexuality and owning that power that she has,' Cutter explained. 'The first actress that we looked for was the Margo Banks character, because it felt like if we didn't nail that, then the whole thing falls apart.' Advertisement Cutter said that the '27 Dresses' actress was a fit, because, 'Obviously Sophie gets sucked into that. So that was really important to find an actress that really believed in herself that she was that sexually powerful….Malin brought that.' 8 Malin Akerman and Dermot Mulroney on 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix 8 Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman on 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix 'The Hunting Wives' falls into the subgenre of shows where moms and wives behave badly – other shows in that category include 'Good Girls,' 'Big Little Lies' and 'Desperate Housewives.' 'I think there's a fantasy of freedom or power that maybe we don't feel so much as middle-aged women,' Cutter told The Post. 'I just think TV has evolved. The first anti-heroes were all men,' she explained. 'Now, there can be more female anti-heroes and I certainly think Margot Banks falls into that category.' Many of Margo's sex scenes are with Brad (George Farrier), the inappropriately young son of one of her friends. Regarding showing steamy scenes between older women and younger men, Cutter said, 'It's rare. I also think it's real. I have single friends [who are] women of a certain age…young men always are interested in them….that is a very real thing. And so, I think that that's cool to show.' Advertisement 8 Jamie Ray Newman, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, and Katie Lowes in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix 8 Katie Lowes, Brittany Snow, and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix The show also dives into some Red State / Blue State culture clash territory, as Sophie is an East Coast liberal and Margo's husband, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), throws fundraisers for the NRA. 'I thought, let's just dive into the fish, out of water or why not?' Cutter said. Advertisement 'I wanted to be honest about the culture…you start to see like, 'oh, okay, both sides behave badly.' No one side has a lock on like morality or immorality.' Cutter explained that she doesn't see politics as 'mattering to the story that much,' but, 'really it was just to serve the fish out of water element of it. Sophie feels an outsider, and Margo's her way in.'
New York Post
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Malin Akerman on steamy Brittany Snow 'Hunting Wives' scenes: video
Move over, 'Big Little Lies,' there's a new soapy drama about rich housewives, sex, and murder. Malin Akerman stars in the Netflix show 'The Hunting Wives' (now streaming), which is based on the 2021 novel and follows Sophie (Brittany Snow), who moves with her husband (Evan Jonigkeit) from Massachusetts to Texas. While feeling like a fish out of water, she ends up in a complicated relationship with Margo Banks (Akerman), the wife of her husband's boss, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), who is considering running for the Governor of Texas. Margo is the leader of the local clique of socialites and moms. Advertisement 'I love roles like this. Women who are just big and free and wild,' Akerman, 47, exclusively told The Post. 9 Malin Akerman and Dermot Mulroney in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix 9 Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix Advertisement 9 Malin Akerman in her video interview with the New York Post. Page Six The '27 Dresses' star added, 'This show is saucy and fun, and I love veering away from who I am in real life, which is a people pleaser, and stepping into something that's a bit more queen bee, leader of the pack. It was amazing.' Margo and Jed have an open relationship, allowing Margo to have flings with inappropriately younger guys such as high school aged Brad (George Ferrier) and also women like her friend Callie (Jaime Ray Newman). Plus, she sets her sights on Sophie. As Sophie becomes tied into Margot's group of hard-partying friends – fellow moms and housewives who also like to shoot guns – there's also a dash of murder. Advertisement 9 Jaime Ray Newman, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, and Katie Lowes in 'The Hunting Wives.' thehuntingwives/Instagram Regarding the steamy scenes in the show, Akerman said, 'I've done it in the past and I just think that when it moves the plot forward, I'm all for it. I'm not for gratuitous scenes, and I think that this is necessary to Margo's character.' The 'Watchmen' actress noted that the cast had a 'wonderful intimacy coordinator' to collaborate with. 'So before you even get to set, we're rehearsing the scenes. We're talking about what we're comfortable with, what we are not comfortable with so that when we get to set, we're ready to go and we know there are no surprises,' she explained. 'It's very technical. But when it's on your TV screens, hopefully it feels very sexy and exciting.' Advertisement 9 Joyce Glenn, Katie Lowes, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Jamie Ray Newman, and Alexandria DiBerry in 'The Hunting Wives.' For the moments when things heat up between Margo and Sophie, Akerman said the atmosphere behind the scenes was 'playful.' 'Brittany and I get along so well. She's such a lovely human. We would be sitting there kind of giggling like school girls, like, 'Oh my God, this is so crazy. What a job we have!'' 'I'm so glad it was with her, and we felt so comfortable with each other,' the 'Couples Retreat' star added. 'We'd become really good friends – and how lucky that we did end up getting along. Because sometimes you have to do scenes with people you're not as bonded with. So, of course there's some hesitation, but we always felt really well taken care of.' 9 Malin Akerman at An Unforgettable Evening at The Beverly Hilton on April 28, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. WireImage 9 Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix She added: 'And it was such a respectful set. We knew what we were doing with this intimacy coordinator who had our backs along with everyone else in the crew.' Akerman explained that Margo and Sophie's relationship is 'complicated.' Advertisement 'They need each other in different ways. And I think that they both have an idea of what they think they want in the beginning, but what it ends up becoming is something very different,' she told The Post. 9 Malin Akerman at the Anine Bing Cocktail Party held at Chateau Marmont in LA on May 13, 2025. WWD via Getty Images 9 Katie Lowes, Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.' Netflix '[Margo likes that Sophie is] smart and she's interesting and very different from the women that she's hanging out with. It's like a shiny toy for her that she wants to play with,' she said. 'She doesn't really know what she's getting herself into, but is always willing to go there and feels confident enough to dive into this relationship. So it starts in one place and then it ends up some place different that any of these women would have guessed.' Advertisement Akerman is also known for her roles in 'Rock of Ages,' 'Watchmen' and 2008's '27 Dresses,' co-starring James Marsden and Katherine Heigl. 'We've had dreams about [a sequel],' she said of the romantic comedy. 'We've all dreamt big, but I still haven't any rumors about that. I would love that. '28 Dresses' would be lovely.'
New York Post
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jennifer Love Hewitt says she was never ‘insecure' until she was shamed for these 2007 photos
Jennifer Love Hewitt can hardly believe what the tabloids said in the early aughts. The actress, 46, was always confident in herself since stepping into Hollywood at age 10. But things shifted in 2007 after photos of her in Hawaii surfaced with the headline 'Stop Calling Me Fat!' 'I just had blind faith in myself,' Hewitt told Vulture in an interview published Friday about growing up. 'I highly recommend it.' Advertisement 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt attends the Los Angeles premiere of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' FilmMagic The 'Ghost Whisperer' star was gutted after catching wind of the headline. 'I was having the time of my life,' Hewitt recalled. 'I had made up the dumbest song about eating snacks and playing in the ocean, and I was singing it to my boyfriend out loud, doing some weird dance move, and they got the picture and then it was on the cover.' Advertisement 'I don't think I was ever really insecure until that cover,' she expressed to the outlet. 'And then when it happened, I don't know that I've ever recovered from it.' 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt poses in Juicy Couture. Donato Sardella 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt arrives at the premiere of '27 Dresses' in 2007. WireImage The paparazzi shots permanently shifted Hewitt's mentality. Advertisement The 'Client List' actress detailed: 'There's a part of me that's always like, 'Is this version going to be good enough, or is that going to happen again?' Where somebody's going to be like, 'Hey, this is her without makeup at the cleaners. She looks 59.'' As for why that moment in particular was so traumatizing, Hewitt explained, 'Because that was me. I think that's why the insecurity carried on. I don't know if I've even ever put that together for myself other than right now.' 12 'People' cover on Jennifer Love Hewitt in 2007. People 'I think I was like, 'Oh my God, I was myself one time, and this is what happened.'' Advertisement Luckily, Hewitt's mother, Patricia Mae Hewitt, who died in 2012 after a battle with cancer, was there with words of wisdom. 'She was like, 'You don't get it. You can't win. This is just people having a problem with the version of you they think belongs to them.' And she said, 'Take your power back. Belong to yourself, and don't worry about it.'' 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt attends the 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Hollywood Premiere on October 8, 1997. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images 12 Carson Daly and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt attend the 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer' premiere. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Hewitt also touched on becoming a sex symbol in her late teens and early 20s after starring in hits like 1997's 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Can't Hardly Wait' in 1998, and 'Heartbreakers' (2001). 'It bothers me more now than it did at that age because I was in it,' Hewitt stated. 'Before I even knew what sex was, I was a sex symbol. I still don't know that I have that fully defined for myself because it started so weird.' Now, after decades in the industry, the 'Tuxedo' alum has found a home on ABC. 12 The 'I Know What You Did last Summer' cast poses at the film's premiere. Fred Prouser Advertisement Hewitt stars as Maddie Buckley on the ABC drama '9-1-1.' 'I get to be, not ugly, but raw in a way that doesn't matter. I get to put all those little things into her that maybe I didn't notice or get to pay attention to along the way and heal them,' she shared. 'I give that to Maddie constantly.' For Hewitt, it feels like this is the first time since starring in 'Party of Five' in the '90s that people are focused on her work. 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in 'IKWYDLS.' ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement 'It was the work and then it was the body. And not the body of work,' she reflected. 'Now we're getting back to the work part of it.' Along with playing the beloved 911 operator, Hewitt also stepped back into the shoes of the iconic Julie James. She reprised her role in the new 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 27 years after the original film debuted in 1997. 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt in 'Ghost Whisperer.' ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement Hewitt stepped out for the sequel's premiere at LA's United Theater on Broadway on Monday. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., who starred in the original project together, turned the premiere into date night. Prinze Jr., 49, reprises his role as Ray Bronson in the sequel. Gellar, 48, played Helen Shivers, who died in the original movie. 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt in the Lifetime series 'The Client List.' ©Lifetime Television/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement Despite both being on the carpet, Hewitt and Gellar didn't pose for pictures together. 'For everyone asking — I never got to see @jenniferlovehewitt, who is fantastic in the movie. I was inside with my kids when the big carpet happened. And unfortunately, JLH didn't come to the after-party,' Gellar commented on Instagram Wednesday. The 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' star added, 'If you have ever been to one of these, it's crazy. I sadly didn't get pics with most of the cast. But that doesn't change how amazing I think they all are. Unfortunately, some things happen only in real life and not online.' 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt in a scene from 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' AP 12 Jennifer Love Hewitt in '9-1-1.' ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection For her part, Hewitt also shut down rumors of bad blood between the two. 'I haven't seen Sarah,' she told Vulture. 'Literally, we've not talked since I saw her at 18 years old when the first movie came out. That's why it's so funny to me. People were like, 'Say something back.' And I'm like, 'What am I going to say? I've not seen her.' On my side, we're good. I have no idea where this is coming from.'
Perth Now
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Judy Greer reveals what she plans to change ahead of her 50th birthday
Judy Greer "doesn't want to make any changes" in her life just because she is turning 50. The '27 Dresses' star - who has been married to TV executive producer Dean E. Johnsen and is stepmother to his two children - will celebrate her milestone birthday in July and joked that she is "kind of boring" so she is just planning on going on a trip with her family to mark the occasion. She told PEOPLE: "I'm taking a trip with my family. I guess I'm kind of boring. Everything in my life is really nice and really good, and I'm really happy, so I kind of just don't want to make any changes." Throughout the course of her career, Judy has become known for her roles in films such as '13 Going On 30' and 'Jawbreaker' but admitted as she moved towards the end of her forties that while she felt "very lucky" to be working, there was still a "long way to go" in terms of providing actresses her age across the board with "better" things to do. She said: "I'm very lucky to be an actress in my 40s right now because there are great roles for us.' 'There are great directors and writers out there, and so I think that we're just getting served better material than those women were when I was in my 20s. There's a long way to go. Please don't get me wrong, but it's a start and I'll take it!" Judy can now be seen in the Apple+ sports comedy series 'Slick' and stars alongside Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay and Timothy Olyphant. The synopsis reads: "After the collapse of his marriage [to Greer's character Amber-Linn] and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, ex-pro golfer Pryce Cahil hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi [Dager]."
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katherine Heigl Shares Why She's Grateful Her Daughters Aren't Interested in ‘Grey's Anatomy' (Exclusive)
Katherine Heigl isn't concerned about her daughters' lack of interest in Grey's Anatomy — in fact, that's just fine by her. The Firefly Lane star, 46, opened up about why she's actually grateful for the fact Naleigh, 16, and Adalaide, 13, don't want to watch the series at this point in their lives while chatting exclusively with Parade amid her partnership with Poise. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 'My youngest, my son [Joshua, 8], he's like, 'I don't get it.' I'm like, 'Don't worry about it.' My daughters, yes, but they've never seen the show,' Heigl says. 'And I think I said something to Naleigh, my oldest, I said, 'If you want to watch it, I'll watch it with you.' And she was like, 'No. I really don't.' And I was like, 'Okay, that's fine. I get it.' But I know that a lot of kids of her generation are watching it, so I didn't want her to feel like she's not allowed.' She adds: 'Quite frankly, it's just kind of awkward. I don't know. There's a lot of sex on that show, and I think that's weird to watch with my 16 year old, especially when it's me! I mean, I will watch if that's important to [her], but I'm kind of glad it's not.' Despite her kids' disinterest in the long-running medical drama, the Emmy winner tells Parade that she carries a part of her character — along with some of her medical knowledge — with her every day. Heigl famously portrayed Dr. Izzie Stevens for six seasons before exiting the series in 2010. 'I do think I'd still be good at sutures,' she says. 'I do because that's like a muscle memory thing, and we had to do a lot of that. Not on real people, but, I think I could give it a go. If anybody needs that, I'll give it a shot.' In addition to speaking about her Grey's knowledge, Heigl got candid about some of the symptoms she started experiencing after giving birth — like bladder leaks — which made her partnership with Poise a no-brainer. 'Post-pregnancy … the old bladder was not working the same. I actually had a cesarean because Joshua was breech and had a really big head,' she explains. 'But that is its own slew of postpartum issues and healing. Everything could have changed, just even the way my hips went back into place changed, you know? I do think we need to be more honest with each other about it. I had no idea.' Heigl also tells Parade all about the Jason Heigl Foundation, which was founded by her and her mom, Nancy Heigl, in 2008 and is dedicated to animal welfare and ending abuse. 'We could always donate to the big foundations and stuff, but we had some specific ideas about where we wanted to see that money go,' she explains. 'So we figured, let's start our own foundation and really try to make the impact that we believe is possible. We're very, very passionate.' Related: Katherine Heigl Is Open to a '27 Dresses' Sequel — On One Condition
