There’s Helena, there’s Helly R., there’s Helena pretending to be Helly.
BRITT LOWER:It was a very exciting, five-dimensional puzzle to createwith the whole team, really.
It was very, very exciting.
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LOWER: I’m just going to let the detectives be detectives.
Our fans are so smart and pick up on things.
I’m sure that they’ve got it under wraps.
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I love that they picked up on the Helly walk.
Helly is always on a mission.
That’s all I’ll say.
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Do you have playlists, pre-scene rituals, anything like that?
Does she really need that time to process it by herself?
LOWER: That time alone, I think, is really important for her.
I think it’s really reasonable that she needed to take some time to herself.
LOWER: I just did it, and Uta…
I think we tried it in a wide shot.
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She didn’t put them on in the morning.
She’d probably rather be wearing boots or something.
It was like, “Oh, I like that.”
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
The detectives will go to work.
It’s cool versus warm lighting.
LOWER: It’s very delicate.
Those two scenes are purposefully contrasted, based on what each individual has or hasn’t experienced before.
In 204, it’s Mark’s first time experiencing that kind of intimacy.
Whereas in 206, we know the roles are reversed a little bit.
It’s Helly’s first time experiencing something like that.
She’s such a brave character.
It’s a risk, because there’s something more at stake there than just her freedom.
So that came kind of organically as we were filming.
This will look good on Lumon’s balance sheet.
He’s initiating the kiss with her, as opposed to her initiating it with him.
Was there any sort of discussion about what that kiss was going to look like?
Was it always Mark initiating it in the script?
I think that was well said.
She’s been watching him leave work for a while now.
I don’t know if anything’s by chance when it comes to Helena, though.
LOWER: I think viewers can surmise… Is that a word?
What was your read on her trying to engage him that way?
LOWER: Helena’s got a lot going on.
[Laughs] Yeah.
But yeah, Outie Helly and Outie Mark, it’s an interesting one.
The mood definitely takes a turn when Helena brings up Gemma.
What do you think her motivation is in doing that?
In this scene, there’s a lot at play.
It’s not just one thing.
There’s contrasting motivations, is all I can say.
Is the line between Helena and Helly becoming more blurred?
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