In this longer interview, Juno talks about Lucy, the character she plays in ‘Little Birds (Series)’, about the series and about the sexual themes in it (parts of it has been published before, but not all of it):
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Screencaps on Episode 1 will soon be added to the Gallery!
Some nice behind the scenes photos have surfaced on Instagram, made by the staff working on ‘Little Birds (Series)’:
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An HD copy of the series have arrived at our headquarters, so screencaps and possible reviews of each episodes will come very soon!
A small excerpt from a bigger interview, where Juno tells us how she got cast as Lucy, the main character in ‘Little Birds (the series)’ + a new promo image:
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“I auditioned for it about two years before we shot, actually. I did a self tape and gave it my all. I had to do one of the scenes, a scene where I’ve just gotten a gold dress (…) and I come out and I’m like, ‘Oh goodness I’m not sure I can wear this because it’s see-through’. I actually have this great vintage 1970’s see-through gown that I put on in the tape, thinking I’d be forward thinking, risque or whatever. It worked well, I guess!”
‘The other two scenes were no longer in the script when I actually did a second screen test (…). Lucy changed a lot actually. She developed, I thought, into a slightly more, grown up version of what was initially there on the page. So one of scenes I had to audition for was a screaming fight with Hugo at a country club in Tangier, while we were playing tennis. It was fun to audition for it but I was happy it didn’t actually end up in the final scripts.”
“But I got to test with Stacie (Passon, the director), she flew out to LA and workshopped three different scenes with me. She told me she really wanted me, and she wanted to convince Sky that I could play Lucy and carry the audience into this beautiful world of extraordinary misfits through her eyes, so that was pretty cool.”
“They wanted Lucy cast first, and then I had a scheduling conflict, so they actually pushed for a little bit, which is amazing. I have not had that happen. It happens very rarely. It ended up being all in all about two years from the first audition to actually being on set and breathing life into her.”
‘Little Birds (Series)’ premieres tomorrow! As preparation for this big event, we’ve released an exclusive, very detailed package:
- the press pack made for journalists about the series (many thanks to @EastieOaks at Twitter)
- an interview, made by The Guardian
- two new promo photos
Check them out here:
Press pack (warning, contains spoilers!)
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And the interview comes after the “More” tag!
Eight new promotional images has been uploaded to the ‘Little Birds (the series)’ Gallery:
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Only 2 more days until the premiere!
A small snippet from a long, but not very informative article:
(Juno Temple) stars in the Sky Atlantic drama which is inspired by Anaïs Nin’s posthumously published 1979 collection of erotic short stories. The show is set in 1955 in Tangier and combines stories of love and desire with personal drama and political intrigue.
The heady mix had a lasting effect on Juno, who told The Sun’s TV Mag: “The stories awoke a sort of sexual fire in me I didn’t know I had, so to have something come into your life that was a pretty monumental read at 17 was pretty cool. I made a lot of notes in the script where I wanted actual direct quotes from Little Birds and I got a couple of them in there which was really exciting. Little Birds was a very poignant book for me at 17. I thought it was very cool to be a part of a woman exploring erotica in a way that was very brave and new for the time. I think that it’s quite rare to have such a collection of inspirational and complex and difficult roles and characters within a show.”
