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Katja Herbers
Episode 216

Katja Herbers

Back To One · Filmmaker Magazine

August 16, 202235m 21sExplicit

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Show Notes

Dutch actor Katja Herbers plays forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard on the hit series "Evil," which just finished its third season at Paramount+. On this episode, she talks about how saying no to the audition actually secured her the role, and hitting it off with "the Kings" (show runners Robert and Michelle King) helped her feel ownership of it. We get into the beautiful weeds about the pitfalls of over-directing and how she often simply ignores direction or translates it into something she can use. She explains why laboring over an emotional through-line is unnecessary, how working with the girls that plays her kids fuels her work, why she was worried about getting fired from "Westworld," and much more.

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