And you also get a lot of devils and demons in horror. The show works on two levels: One, this terrible peril that I think a lot of people going into church on Sunday like, “Oh my God, am I going to stay awake?” The way that Christian churches keeps you awake is hell. What do you think it is about religion and the Catholic church in particular that makes it fodder for so many genre stories? I have three daughters, so that was a wonderful skill to keep honing. I would be like, ‘What are the ingredients we have here today? Google, what do you think I could do with this?’ And then suddenly, it’s edamame coconut rice instead of just Mr. But for a brief sliver of time, I in fact became a chef. It was such an incredible gift.ĭid you pick up any artistic hobbies to fill in the gap left by acting? Having a parish and a congregation, getting to do these exquisite monologues, it was just like bursting out of a cave. I have a certain extroverted bent, but I had no idea I was going to get to actually perform in front of people. I grew up in a theater company sitting outside watching plays. And what I hadn’t really anticipated, and no one of course could have anticipated at the time, was that we were going to go into this lockdown and be in our houses. Getting to use this beautiful language and having these beautiful sermons to deliver was thrilling.
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I mean, the scale of the role really was what was so exciting. The Times caught up with Linklater to talk genre storytelling, delivering monologues and the similarities between Catholicism and addiction. “We’re making this show about an island community, and an island community spirit sort of overtook us as well because of the circumstances under which we were shooting.” “It was just this massive release, finally getting to talk to people and laugh and really scream and shout,” said Linklater. Shooting took place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and “through luck but also a lot of preparation and diligence by the cast,” the production managed to get through a four-month shoot unscathed.
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In the series, which adds to Flanagan’s growing portfolio of genre projects for the streamer (including “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” Linklater plays Father Paul, a charismatic young priest who mysteriously moves to Crockett Island and manages to convince his despondent parish to believe in miracles. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.