‘Death and Other Details’ star Violett Beane reveals Mandy Patinkin’s ‘sweet’ advice: ‘Make sure you’re proud’
24.01.2024 - 00:33
/ nypost.com
Hulu’s “Death and Other Details,” said that her more seasoned co-star, Mandy Patinkin, took her under his wing. “The guy is a legend. I’ve probably seen ‘The Princess Bride’ 17 times,” Beane, 27, told The Post.
“It was so interesting because so many times, it was like life imitating art. During the pilot, I was feeling overwhelmed … the weight of this show was on my back. I was like, ‘I need advice, how do you deal with all of this?’ “And he sat me down and gave me advice.
It was sweet. It was like he’s mentoring me, similar to [our characters] Rufus and Imogene.” Created by Mike Weiss (“The Mentalist”) and Heidi Cole McAdams (“Stumptown”), “Death and Other Details,” now streaming, is a murder mystery series following Imogene Scott (Beane), who meets renowned detective Rufus Cotesworth (Patinkin) as a child, when he’s investigating her mother’s death. Following that tragedy, she’s taken in by the wealthy Collier family.
In the present day, the Colliers (plus Imogene, now 28) are on an extravagant cruise with their extended family and friends, including Collier patriarch Lawrence (David Marshall Grant), his wife Katherine (Jayne Atkinson), their newly promoted daughter Anna (Lauren Patten), Anna’s wife, Lelia (Pardis Saremi) and Anna’s brother, Tripp (Jack Cutmore-Scott). After there’s a murder on the ship, Imogene must team with Rufus to solve the crime, which may tie into her mother’s death. Beane (“The Flash” and “God Friended Me”) said the advice Patinkin gave her was, “At the end of the day, you look in the mirror and you look at yourself.
So, you need to make sure that you’re proud of what you’re doing. And, that’s all that matters. Don’t listen to everything else – obviously you have to, sometimes, when producers
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