‘True Detective’ star Kali Reis: Jodie Foster plays ‘such an a – – hole’
08.01.2024 - 23:31
/ nypost.com
Harrelson and McConaughey on Season 1, Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams on Season 2 and Stephen Dorff and Mahershala Ali on Season 3. “True Detective: Night Country” follows Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster, 61) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) as they investigate the unexplained sudden disappearance of eight men who were conducting mysterious scientific studies in a remote research center in the town of Ennis, Alaska. They vanished seemingly in the middle of their daily activities, leaving TVs and lights on.
Christopher Eccleston co-stars as Danvers’ occasional love interest, and Fiona Shaw plays a local recluse. After the men go missing, it seems to connect to another cold case from years ago. While Foster is a seasoned acting veteran, Reis is a relative newcomer, pivoting to Hollywood after a career as a professional boxer.
“Navarro has the most physical interactions in the series. So that was something that I really brought to the forefront. There’s so many parallels in boxing,” said Reis, who said that she re-watched “True Detective” Season 1 while filming “Night Country.” “I have to trust the coach to see what I don’t see, and the cameraperson or director to tell me what’s working and not working.
So, the ability to take direction and listen and apply the best way I know possible until we get it right, whatever game plan works — that’s not unfamiliar to me, at all.”She also connected to Navarro’s background, she said.“It was a few relatable things … balancing two ethnicities, as far as [Navarro] being Dominican and Iñupiat, and me being Wampanoag and Afro-Indigenous — Native American and black. You kind of walk those worlds where you’re not enough for either side, and you try to find your path. So, I identify with that,
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