Exclusive: Judith Light open up about the Transparent finale and ThePolitician premiere — talk about a big day!
Shelly Pfefferman, the underappreciated Jewish mother“This was an evolution of that,” Light says of the finale, which sees Shelly directing a local musical production about her family -- a truly cathartic experience for her -- with one number, “Your Boundary Is My Trigger,” that sees the mother chastising her kids over their withholding nature. She finally comes out of her shell, “which subsequently creates her transformation,” Light adds. earlier this year, Light said, “I love this character.
But Light’s most unexpected turn yet comes as a longtime incumbent New York politician in Murphy’s first Netflix original series,finale. Without giving too much away, Dede Standish acts the part of the perfect congresswoman but hides a deliciously, scandalous secret that plays out beneath the sheets in her brief appearance in the finale of. “When I found out what it was going to be, I was like, ‘This is why Ryan is a genius,’” Light teases.
The episode, which also features Bette Midler as Standish’s chief of staff, Hadassah Gold, sets her up as a new rival to Ben Platt’s, in season two, which begins filming in October. “A fun character to play,” Light shares, adding that “having scenes with Bette is just a dream. She’s amazing. Leave it to Ryan to come up with that.”
“Having that character and Shelly come out on the same day is surprisingly different and wonderfully interesting,” Light says, crediting Soloway and Murphy for the unexpected and newfound attention paid to her career over the past few years. “When there are opportunities like this, there are people out there that begin to relate to me in a new way.”
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