Michelle Randolph Defends Landman's Character 'An Interesting Conversation'

Michelle Randolph He knows Landman Viewers are baffled by her character Ainsley's behavior – but she has no regrets about the way she chose to play her role.

“It's hard not to be aware of it,” Randolph, 27, said. Hollywood Reporter On Sunday, December 22nd. But I broke up and the thing is, I got the script. I read it. I had my moments and my thoughts.”

However, Randolph does not disagree that Ainsley's actions can be confusing. “Some of the things Ainsley said were shocking, and there were moments where I thought, 'I don't know how I'm going to do this,'” she admitted. “I want to find the most human version of this character that I can, and I'm working hard to achieve that.”

Despite the online backlash, Randolph noted that she sticks by what's on the page.

“My job was done when I finished my last day on set, and then I let him go. I continued with the show. “I can't tell people how to interpret my character, but it at least sparks conversation. And I'm really proud of the show we put on.

in Landmanany It premiered on Paramount+ In november, Billy Bob Thornton He plays the role of an oil giant's reformer (Jon Hamm). Set in West Texas, the drama holds life-and-death stakes, but Thornton's scenes with Randolph, who plays his 17-year-old daughter, went viral for moments like her talking to her father about her sexual rules while walking around his house. The house – which he shared with two men the same age – in her bikini and underwear.

“I worked with a dialect coach, a movement coach, an acting coach, and I studied like crazy. “I had about a year to prepare for it,” Randolph told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday of her approach to Ainsley. “It was very helpful to sit down with that character.” . She worked hard to find ways to justify her behavior and fully humanize something that doesn't always sound like what a 17-year-old would say, but there are people like that.

First appearance in Taylor Sheridan's 1923 seriesRandolph said Landman “Required 10 times more” for her.

“I wanted to be very careful about the way Ainsley comes across. There's a lot I can control, but you can also control a lot as an actress.” And just being around Ali (Larter) and Billy (Bob Thornton) and Jacob (Loveland) and being in Texas helped Really creating this whole person that Ainsley is. She has this free essence about her and she's wild, and I loved every second of it.

Randolph He urged viewers to give Ainsley has room to grow, saying: “She's 17 and she's growing. I think she understands it more than the audience sees it. There are moments when she realizes she can be unmanipulative, but she knows how to play her father, as well as her mother. She knows “How to get what you want. She loves her family.”

She concluded: “She discovers her identity, meets different peers, and goes to school. She's not just a naughty little daughter. She is a person. We can see 5 percent of Ainsley's identity. Hopefully as the show goes on we get to see all that she is.

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