hey I'm Natasha nenis and I play Carmela
carstein and I'm Elise bman and I play
Laura
Hollis how did we prepare for season 3
one thing we always do is we make sure
that we get together
before we shoot we always take some time
where we just kind of check in with each
other and see how we are before we even
start learning lines together just to to
reconnect yeah check in with each other
and I smell her hair
we light a bonfire there's a seance that
happens yeah uh we make shrines of each
other that just keep like a candle
burning throughout the entirety of
filming and dance naked in the rain yeah
um so that's that's pretty much how we
do that really easy only takes an hour
acting that's our answer my favorite
part about playing Laura is that I feel
like I'm constantly surprised by her and
learning from her every time I feel like
oh okay I think I've got her all figured
out then there's like a new challenge
and a new like level that I didn't see
before and I think it's also because
we've been filming it over two years and
I've grown and expanded so much in that
time that um little like Mysteries that
were are like are unlocked as as time
goes on and I kind of go like oh oh I
get it now I think one of the coolest
things is that there's there's always um
there's always more to learn from your
characters even after you're done
filming I think my favorite PR about
playing Carmela is the challenge of
playing someone who has lived for
centuries over 300 years yeah over 300
years um I think
just approaching scenes
differently because you have to think
well how would someone who's been around
for that long deal with this scene I
mean there's got to be a weight to it
and and I just I'm
so in love with Carmela I think the most
important lesson that Carmela learns
this season is
forgiveness I think that
she can be rather vindictive sometimes
um and very hot-tempered
sometimes um even though I mean
sometimes she seems very Blas but I
think there are times
when she sort of makes rash decisions
and I think the fact that she had to be
in close quarters with Laura who killed
her sister forced her to to find a way
to forgive her MH and It ultimately
serves her because they find this sort
of deeper respect and and love and
friendship for each other and I think
just learning how to let things go yeah
because really she hadn't let go of the
fact that her mother killed her first
love yeah for centuries but there was
something about Laura that was different
I think one of the biggest lessons that
Laura learns this year is that she
doesn't have all the answers and that
she can't do everything by herself some
of the most important beats for Laura
and Carmela's relationship I think um I
mean I love the Arc of their story this
season I was so happy how that came
together um one of my favorite moments
that we've seen on screen so far is
after they kiss for the first time it's
all very like heated and passionate and
they're like their hormones are like
going crazy but then they have this
moment where after the passion sort of
subsides they just look at each other I
wanted to say like oh hey or something
like that and I didn't I wish I would
have that moment it was just like oh
right like that's what this is all about
like that's like what this relationship
is like that's what that love is and I
think there was that moment of like them
like sort of like coming home to each
other but like there like Beau there's
like such a connection in that moment
that they like I think from then on they
they know that they can't go back and
they have to like fight for it but they
deny it for a while oh they oh yeah like
I think I think those moments where
you're like so Crystal Clear about
something in Life or when you go to the
most denial like anytime like in my life
I'm like oh that's real then I'm like
nope nope nope nope nope nope you know
yeah yeah that's true I think and also
one of my favorite moments is when
Carmela has her speech about how how
flawed Laura is but how it's there's
such beauty in that and
how she really accepts her for all of
her mistakes and all of her flaws and
when she says that out loud for the
first time totally yeah I really liked
that moment yeah I think it's really
cool yeah there's some good good
Dynamics there are lots of good beats
yeah yay guys thank you so much for
watching this interview with us it's
been a blast yeah and you can catch the
third drop this Thursday can't believe
it's
ending deep breaths we're going to be
okay we're going to make it okay we're
going to do it
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