how are you I can't complain actually I
can my son is dead but Celeste tells me
that you continue to be so helpful with
her and the boys and she should just get
a proper housekeeper you're very short
yeah excuse me I don't mean it in a
negative way oh maybe I do I find little
people to be untrustworthy you like coz
Rhys to us in our generation like when I
watch you on screen all the movies we
just say you are as good as it gets like
you're as good as it gets for us right
like oh my god Rhys women best best ever
and then there you already look at Meryl
Streep and there's something about the
way that she acts what is it like in
that moment with her for the best to
just be with like the end off so
intimidated I I had to my very first day
first scene was with her and it was a
very confrontational scene and I
couldn't get the words out I was
stuttering and I had to go behind a
curtain to go okay she's just a human
she she has the same kind of blood she
breeds the same air it's all okay
and I went out and if she would have to
scream at Meryl Streep I'm trying to get
some juice out of this because
Samman you were watching or at least I
tweeted you and him you paid attention
yes Savannah and I love this show so
much can you tell us any secrets from
this season um what can I tell you
well something happens with the end all
the content now because you have an
all-star cast let's just start with that
for people season 2 is just like you
something Meryl there but run through
just a little bit of laundry list of
who's in this thing because it's a who's
it yeah nicole kidman laura dern zoe
kravitz shailene woodley myself
Adam Scott Catherine Newton and now we
added Meryl I mean that's a Hall of Fame
I know crew of women is so incredible
and you and and Nicole really have the
credit for bringing everybody together
what's it like when you stop rolling or
y'all like are y'all best pals the way
we expect you to be well we got to shoot
in gorgeous Monterey California which
looks exactly like
it's so beautiful and we would go out to
dinner every night and just share
stories and talk about you know our
careers and so much of our careers we've
worked by ourselves as women you're
usually the only woman on a set or the
only woman there's usually one woman on
a caruso having five women all having
scenes together and sharing our lives
was really a unique experience
what does Merrill's character come into
for season two what just what who does
she play
she plays Alexander Skarsgard mother
okay so something happens to him at the
end of season one and she wants to know
who did it
is there a little bit of evil in her you
know I mean a real life in real life and
she's so lovely he's so lovely I would
say she's curious and determined to find
out the truth okay so you recently said
and I love this I don't know where it
was but you said that you are happier
being 43 than 25 we were talking about
those I've known Rhys your entire life
it's no I'm Carson for some time we were
just reminiscing and you were is nice
then as you are now
and you look better now than you did
that amazing time when was there a
moment when you started appreciating
getting older you just feel like the
transition is I just feel so much more
centered I feel so much less worried I
was worried all the time I was so
concerned am i a good actor do people
take me seriously am i funny am I not
funny and now I'm just calm you know
there's some security even comes from
being a parent and going okay the
world's not gonna end right the most
important thing is my kids are safe and
happy and healthy and everything else is
just icing you know we have young kids
minor four six my girls are four and six
my son is 10 you are from 6 to 19 Ava
yeah I have a kid in college it in high
school and a kid in kindergarten
I mean how we have little girls and
we're like what happens oh it's a loner
oh my I definitely cried when she went
to college although I saw her with you
at the big little lies premiere so it's
not like she doesn't come back around
yeah she finished her first year of
school so now I'm dragging her all
around and we're having a good time
Simon
but it's great and your relationship
with your adult children is very
different than with your little kids and
it
fun it's really fun welcome back we are
here with oscar-winning actress and
producer Reese Witherspoon the stars of
course in season two of HBO's big little
eyes yes and the new season the moms of
Monterrey are dealing with the fallout
from a life altering event as they're
seemingly perfect lives unravel we got
to see some of this I have gotten to see
some of it it is binge worthy yeah okay
talk about what it's like when you're
with like these women are incredible and
it seems like with hello sunshine you're
taking all these female-driven projects
and it's important it's so great you
know and to be able to take a book and
read it and just love this authors work
and then be able to turn it into a
television show and I found so much
partnership with other actresses and
it's incredible that we've getting a
voice we're getting a seat at the table
the ability to really help navigate
materials to the screen and it's been a
really great experience for me how do
you prioritize everything is any of the
props are coming in clothing line mom
producer like how do you sort of look at
your year in the calendar like what are
the most important things now to you
well my you know my first love is acting
so I started everything just as a means
to get more great female roles on the
screen so really I'm just I'm about to
start a show with Kerry Washington I'm
really excited about that and just
finished women Jennifer Aniston but one
on a morning show nice
they were here scouting it's not based
on a The Morning News I play a
journalist from West Virginia who ends
up on error probably all I can say is it
based off of real people um sort of
loosely do you go do you need any
inspiration from the two of us no no no
absolutely I could follow you around
back to the wits you really do do
women's roles in you know more much in
Game of Thrones like catching up now
yeah I'm so amazed by the diversity of
roles in the in that particular series
but in just the last 20 years since I've
known you from going out from like Cruel
Intentions or 99 to now how have you
seen sort of the opportunities for women
in Hollywood evolve well is there enough
interesting seven years ago I was like
the parts work
terrible and it kind of came during the
you know there was a kind of a a moment
around 2008 where we had a writer's
strike and there's just became a lot
less material and so that's when I
started to go okay I'm just gonna buy
some books and turn them into movies and
I the first two I did were wild and gone
girl yeah and I just seemed like a
successful formula these writers spend
so much time thinking about the plot and
the characters so that it kind of
naturally transitions to the special
very not have to wait for somebody else
like a man to do that you just took them
you did it
well yeah you can't wait around for the
foundering you know and nobody believes
in your dreams more than you believe in
your your own dreams so we wake up every
day and I just feel so driven to get
these stories to the screen so I love it
I love my job
can we talk about Legally Blonde three
please oh yeah I mean we're in the talks
about you know it takes a long time to
be very funny to call nothing we have to
get animated let's get this thing done
baby no it's not animated it's not
animated we just want to get it right
because she's so beloved Elwood's so we
want to make sure it's really satisfying
and hits all the right feeds it feels
big enough and check those boxes it's a
possibility yeah for sure we're working
on it I had a meeting about it net
laughing that means it's happening I
think right does it problem I never know
if it's happening until I'm standing on
set and that's when I'll say yeah I'll
call you first Jenna okay you will I'll
tweet you will you come in here I know
that we communicate really amazing thing
to you that I mean I think two is coming
out in 2021 I just reported on that we
have to wait till 2008 we have nothing
to do in your daily life Reese but I'm
sure you'll find some projects here
shortly you have to come back and visit
us we love having you here so excited
you're here can I tell you
congratulations I jumped for joy when
you you just started here and I'm just
so glad I gave you an Ellen got in a
fight over Jennifer Aniston yeah but do
you know that Savannah and I do that
over you really the thing is Savannah
doesn't know you like I know you well
that's okay
I mean and she's not here to defend our
friendship she's not here if she really
cared she'd be here right girl we've
been like in Waco together we've been in
Dallas together wipin and Nashville we
got all southern places have a chance
your mama your grandma did the road we
did the Romans they all have the rollers
my god
Savannah I'm sorry sorry Savannah you
heard it here and person you too season
two premiere big little eyes the airs we
just heard a lot of big little lies at
the neck Sunday June 9th on HBO thank
you so much wait
you