♪♪ >>> HOLLAND TAYLOR HAS APPEARED
IN MORE THAN 100 TV SHOWS AND MOVIES OVER HER FIVE-DECADE
CAREER, INCLUDING HER AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE IN
"THE PRACTICE." OR WHEN SHE PLAYED REESE
WITHERSPOON'S PROFESSOR IN "LEGALLY BLONDE."
AND THE BRUTALLY HONEST MOM IN "TWO AND A HALF MEN."
>> AND NOW, STARRING IN THE "DARK TOWER" SERIES.
MR. MERCEDES, IS BASED ON THE STEPHEN KING NOVEL.
>> HOLLAND PLAYS THE NEIGHBOR, WHOSE LIFE HAS GONE TO SHAMBLES
AFTER UNABLE TO SOLVE A MURDER IN HIS OWN CITY.
I READ THE TRILOGY OF BOOKS. THEY ARE SPECTACULAR.
YOU ARE SO TERRIFIC. YOU ARE A MUCH-NEEDED LIGHTNESS
IN A VERY DARK SERIES. WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO IT?
>> I ATTRIBUTED THAT TO DAVID KELLY'S DECISION.
HE FELT, WHEN IT GOES FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE TO THE SCREEN,
THE WORLD WOULD NO LONGER IMAGINE BY THE READER, WOULD BE
SO DARK, IT NEEDED A CHARACTER WHO WAS REAL AND HUMAN AND LIGHT
AND FUN. HE PUT THIS CHARACTER IN.
>> IT'S NOT IN THE NAVL. >> NOT IN THE NOFL.
>> YOUR CHARACTER COMES AT THE RIGHT TIME.
KYLE IS RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF SCARY.
>> IT IS SCARY. >> AND THEN, YOU CAN'T STOP
LAUGHING. >> MY CHARACTER HAS THE LIGHT
THINGS TO DO BUT NOBODY ELSE DOES.
IT'S A DARK, SCARY SHOW. I'M SCARED BY THESE THINGS.
>> IS THAT RIGHT? >> SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT.
THINK THEY'RE REHEARING FOR SOME TERROR TO COME, LIKE ANY
MINUTE. >> YOU'VE SEEN OUR SHOW.
>> I'VE SEEN THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
>> THAT'S A DIFFERENT SCARY. SOMETIMES THE SHOWS TAKE FOREVER
TO GET WARMED UP. IN THE FIRST SCENE OF THE FIRST
EPISODE, WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. >> WOULD YOU BE FRIGHTENED BY IT
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE CHARACTERS?
IT'S THE CHARACTERS WHO DRAW YOU IN.
>> 100%. >> RIGHT AWAY, YOU GET
INTRODUCED TO TWO CHARACTERS YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN.
BUT YOU'RE SO INTERESTED IN THEM AND CAPTURED BY THEM, WHEN
SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.
>> ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER, HER BRUTAL HONESTY
AND BRASHNESS. SHE'S IN YOUR FACE.
DID YOU HAVE TO CHANNEL THAT? >> ACTUALLY, IT'S VERY -- IT'S
VERY SIMILAR TO A CHARACTER I PLAYED FOR DAVID KELLEY BEFORE,
PROBABLY WHY HE PICKED ME FOR THIS AND GRATEFUL HE PICKED ME
FOR ANYTHING. A JUDGE THAT WAS A VERY FRANK
AND SORT OF SEXUALLY ACTIVE LADY IN HER MIDDLE YEARS.
AND I'M WELL BEYOND THAT NOW. BUT THIS WOMAN IS STILL MAKE
PASSES AT PEOPLE. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
WATCH. I WATCH AND HEAR HEAR.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID KELLEY FOR KEEPING ME ALIVE IN THAT WORLD.
>> YOU HAD SUCH A LONG, SUCCESSFUL CAREER.
WE WERE NAMING YOUR PROJECTS. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HAVEN'T
DONE THAT YOU WANTED TO DO? >> WHAT'S NEXT?
PRO WRESTLING? YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
>> A DEATH SCENE. >> REALLY?
>> IT JUST CAME TO ME. >> YOU NEVER HAD ONE.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU THINK UNTIL YOU HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
A DEATH SCENE. >> I'M SPEECHLESS.
>> MR. KELLEY? >> IF ANYBODY GETS CLOSE TO THE
LEAD CHARACTER, THEY ARE IN A JEOPARDY.
STEPHEN KING PIECE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
"THE SHINING," "THE STAND." IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOUR
PARTNER, SARAH PAULSON, I THINK IS THE QUEEN OF HORROR RIGHT
NOW. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT.
>> WHAT'S IT LIKE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU WITH THIS?
>> I FIND HER REMARKABLE BECAUSE SHE'S IN A HORROR SERIES THAT
HAS A DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR. SHE PLAYS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD EVERY YEAR.
BUT THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, SHE WAS RUNNING, SCREAMING, BEING
CHASED. HER LIFE THREATENED EVERY
EPISODE. >> YOU BOTH THRIVE.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ACTIVE IN THIS GENRE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE. "MR. MERCEDES"