SUNSHINE.
FEELS LIKE SPRING OUTSIDE.
>> Jason: OUR NEXT GUEST IS
KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN HBO'S
ROLE "TRUE BLOOD" AND RECOGNIZED
FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN "PIANO"
AND NOW IN A NEW SHOW CALLED
"BELLEVUE" TAKE A LOOK.
>> THE PAINT IS STILL FRESH.
BECKONING.
>> COULD BE THE PERSON WHO PUT
SAW SOMETHING.
HERE.
>> IT'S FROM THE NATIVITY SCENE.
>> TRENDS VERSUS RELIGION.
IS JESSE RELIGIOUS?
>> OR CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> Jason: WHO IS JESSE?
CAN YOU FIND HIM?
JOINING US IS ANNA PACQUIN AND
SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF
BELLEVUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Jason: I WAS PICKING UP A
CLARICE STARLING WITH OMINOUS
TONES.
TELL US WHAT ATTRACT YOU TO THE
PROJECT?
>> IT'S SET IN A SMALL TOWN.
MY CHARACTER AMY IS A RATHER
UNCONVENTIONAL POLICE DETECTIVE.
AND WE ARE SOLVING THE CASE OF A
MISSING TRANSGENDER TEENAGER
FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO ALSO
HAPPENS TO BE THE THE STAR OF A
LOCAL HOCKEY TEAM.
THE TEENAGER GOES MISSING ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF MY CHARACTER'S
FATHER'S DEATH 20 YEARS EARLIER.
HE WAS THE POLICE CHIEF AND
AFTER HE WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE
MURDER OF A YOUNG GIRL IN THE
COMMUNITY, HE ENDED UP BEING
DRIVEN CRAZY AND TAKING HIS OWN
LIFE.
IT WAS NEVER SOLVED.
AND THIS OMINOUS TIMING FOR
ANNIE AND SOME APPEARANCES FROM
HER PAST MAKES HER BELIEVE THERE
IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN JESSE
AND THE MISSING TEENAGER AND
BEING MURDERED TEENAGER FROM 20
YEARS AGO, SO WE'RE SOLVING
THESE TWO EQUALLY UPSETTING AND
CREEPY AND MYSTERIOUS CRIMES AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> Jason: AS AN EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER, HOW DO YOU MAKE A SHOW
STAND OUT IN WHAT IS AN
EVER-GROWING FIELD ACROSS
MULTIPLE PLATFORMS?
>> I THINK YOU START WITH GOOD
MATERIAL AND OUR WRITER, IS
INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBL SMART!
AND WRITTEN SOM TIGHTLY WOVEN
CHARACTERS AND PEOPLE WHO SHARE
YOUR VISION.
SO OUR MAIN DIRECTOR AND
CO-CREATOR AND ALSO EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER AND JANE AND I ALL
BEING ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS
WHAT KIND OF SHOW WE WANNA MAKE
AND THEN I THINK IT'S BRINGING
AS MUCH EQUAL PASSION TO THE
TABLE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AND
FINDING PEOPLE WHO REALLY,
REALLY WANNA TELL THAT STORY
WITH YOU.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOWS ON
SCREEN.
PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE
CREATIVE FIELD, IT MAKES FOR
MORE COMPELLING TELEVISION.
CREW.
EVERYONE WORKS SO HARD.
WE ALL SWEAT BLOOD AND TEARS FOR
IT, AND I THINK IT SHOWS.
>> Jason: YOU WON AN ACADEMY
AWARD AT AN EARLY AGE, A YOUNG
AGE, AND YOU'VE GROWN UP IN THE
BUSINESS AS IT WERE, AND WE GET
TO THIS MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THE
RULES ARE CHANGING AND WOMEN ARE
GOING TO THE FORE, THE EQUAL PAY
THING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT
PUTTING ASHLEY JUDD AND MIRA
SORVINO TOGETHER AND WATCH IT
COME ROLLING IN.
ARE THERE MORE FEMALE PROJECTS
IN THE OFFING?
>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO
SOON FOR THAT KIND OF
OBSERVATION TO BE MADE.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE BEING REALLY
AWARE IN A PUBLIC MEDIA WAY OF
TRENDS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY
BEEN, AND NOT JUST THE
ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS BUT ALL
BUSINESSES AND ALL COMMUNITIES,
BUT IT'S TOO SOON TO SEE REAL
CHANGE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
PASSION, A LOT OF INTENTION.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
GO INTO MEETINGS, IF YOU'RE THE
ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE
MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY
TO YOU.
BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO
SOON TO SEE REAL CONCRETE
EVIDENCE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A
TIDE OF CHANGE.