Lena Hall has nothing but great things to say about her Your Friends & Neighbors costar, Jon Hamm.
“He is such a good actor,” Hall, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly. “This just showcases him as this really, really exceptional actor. He is really good at comedy and drama, and this is kind of both.”
Your Friends & Neighbors, debuting on Apple TV+ on April 11, follows a disgraced, recently fired hedge fund manager Andrew Cooper (Hamm) as he resorts to stealing from his affluent neighbors. In addition to Hamm and Hall, who plays Hamm’s sister, Allison “Ali” Cooper, the series stars Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Mark Tallman, Donovan Colan, Hoon Lee and Aimee Carrero.
“I love this project because it gives me vibes of Breaking Bad,” Hall explained. “It has this moral conundrum that happens when, you know, you lose your life. When everything just suddenly is lost in the blink of an eye, what do you do to get back to where you were? And then it’s the moral thing of, like, do you want to go back to where you were? Are you willing to do things you wouldn’t normally do to maintain that life? Or are you going to become a whole different person?”
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Hall told Us that when she got the call about the project her role as Hamm’s sister was already written and it was “already me.”
“[It was] kind of tailored to me,” she said of her character, adding that everyone on set was “super professional,” especially Hamm, who also serves as the series executive producer.
“He’s our lead,” she explained. “Not only is he the face of the show, but he’s also an executive producer so there’s a lot going on there and he is just fantastic. I absolutely adored Jon.”
Playing the lead’s little sister came “really naturally” to Hall, who explained that as her pseudo big brother Hamm was “very protective.”
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“It’s that dynamic that was fun for me to get into with him,” she explained to Us. “He’s such a great improviser so he would go off and then I would just take the reins and go off with him. It was just, like, a fun thing to do with him — to be his little sister. It’s a different dynamic than being someone’s love interest.”
In the show, Hamm’s character is “extremely protective of his little sister,” Hall continued, adding that her character has “many, many flaws” but also has a “big heart.”
“I think [their relationship] gives Jon’s character [a chance] to show the audience his true heart,” she said. “All the family stuff, it really shows that his character is coming from a place of extreme love and dedication to his family. And his sister really reflects that, a lot, in the storyline.”
Your Friends & Neighbors is available on Apple TV+ on April 11.
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