Connie Britton’s Tami Taylor has lengthy been thought-about top-of-the-line mothers on tv — and the actress hopes her newest position could have an analogous influence.
Throughout an interview with Us Weekly, the Friday Evening Lights alum, 57, dished on entering into the sneakers of Claire Hiller, a girl whose daughter Robyn (Freya Hannan-Mills) turns into possessed after surviving an accident, in her new movie Right here After.
“I used to be surprisingly moved by the script,” Britton advised Us. “Horror isn’t often my style, largely as a result of I’m a scaredy-cat, however as I used to be studying it, I used to be type of like, ‘What’s occurring right here?’”
“As we acquired deeper and deeper into the story, as a mom myself — [and] additionally simply as a girl and a human being — I discovered myself so deeply moved by her expertise,” Britton continued.
Connie Britton. Paramount Footage
Within the movie, Claire makes an attempt to save lots of her daughter from the darkish forces consuming her whereas being pressured to deal with her personal demons, together with a painful previous. “Lots of what we take care of in Right here After with Claire is guilt,” the actress mentioned. “It’s actually a narrative of what occurs once you expertise such deep ache and loss that [it] creates this guilt that impacts different individuals round you, and the way devastating guilt may be when left to regulate your life.”
Britton’s new position is in stark distinction to her beloved Friday Evening Lights character, who remains to be revered by loyal followers 13 years after the drama ended, because of her loving and selfless character. In reality, the White Lotus alum admitted, “They totally different, honey!”
“Tami had a extremely good deal with on guilt — she knew who she was, and he or she actually had a imaginative and prescient of who she needed to be on the earth,” Britton advised Us. Whereas the highschool steerage counselor was “such an vital a part of her neighborhood,” Claire “has a way more solitary life, notably once we meet her.”
One factor the ladies do share, nonetheless? Their compassion for others: “They each actually care about their kids and their neighborhood.”
Right here After, directed by Robert Salerno and written by Sarah Conradt, referred to as for a number of emotionally-charged moments, which weren’t precisely simple for Britton to movie. “I needed to be further protecting of myself as a result of we have been going to such darkish locations,” Britton mentioned. “I needed to be actually, actually conscientious [that] once I was leaving, I needed to depart it behind.”
Fortunately, she had a beautiful assist system in her hair and make-up staff, who helped Britton keep grounded all through the shoot: “On the finish of the day, there was form of a elimination of all these trappings of the character that, to me, felt crucial and ceremonial, as a result of it helped me understand, ‘OK, this isn’t occurring to me.’”
“Additionally, frankly, a few of that stuff was so intense that I used to be in a position to say, ‘That’s not my life, that’s not me,’” she shared. “I can step away now.”
The movie pushed Britton to her restrict in different methods, too. “Taking pictures in water was personally scary for me,” she advised Us of 1 nerve-wracking scene. “It was dealing with a few of my very own fears as effectively, which I all the time suppose is vital to do as an actor.”
“Typically that’s the rationale why I select an element,” the American Horror Story alum shared. “It’s like, ‘Oh, I wish to face this worry — I wish to be challenged on this manner.”
Finally, Britton — who additionally stars in Winner — hopes viewers can be “moved” by the occasions that unfold in Right here After. “I hope it [helps them] discover their very own experiences round guilt,” she added. “Perhaps they’ll then discover a little bit redemption in that, too.”
Right here After hits choose theaters and can be out there on digital Friday, September 13.
