There’s something therapeutic about being able to just scream at the top of your lungs.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Lisey’s Storyhas a lot going on and is quite intense.
JOAN ALLEN:Well, it is a wild ride.
How did you prepare to play someone in a near catatonic state?
Pablo was very helpful initially.
There was one in particular that I found that was very helpful.
It’s actually probably from like the ’60s or something.
That was really helpful to me.
So many of your early scenes in the series are non-verbal.
What would be going through your mind in those moments?
How would he describe things to you?
Some of it was very literal.
Did you find it difficult to jump in and out of character?
I was pretty good at jumping in and out.
And I was pretty good.
There was one scene, maybe it was the self-harm day, which was really intense.
And I just said, “I’m so exhausted tonight.”
I couldn’t help it.
Such a big and special part of this show is the relationship between the sisters.
Stephen King called you the “J sisters.”
How did you and Julianne and Jennifer cultivate that bond?
We felt it pretty quickly.
And I think we all just felt pretty comfortable and very admiring and respectful of each other.
So it was easy to do.
And Julianne is very warm and very conversant.
So we all clicked very well and felt very comfortable around each other.
What can fans expect from the remaining episodes?
There’s some interesting things at play there.
What did you take away from this particular experience?
I just took a great sense of joy.
[I got to] work on something like this with really incredibly talented people and a marvelous director.
It’s very exciting to work on something like that.
You come home feeling really happy and fortunate to work in this kind of a situation.
It’s very fulfilling.
Lisey’s Storystreams new episodes every Friday on Apple TV+.
