Kathryn Hahn (Brief Breasts), 31-year old actress-stage artist Katie Kershaw [1][2][3][4] Nude Debut (Brief Breasts), Jen Richards, Casey Wilson, Jasmine Cephas Jones & Katie Do in Mrs. Fletcher [S1E7]
Kershaw was living in Chicago when she got the call regarding “Mrs. Fletcher” auditions from her agent: How do you feel about nudity and simulated sex?
Kershaw laughed.
“There is no way HBO will want to see me nude having simulated sex,” she said.
Turns out, they did.
A couple of months after her initial audition, Kershaw was asked to send in another tape. She taped on a Monday, flew out to read with Kathryn Hahn that Wednesday and was offered the role on Friday.
Including the nudity and sex, Kershaw was nervous for another reason: all of her experience was on stage. She had never been in a television show before.
“It was a leap that I was so excited to take but also terrified,” she said.
Instead of feeding off the energy of a live audience, Kershaw said she found joy in the intimacy of performing with a scene partner. She said she found TV acting odd, but not in a bad way.
“When you’re on camera, that energy isn’t there,” she said. “It’s a different energy. I have to find this within myself.”
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