AS SEEN ON TV
TAKING A BREAK AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURSE OF RIPPING A DERELICT BATES-HENDRICKS HOUSE APART, GOOD BONES STAR MINA HAWK SHARES SOME GREAT NEWS WITH A FEW OF HER CASTMATES SEASON 7 IA HAPPENING,. IT'S OFFICIAL. SITTING ON A TAILGATE IN RIPPED BLACK JEANS AND WORKBOOTS, SHE HOLDS UP HER PHONE AND WIGGLES THE EMAIL AT THEM.
The guys make some sounds of mild enthusiasm. It’s merely a formality—they expected it. They just happened to learn about the extension of their TV careers in the unceremonial sett ing of a sidewalk, milling around a folding table and an Igloo cooler of water bottles. This is the extent of amenities on the Good Bones set. This and the porta pott y—now that gets Mina excited.
“It took us six seasons to get one,” she says, referring to the john that comes attached to a dumpster. “We would just pee on the side of the house. One time I pooped in a bag in the basement. There was a pandemic, I couldn’t go to the gas station.”
Speaking of, the 36-year-old confesses that she once pooped her pants in Castleton Square Mall. Anyone who has had their gallbladder out, as Mina had recently, might understand. They might not ever tell anyone, but that’s Mina. She doesn’t reveal these things for shock value or to grab attention. She’s just not self-conscious, and she has some compulsion to share for the greater good. “That’s what’s great about working with both of them,” says longtime showrunner and executive producer Adam Bradley, referring also to Mina’s mother and co-star,
