My worst moment: Hope Davis and the enormous sweaty balls of sweater fuzz stuck to her underarms during an audition
There’s something Shakespearean about the character Hope Davis plays on the Showtime drama “Your Honor.” As the wife of a crime boss, “she’s a Lady Macbeth and she’s very frustrated with how her husband is executing things, so she gets her hands dirty,” said Davis. “It’s really delicious to play a character who just doesn’t have a lot of love in her heart. She’s an interesting one.”
Davis stars opposite Michael Stuhlbarg, who she has known for years. “When you play a spouse of someone, you have to go through all sorts of things together, and it’s amazing to be with someone who I feel so safe and comfortable with. But also, truly, I find Michael’s talent really inspiring. He’s just all in. So I feel very lucky to be partnered with him.”
Davis’ resume spans everything from Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” to the Shonda Rhimes legal drama “For the People” to HBO’s “In Treatment” and “Succession,” plus films including “About Schmidt” and “American Splendor.”
She’s also a veteran theater actor.
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