Maya Erskine talks "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" secrets and Viet Thanh Nguyen on adapting "The Sympathizer"

5/30/2024

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In the Emmy-season premiere of The Envelope video podcast, we sit down with Maya Erskine, star of Amazon Prime Video's acclaimed reimagination of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," and Viet Thanh Nguyen and Don McKellar, who brought Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer" to life on HBO.

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Maya Erskine talks "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" secrets and Viet Thanh Nguyen on adapting "The Sympathizer"

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How theater and fashion brought 'Sing Sing's' Colman Domingo out of his shell

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RaMell Ross on 'Nickel Boys'; Arianne Phillips talks dressing Chalamet as Dylan

Pamela Anderson on tackling 'The Last Showgirl'; John Magaro delves into process of 'September 5'

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Ryan Destiny on 'Fire Inside'; Sean Baker and Mikey Madison break down 'Anora' ending

Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome on 'Unstoppable,' Mohammad Rasoulof on 'Sacred Fig'

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