NOW: Christina has talked a lot about how finishing filming the final season of Dead to Me was challenging after her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021. We just love being on- and offscreen together. So once we understood that tone, which came pretty naturally to us, it all sort of just happened, and the writing is so good. We're laughing and we're crying, and Liz Feldman just goes, "That's the tone!" When you're starting a show, you're finding things along the way because from the page to the screen, there's a whole lot that happens. It got to such a strange place, where it was funny but also very tragic. I remember in the first season, we did this scene - I can't even remember what scene it was - but we were just laughing. So we had, not only the two of us, but also we had an amazing partner in Liz Feldman because she loves and cares, and the story is so personal to her. When we started in the first season, we were like, "What is, even, this tone?" Like, is it really out there? Is it really small? You're trying to find it. There's all these things that you have to consider. You don't know how people work - if they're loose, if they're very stringent. Then you never know what it's like to work with anybody the first time you go to work. We both are kind of no-BS people, you know? So that was really nice. Like you said, we did not know each other at all. What was it like during Season 1 finding the rhythm of Jen and Judy's friendship while also getting to know each other behind the scenes? THEN: Before you booked Dead to Me, you and Christina had never met before. She shared some of her favorite stories from working on Season 3 and reminisced about the show's beginnings, and we even found time to look back at some of her other iconic movie and TV roles. So to celebrate the final season of Dead to Me, Linda sat down with me to discuss bringing this chapter of her life to a close. Most recently, she's probably best known for playing Judy Hale in the hilarious Netflix series Dead to Me, a story she describes as being about "grief, loss, forgiveness, and friendship." The role earned her a much-deserved Emmy nomination and has cemented her and Christina Applegate as not only a powerhouse acting duo but also the definition of platonic soulmates. From Freaks and Geeks to Legally Blonde to ER to Scooby-Doo to Mad Men to Bloodline to the freakin' Marvel Cinematic Universe and more, Linda has made her mark in every genre and has created some of the most memorable characters around. If you do a quick look at her IMDb, her credits really speak for themselves. Linda Cardellini is an icon when it comes to movies and TV.
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