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Six actresses at the absolute top of their game — Parker Posey (The White Lotus) and Keri Russell (The Diplomat) among them — aimed to diagnose the issue over the course of an hour during a raucous conversation that dug into everything from their most formative audition experiences to the humor and humiliation of filming a sex scene … only for it to land on the cutting-room floor.

The complete interview can be read over at The Hollywood Reporter.

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From creator, showrunner, and executive producer Debora Cahn, The Diplomat is a high-stakes, contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between countries and people. It centers on Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home … less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another. Kate will have to defuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London, and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell).

In Season 3, Ambassador Kate Wyler lives the particular nightmare that is getting what you want. She just accused Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) of hatching a terrorist plot and admitted she’s after the VP’s job. But now the President is dead, Kate’s husband Hal may have inadvertently killed him, and Grace Penn is the leader of the free world. None of this slows Hal’s campaign to land Kate the vice presidency. Kate steps into a role she never wanted, with a freedom she never expected, an increasingly complicated friendship with Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and an unnerving bond with First Gentleman Todd Penn (Bradley Whitford).

The Diplomat has been nominated for multiple awards, including the Golden Globe, Emmy, SAG, PGA, WGA, and Critics’ Choice. The streamer touts that the series’ first season “became Netflix’s #1 most-viewed title during its first two weeks alone, reached the Top 10 in 87 countries, and garnered 173.46M hours viewed in the four weeks following its premiere.” Additionally, Season 2 of The Diplomat “spent 4 weeks in the Global Top 10, reaching the Top 10 in 70 countries,” the company said.

Source: https://deadline.com/