I have added screencaptures from Keri’s apperance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from yesterday.
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– Talkshows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Stills – March 7 2014
– Talkshows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – March 7 2014
The FX period drama The Americans is back for Season 2, as it follows the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C., shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), whose 14-year-old daughter Paige (Holly Taylor) and 11-year-old son Henry (Keidrich Sellati) know nothing about their parents’ true identity, is becoming more genuine, as the escalation of the Cold War makes everything more dangerous.
During this exclusive interview with Collider, actress Keri Russell talked about the endless complications for characters living in a spy world, how Season 2 gets more layered and rich, that Elizabeth is really knocked off of her center after the events of last season, where things are at now between Elizabeth and Phillip, how much she enjoys the bad-ass fight scenes, how happy she was to get Margo Martindale back for a bit of this season, and why she loves working with director Thomas Schlamme. She also talked about her experience making Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and how she owes her casting in the film to director Matt Reeves, who created the TV series Felicity with J.J. Abrams. Check out what she had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers. Continue reading Keri Russell Talks THE AMERICANS Season 2 and More
I have added HD screencaptures from last night episode.
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– Screen Captures 2×02 – Cardinal
Question: I’ll take an Americans scoop, please! —Jordan
Ausiello: Boardwalk Empire‘s Wrenn Schmidt debuts in this season’s fifth episode as Phillip and Elizabeth’s new handler Kate — and Claudia she’s not. “We spent a lot of time talking about who the new handler should be,” shares exec producer Joel Fields. “And we thought, ‘Well, if we’re running the center, and it didn’t work out with Claudia, who would we send? Let’s find Claudia’s polar opposite. Let’s send somebody who is going to keep Phillip and Elizabeth happy and encourage them to do their job well.” Adds fellow EP Joe Weisberg: “There’s no reason a handler has to be dishonest or particularly manipulative. There’s no reason not to try to be fundamentally open.”
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Keri will be on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on this friday March 7. Don’t forget to watch it.
Keri Russell still has great hair, but playing the deadly Soviet spy Elizabeth Jennings on “The Americans,” she has come a long way from the shy college coed she played on “Felicity” 15 years ago. But unlike either of the tightly wound characters on “The Americans” (FX), Russell is relaxed and personable.
Still, the actress, 37, does have one thing in common with Elizabeth — being the mother of two kids. Russell’s are 6 and 2 years old; Elizabeth’s are 14-year-old Paige (Holly Taylor) and 11-year-old Henry (Keidrich Sellati).
“What’s fun about the show is that Elizabeth goes on all these spy missions, and then she’s in the car flipping out like a normal mom about something that her 14-year-old girl is doing,” Russell says.
This strange dynamic has made “The Americans” a hit among fans and a critical success. The show has received two Emmy nominations and was named best new program by the Television Critics Association.
When the series launched its second season Feb. 26, the storyline had reached the year 1981, and Elizabeth and her husband, Philip (Matthew Rhys) — KGB sleeper agents for 15 years who pose as travel agents in the Washington, D.C., area — have barely escaped being caught in an FBI trap. Now the couple is once again juggling parental duties with espionage — involving assassinations, sex and disguises. Continue reading Keri Russell on fame, kids and series TV
