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Keri Russell Is Our Favorite American

Our love for Keri Russell goes way back to Felicity, but these days we’re even more smitten with the actress thanks to her role as undercover KGB spy Elizabeth Jennings in the FX period drama The Americans. The intelligent blend of intrigue, relationship drama, and, of course, ’80s spy disguises, is completely riveting, and it’s only getting better as this season’s provocative and compelling story lines have shown.

Between filming and press events for the show, Russell took time to chat with us and share some behind-the-scenes dish. From John Denver wigs and “kitten language” to the skin-saving products she relies on and her love of Taylor Swift, read on to get the scoop. Be warned: You’re going to love her even more than you already do — something we didn’t even think was possible.

Are we in for some cool disguise surprises during this new season of The Americans?
“Yes, more disguises are to come in the third season. More bad, asexual John Denver wigs on me and more Clark for Matthew Rhys. We do a punk couple this season — I particularly like that. We’ve named them Sid and Nancy. It’s always fun and bizarre and humiliating and helpful in the scenes.” Continue reading Keri Russell Is Our Favorite American

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‘The Americans’: It Takes a Village to Create Those Undercover Disguises

One of the most fun aspects of The Americans, which premiers its third season on FX this week, is the wide range of wigs, makeup, and wardrobe that goes into creating the disguises that stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys sport as undercover KGB agents Elizabeth and Philip Jennings. Three teams of talented artists work in tandem to create the looks that can, for example, have Elizabeth dressed dowdily as she pretends to be her husband’s sister so that he can marry another woman — it’s all in the spy game, people — or Philip don a scraggly wig and glasses to play “Clark,” the alter ego who married the naïve CIA employee Martha. Yahoo TV spent a day on the set of The Americans in New York recently to document one of the show’s signature transformations, as Russell and Rhys got their Sid and Nancy on. Check out the photos below:

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