[Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “Poker Face” Season 2, Episode 1, “The Game Is a Foot.”]
Not like Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), who might be unbanked at the same time as she retains fixing crimes throughout America, “Poker Face” has numerous checks it must money every episode. Season 2 of the Peacock sequence kicks off with an enormous logistical problem of a single actor portraying a number of characters, as Cynthia Erivo steps into the function of all 4 Kazinsky sisters.
Charlie encounters these former baby actors now residing in varied states of desperation, from struggling Etsy artist/caregiver Amber to DJ Bebe to varsity professor Cece to orchard supervisor Delia — and a shock fifth sister, Felicity, residing off the grid as a profitable mixed-media artist. Effectively, residing within the current tense is probably being a bit presumptuous for Felicity, however which sister murdered whom and is now impersonating them is for Charlie to kind out.
What the filmmakers wanted to determine was easy methods to shoot Erivo on a quick turnaround. The episode was shot in 10 days in the course of the “Depraved” press tour. Collaborating on every of the siblings’ appears with costume designer Leah Katznelson, Erivo solely had just a few hours for fittings to create distinctive identities for every of the characters she performs. However the actor herself recommended one thing that will assist her focus throughout the numerous fast adjustments and compelled perspective photographs the episode demanded.
“Cynthia had a perfume that she wore for [the] characters,” Katznelson mentioned. “ Now the viewers gained’t ever scent that, however you’ll stroll into her room to get her dressed for the scene because the function, and also you have been immediately like, ‘OK, we’re on this world, we’re on this world, we’re on this world.’ That is how detail-oriented Cynthia is as an actor.”
The “Poker Face” group shared the fragrances that Erivo picked out for every sister with IndieWire, so in case you too aspire to run an apple orchard, there’s a scent that may assist you inhabit that house. Erivo selected Cognac 66 by Krigler for Delia due to its hints of cognac and whiskey. Delia is a recovering alcoholic, in spite of everything, and with the scent Erivo may carry that previous together with her in addition to a certain quantity of freshness that comes with engaged on an apple farm.
For Felicity, Erivo wore Dior Oud Ispahan from Privée Dior. The scent has an excellent deeper, woody scent, which strains up very properly with Felicity’s option to dwell out in rural Vermont. This finally ends up leaving her weak, after all, besides, Erivo selected a perfume for the actual Felicity earlier than one other sister begins impersonating her.
Then for comparative lit professor Cece, Erivo mixed hints of Delia and Felicity, sporting Cognac 66 and Dior Oud collectively. Erivo used the mix to really feel linked to a number of different siblings, even when she will solely be in a single place at a time. Likewise, for Amber, Erivo wore pure Rosewood Oud, lighter and floral however nonetheless an Oud and so nonetheless linked to the opposite sisters. For Bebe, Erivo went fragrance-free to align with the DJ’s extra hippie vibe.
“I couldn’t ask for a greater associate,” Katznelson mentioned of her collaboration with Erivo. “She’s inventive, open-minded, accessible, organized, every thing you need from an artist.”
“Poker Face” is streaming on Peacock.