When Jamie Lee Curtis rings you up with a suggestion to take an element she was presupposed to play, it may be regular to surprise if it was a crank name. However when Margo Martindale had this occur to her, she did her finest to listen to her out. Talking in a latest interview with the Los Angeles Instances, Martindale shared the story of how she got here to land the lead position of Ruth Landry in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming restricted crime comedy collection “The Sticky.”
“[Curtis] stated, ‘I used to be going to do that, however I can’t, and I believed the one person who jogs my memory of me is you,’” stated Martindale. “I wished to say, ‘In what world?’”
Regardless of not understanding Curtis personally, Martindale was prepared to provide her the advantage of the doubt and browse the script, however Curtis wasn’t eager to attend for a response.
“She stated, ‘No, I simply need you to say sure,’” Martindale stated. The beloved character actress nonetheless insisted on seeing the supplies for the present, however ended up being all for it. “I believed it was simply great. I actually did. As a result of it’s so wacky and enjoyable.”
Curtis nonetheless serves as govt producer on “The Sticky,” which relies on the true story of a maple syrup heist that happened in Canada, and performs a small, however key position as nicely. Having to observe one other actress carry out an element she was presupposed to tackle didn’t appear to be a problem for Curtis although, who cherished witnessing what Martindale delivered to the character.
“The reality is she’s method higher at Ruth than I’d’ve ever been,” stated Curtis to the LA Instances. “She has each the humor and the gravitas that you must be Ruth. The present has ‘Fargo’-like qualities, and on the identical time, it has actual depth, actual emotion, actual emotions.”
She added later, “Whenever you permit somebody to essentially shine, and actually take the sunshine, it’s stunning to observe. And it occurred right here. All of us simply sat again and watched Margo Martindale drive that pickup truck, dragging that tree, and it simply was unbelievable.”
“The Sticky” begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on December 6.