"If people aren't watching, then it doesn't matter."
Tatiana Maslany finally got on The Daily Show well after her success on Orphan Black. Maslany was promoting her current work in the Broadway play Network based on the 1976 film written by Paddy Chayefsky.
Maslany plays television executive Diana Christensen, the role Faye Dunaway had in the film. Bryan Cranston plays Howard Beale in the Broadway version.
Had a blast talking to the wonderful @Trevornoah about @DestroyerMovie & @NetworkBway. Check it out tonight 11pmET @TheDailyShow pic.twitter.com/U0IauDEd4y
— Tatiana Maslany (@tatianamaslany) December 11, 2018
"It's about fake news. It's about the way entertainment and news have become fused and the line is blurry and the people that we let go on television and speak and let their beliefs be what we then ingest."
Trevor Noah also referred back to her work and many accents on Orphan Black. Noah resorted to the stereotypical question about whether Maslany would be bored playing only one character.
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Maslany was on the program to promote her role in the Nicole Kidman film Destroyer. The film looks pretty intense. Maslany joked that she did a lot of drugs while filming Destroyer.
Noah pointed out that Maslany is drawn to characters that nobody would want to play and have to find the human side.
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At press time, there is no extended interview with Maslany. If that changes, this article will be updated. Last week, Noah had lost his voice so he had help from the correspondents. Noah had no trouble with his voice on Monday.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs on Comedy Central in the United States and the Comedy Network and CTV in Canada.
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