![]() That's what I try to do in my life, which is why I relate to Liza so much. ![]() Once she was herself, which was actually a lot more freewheeling, guttural, and reactionary, she became her own thing. Liza knew she wasn't going to get anywhere just being Judy Garland's daughter she had to do something different. The only way that that happens is if you stick to what you know makes you unique in your craft, you become the best version of yourself. You might not always be right for the part, but when you are, you are the only one. There's one role, and there are a thousand people and the math doesn't work in your favor sometimes. I wanted to be an actor from the time I could understand that it was a career, and it's a delicate balance between growing and not limiting yourself but also knowing your limits. How do you think that influenced your development as an artist? Actresses often get categorized at the beginning of their careers based on their looks and singing voice. I've always been interested in how being labeled as Judy Garland's daughter affected Liza as she discovered who she was as an artist and human being. When you've done all this research, you can immediately think about what she would look like at a given time, who she would be married to if she was in rehab, so I had a shorthand and facility with the different versions of her. Each episode is a different decade essentially, and we shot them out of order, so there were lots of changes with each character. Once those questions were answered, it became more of a well-oiled machine. Initially, it was a lot of thinking if something worked or how far we could go. ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA/NETFLIX Was it more challenging to change aspects of your performance as filming progressed? Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli and Ewan McGregor as Halston. Then I had to figure out how she would be in her most intimate moments, which we will never see. We were doing a show that's about Halston, and so any way you slice it, it's going to be Halston's version of his relationship with Liza. I watched Liza's performances and movies, but I found the most wealth of information in her interviews and what people said about her. The work now becomes diving into the things you don't know and imagining them in scenarios you haven't seen them in. You know who their parents are and what they looked like when they were born. ![]() What's great about playing a real person is that a lot of that work is done for you. The exercises that I've done in the past are to dream about that person as an actual human and journal like they would and know all the details about them and their parents, where they grew up, and their economic background. You always want to treat any character as a real person. When you're playing a real person, let alone someone as illustrious as Liza Minnelli, does your acting process change? She has a long history on Broadway in shows like Spring Awakening, The Addams Family, and A Chorus Line, and outside New York City's Theater District, she's perhaps best known for her work in Trial & Error and Quantico.Īhead of the series premiere, Rodriguez spoke about her approach to playing Liza, what embodying the legend has taught her, and the clothing that empowers her. Similarly, Rodriguez is also a star you can't overlook. ![]() Minnelli started her acting career alongside her mother, Judy Garland became one of the youngest Tony winners in the Best Actress in a Musical category and cemented her status as one of the most prolific inter-medium performers of her time with her Oscar-winning performance in Cabaret. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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