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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care about either of these people, other than the fun gossip-y stuff. Love that Aniston made a point of liking the baby post, very smart. Did any of their mutual friends like it or comment? That to me would be telling. The Will Arnetts, Kate Hudsons, Kimmels etc. I saw mostly her co-stars commenting. She seems to be well-liked by her castmates.[/quote]

Did Carrie Coon like it? Co-starred with Justin in Leftovers and now Nicole is on Gilded Age.

Though Carrie doesn't seem to be very active on Instagram -- looks like someone on her staff runs it.[/quote]

My impression is that Carrie and Justin were colleagues not friends. She habitually referred to him as her "scene partner." Look, we all know Justin paid little attention to women close to his own age. Even during the Leftovers he was photographed hanging out with the younger girls. Hopefully nothing untoward there, but his recent partners seem to have overlooked some glaring red flags. The one exception I can think of is Ann Dowd; they seemed to have a genuine rapport. Doubt she's the social media type.

I also get the general impression that Carrie is very professional, leaves work and focuses on her family life. A good bit older than Nicole, no reason to think they'd have much in common. Nicole is very close to Meryl Streep's daughter on the Gilded Age though. Also, Nicole had a very small role.[/quote]

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/theater/carrie-coon-takes-justin-theroux-inside-the-years-most-anxiety-inducing-play

Justin just interviewed Carrie about her current play on Broadway. They are obviously not close friends but lots of mutual respect for one another's work. They talk about Nicole (who Carrie calls very talented), mention Ann Dowd as a great mutual friend, discuss being an actor with young kids (Carrie talks about how hard it is to do theater with kids and the schedule does sound awful), whether Justin will ever do theater again (it's been a long time but he'd do a short run if asked), and then lots of shop talk about Carrie's play and acting and working with her husband (Tracy Letts, actor/playwright who wrote her current play back when they were both with Steppenwolf in Chicago).

He doesn't come off as a red flag. The both seem charming. [/quote]

No one said he can't be charming. The opposite in fact.

Carrie Coon is a major talent, kind of bummed she's stuck in GA tbh. A limited, mediocre role compared to many of her others. Hope the series ends soon. Normally she's so discerning, not sure why she accepted the part. Glad she's able to do some theater in the meantime. [/quote]

I think she likes doing TV. And she's always doing theater. Even though Gilded Age is kind of hammy, I think Coon is really enjoying the role and likes getting to work with Morgan Spector, who I think has a similar ethos to Coon. The show is also loaded with other great actors, like Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and Donna Murphy. It's probably a great paycheck for a job she only has to do like two months at a time with big gaps in between, and that films in NY so she can go home to her actual house every night instead of filming on location somewhere. And then she can do theater or other projects in between as she wants. That's a really good gig for her. Plus high profile as one of HBO's Sunday night featured shows, so positive for her career.

I bet Justin Theroux would love a similar gig, actually. The TV he's done recently has all been these sort of niche streamer shows with much more limited audiences. Probably decent pay but nowhere near the level of exposure of what Coon has gotten with GA and White Lotus in the last few years.[/quote]

Good point about Coon and Gilded Age. But for some reason I thought she lives in the midwest, not NY?

Anyway, I wonder if she uses the big HBO money to invest in her husband's shows, too. Theater is a very tough business these days.[/quote]

No, I doubt they are funding Tracy's work with her HBO money.

Tracy Letts is a lauded playwright and actor. He's won three Pulitzers for his plays. His three most famous plays (August: Osage County, Killer Joe, and Bug) have all been adapted into movies, I think he wrote the screenplays for all three. He has won multiple Tony awards, for both writing and acting. He's known for doing small roles in big movies -- you would probably recognize him but not be able to place him because he's been doing these little character roles in really major films for like 20 years. He's extremely well respected. His plays get major investors. Even, yes, in this tough business. Until a few years ago, Tracy was definitely the more famous and successful one in their marriage, though Coon has always been a respected stage actress and of course her work on Leftovers is beloved (but not widely known -- she didn't even get an Emmy nomination for that show somehow).

Coon has performed in several of his plays, both in their first run, or in the case of her current show, productions of established work (Letts wrote the play Bug that Coon is currently starring in like 20 years ago, maybe longer). But his career doesn't depend on her success at all. They have both independently built very successful but niche careers on stage and in Hollywood. People like them and want to work with them because they work incredibly hard and are so skilled at what they do. They could both do more film work and more commercial stuff if they wanted, but they prefer to take on challenging, interesting projects and don't really seem to care about being ultra famous or getting some giant payday.

They are both from the midwest and met in Chicago but have been NY based for years because of their work on and off Broadway. They live in Westchester now.[/quote]

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