The Madison star Michelle Pfeiffer is opening up about filming the latest from Taylor Sheridan. The actress described the shoot as brutal and difficult.
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Speaking on the LA Times podcast, "In Conversation: The Madison," Pfeiffer opened up about playing Stacy Clyburn on The Madison. The show filmed in Montana and Texas and was difficult for the actress thanks to the outdoors.
"You may as well be in a tent because, you know, there is no bathroom," Pfeiffer said. "Even the outhouse is not real. So there's no AC, there's no plumbing, there isn't anything. But it is breathtakingly glorious. It took a while [to get used to] because they built that cabin. It was all a little bit rushed for everyone, and so there weren't certain accommodations set up."
The Madison star explained why there were no trailers on set as well.
'The Madison' Star Opens Up
"We didn't really have trailers there because they were shooting 360 [degrees]. So, they couldn't have a bunch of trailers around. There was really no place for us to sit," she continued. "There was no bathroom nearby — there was no food. And in the winter, it was cold. It was like, 'Could we have a heater?'
"And in the summer, it was like, 'Could I get an umbrella because the sun's really intense?' It took us about halfway through to figure all of that out," she also added.
The Madison was a big leap of faith for Pfeiffer as an actor. She signed on before there was even a script.
"[Taylor] wanted to know who Stacy was before he started writing. I wanted to know who Stacy is before I committed. And so we went back and forth like that for a little while, and it became clear to me I wasn't going to win this battle," Pfeiffer said.
She decided to seek some advice.
"So I asked Helen Mirren [who starred in Sheridan's 1923] to speak to me about her experience. And she just glowed; she couldn't say enough nice things," Pfeiffer recalled. "She said the scripts were great, the productions were perfect. She was having the time of her life; she loved Montana. So I took a big leap of faith, and I committed. I thought, 'Well, the guy has a pretty darn good track record.'"
