Betty Gilpin
Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin Join ‘Death by Lightning’ Series From ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators
Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin are joining the cast of Death by Lightning, the Netflix historical drama from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Ordered straight to series earlier this month and based on the novel Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, the series explores the “stranger-than-fiction true story” of James Garfield, the […]
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“It’s Tampering With the Things That Make Us Human”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Mrs. Davis’ Star Betty Gilpin, EP Owen Harris
Last year when Betty Gilpin was filming Mrs. Davis, the Peacock dramedy about a nun who vows to destroy a powerful artificial intelligence, people were barely even talking about ChatGPT — it was, as Gilpin described, “niche.” Now, as audiences binge the show, it’s the topic on everyone’s mind. “As a parent in real life, […]
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Netflix’s ‘Skull Island’ Animated Series Voice Cast Revealed
Nicolas Cantu, Mae Whitman, Darren Barnet, Benjamin Bratt and Betty Gilpin are set to lead the voice cast for Netflix’s animated series Skull Island, part of Legendary Television’s monsterverse that includes King Kong and will debut on June 22, 2023. The anime series portrays a group of shipwrecked characters trying to escape a dangerous and mysterious […]
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‘Mrs. Davis’ Finale Director on the Optimism in the Ending and Hopes for Season 2
[This story contains major spoilers to the finale of Mrs. Davis.] Mrs. Davis made a promise from the beginning that Simone, the heroic nun at the center of the genre-jumping story played by Betty Gilpin, would destroy the titular algorithm of the series. And after eight wild episodes, the show delivered on that promise. The […]
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“What the F***?”: ‘Mrs. Davis’ Explained by Creators and Star Betty Gilpin
[This story contains spoilers to the first four episodes of Peacock’s Mrs. Davis.] At the end of the fourth episode of Mrs. Davis, Betty Gilpin‘s Simone is perhaps speaking collectively for the audience when she screams, “What the fuck?!” Technically, the Peacock series cuts to black before she gets out the last part. But the […]
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Broken Ribs, Exploded Discs and Gunshot Wounds: Actors on How Much They’ve Suffered for the Craft
Fame is far from the only occupational hazard in Hollywood. Lately, it seems there’s a new headline every week detailing the varying degrees actors have suffered for the craft — everything from the psychological torture of getting in character to broken limbs or back injuries while filming and even the mental gymnastics required to decompress […]
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‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Betty Gilpin Brings Badass Wit to Peacock’s Mind-Bending Thrill Ride
A nun (Betty Gilpin) and a cowboy (Jake McDorman) battle a seemingly all-powerful AI in a sci-fi-action-adventure-thriller-drama-comedy from Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez ('The Big Bang Theory').
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Betty Gilpin on Landing ‘Mrs. Davis’: “I’ve Been Waiting My Whole Life for This”
As an actor, Betty Gilpin says the gigs that “are painful to do are the ones where you feel like you’re only being asked to do five percent of what you can do” as a performer. Enter Mrs. Davis. Peacock’s new series casts the GLOW alum as a nun named Simone who is intent on […]
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Betty Gilpin Takes on an All-Powerful AI in ‘Mrs. Davis’ Trailer
Betty Gilpin goes up against Mrs. Davis — the most popular algorithm in the world — in the trailer for her new Peacock series. In the first official footage of the sci-fi comedy from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the GLOW and The Hunt star makes her introduction as Simone, a nun who is given […]
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SXSW: How ‘Mrs. Davis’ Creators Used AI in the Writers Room
Conversations about artificial intelligence abound at the SXSW conference, with ChatGPT being the subject of many discussions and execs like Buzzfeed’s Jonah Peretti debuting their company’s planned uses for the tech. So, the annual fest was the logical place for Mrs. Davis, the Peacock series from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof where Betty Gilpin stars […]
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SXSW: ‘Mrs. Davis’ Is a Perfectly Timed Warning About AI Madness
What if ChatGPT, but too much? Too popular, too omniscient, and far too nefarious than today’s cutting-edge chatbots? That’s the premise of Mrs. Davis, an ultra-ambitious series from Big Bang Theory veteran Tara Hernandez and Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof. Mrs. Davis, premiering at SXSW before its April 20 streaming debut on Peacock, tells the story […]
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Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan Board Netflix’s ‘American Primeval’
Netflix has filled out the cast of its Taylor Kitsch-led western American Primeval. Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney and Shea Whigham are among the 11 actors joining the series, which coms from writer Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) and executive producers Pete Berg (Friday Night Lights) and Eric Newman (Narcos). The cast will also […]
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