(L to R) Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen star in Netflix’s ‘His Three Daughters’.
Opening in theaters on September 6th before premiering on Netflix September 20th is the new drama ‘His Three Daughters’, which was written and directed by Azazel Jacobs (‘French Exit’) and stars Natasha Lyonne (‘Poker Face’), Carrie Coon (‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’) and Elizabeth Olsen (‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’).
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen about their work on ‘His Three Daughters’, their first reaction to the screenplay, how they approached their characters, and the estranged relationship between the three siblings that they portray.
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Natasha Lyonne as Rachel in ‘His Three Daughters’. Photo: Netflix ©2024.
Moviefone: To begin with, Natasha, what was your first reaction to the screenplay and what were some of the aspects of your character that you were excited to explore on screen?
Natasha Lyonne: Gosh, I read it. It starts with Carrie speaking. So, like any natural person, I was like, “Oh, I should probably play that part”. Then I was like, “Oh, the stoner, what a stretch”. I was like, “God, I can’t believe Aza thinks I can do this at the top.” But really, the joy, and there’s a real humbleness that comes with that of discovering that somebody has thought of us, the specificity of us three, and now having been through the experience, the alchemy of that vision that he had being realized and the beauty of how it’s being received. It’s extraordinary. So anyway, I think that’s why we said yes.
(L to R) Natasha Lyonne as Rachel and Elizabeth Olsen as Christina in ‘His Three Daughters’. Photo: Netflix ©2024.
MF: Elizabeth, can you talk about the dynamics between these three sisters and working that out together on set?
Elizabeth Olsen: We luckily had some time before shooting that we were able to allot to a rehearsal place for actually running through dialogue, finding a rhythm, and finding the pacing that Aza had in his brain that was on the page that we could all get in the same world of. But then we also got to take the time to do basic homework stuff together, getting on the same page of when major events happened in these characters’ lives, who was there for what, and what maybe is being held on to that we didn’t want to move on from. I think what was beautiful along the way is anytime we had questions, Aza had such a specific answer to quite literally anything and everything because these women were so clear in his mind that as we inched towards the inside of his mind, we were all able to make this amazing alchemy of something from all four of us, and from the entire company really.
(L to R) Natasha Lyonne as Rachel and Carrie Coon as Katie in ‘His Three Daughters’. Photo: Netflix ©2024.
MF: Finally, Carrie, can you talk about how Katie is dealing with both her sisters and her father’s situation?
Carrie Coon: Oh, poorly, I would say. Well, she’s very controlling, that’s obvious. We also, I think, get the feeling that she’s got a touch of the alcoholism, which I suspect might be a family disease as it tends to be, and may be the source of some of the limitations on the sisters growing up probably in a household that had some of that going on. She’s clearly somebody who feels like she has control, or she has the illusion of control that gives her comfort. But I think you see for Katie, what gets revealed is that in fact, that’s an illusion and she can’t control her sisters. But the one thing she can control is how she sees them, and that’s what gets to shift inside of Katie a little bit, is starting to maybe drop the facade and start to see the people who are right in front of her. That’s the moving journey that she’s on. I think Aza writes so specifically, and so there is something that people find so familiar in Katie.
Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days. Read the Plot
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Emotions run high when three estranged sisters (Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen) reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.
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(L to R) Natasha Lyonne as Rachel, Elizabeth Olsen as Christina and Carrie Coon as Katie in ‘His Three Daughters’. Photo: Sam Levy/Netflix ©2024.
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