When Oscar winner Marlee Matlin accepted her first directing job – on the new anthology series “Accused” – she didn’t realize how busy she’d be.
“As an actor, I show up on set. I go to makeup. I go to hair. I go into my trailer. I wait for my call,” she says. “As a director, my time passes so quickly – I mean, 12 hours has already happened?”
People are also reading… Executive Producer Howard Gordon says he was eager to give actors – and others – a chance to direct and show what they were able to bring to the table. Thus, the series. To make sure they earn the respect of their casts the actors-turned-directors say they live by the golden rule.Matlin says she’s extremely transparent with her actors. “I give them a pep talk of sorts and then we begin shooting. I just make it my point, especially with my deaf actors, to communicate clearly and make us both, as actor and director, to communicate without any barriers.
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