Props to OB for calling an episode and huge and hyping it up and NOT killing the guest star.. Still a bit salty that it took so long to get a definitive answer, and they fucked with my emotions but at least she’s alive!
Tatiana Maslany was literally insane for playing like 12 different people with the same face and then interacting with multiple versions of herself for five whole seasons
she really Did That™ and we are all incredibly grateful
No! No, but here’s the important thing! She did it so flawlessly, that you would actually forget these characters are the same actress.
I found myself feeling bad for the actor who plays Alison’s husband, because “he never gets to work with Maslany,” because in my head I kept equating her with Sarah, when literally he only worked with Maslany!
The special effects were so seemless, and her performances were so flawless that we have never seen this gimmick done this effectively, this naturally. And I don’t think we ever will again.
Shedeserved that emmy.
It’s impossible to describe how phenomenally good a job Maslany did with these characters. Like, it wasn’t just that she played every one of these characters so genuinely and distinctly that you forgot they were the same actress. It was also that the characters, being clones, would deceive people by playing each other.
Alison would be on the screen, and you’d be like, “that’s Alison”. Then Sarah would be on the screen, and you’d be like, “that’s Sarah”. Then someone who looked exactly like Sarah would be on the screen, and you’d be like, “Oh, Alison is pretending to be Sarah.” And some of the clones were better at pretending to be each other than other clones were. And you could always tell who you were looking at and who they were trying to imitate.
I find comedy to be really scary, because it can go so wrong so easily, and the margin for error is so huge - and I guess that’s what makes it funny, that tension.
Hello, Donnie! Join your sestras Maggie and V for a deep-dive into Orphan Black (2013-2017), because they finally finished the entire show. Maggie weighs in on Sarah Manning’s parenting skills, V has feelings about the Castor clones, and unfortunately both of them are probably the most like Alison. Plus, the fandoms of the week are on theme as both Maggie and V recommend some talented lady DIYers.
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fandom • fanfiction • orphan black (2013-2017) • tatiana maslany • michiel huisman • sarah manning • alison hendrix • cosima niehaus • rachel duncan • helena • donnie hendrix • kristian bruun • felix dawkins • art bell • cophine • the castor clones • proletheans • krystal goderitch • the kroll show • publizzity • xomckenna • ariel bissett • thedaintysquid (kayla stroup) • the curious creations of christine mcconnell (2018)
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Where is her law firm based? Does she work in New York? Could she possibly work with another attorney based in NY and could he cameo in her show, mayhaps….
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