Netflix’s adaptation of Might Cobb’s The Looking Wives hinges on the onscreen sexual chemistry between Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow’s characters, which couldn’t have been simpler for them to convey to life.
“We had been actually conscious of that and we actually thought we’ve got to convey the viewers in. We have now to make this plausible. Fortunately, I am keen on Brittany as an individual and as a human being,” Åkerman, 47, teased throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly. “We have now had a number of laughs round this loopy experience and what we’ve got to convey to the desk and find out how to painting these characters.”
Åkerman’s friendship with Snow, 39, helped develop the connection between their respective characters, Margo Banks and Sophie O’Neil.
“This was very easy — a minimum of for the primary few episodes — the place what you’re seeing on display may simply be the thrill of a brand new friendship that’s budding in actual life that’s coming by on digital camera,” she continued. “Additionally that helps with any intimate scenes as a result of we began constructing this belief collectively as ladies and as buddies. We simply made it enjoyable and realized that we’re making a TV present. It’s nothing greater than that. We’re having time and let’s make it that means as a result of that’s what hopefully goes out into the world.”
The Looking Wives, which premieres on Monday, July 21, follows Sophie (Snow) who “strikes to a deep East Texas city along with her household and turns into drawn” to a outstanding socialite a.okay.a Åkerman’s Margo.
“That was the function that I used to be provided. What that claims about me, I don’t know. I’d learn all eight episodes and beloved it and I used to be the primary individual to get forged on this present. They simply stated, ‘We will’t see anybody else however you on this function.’ However they had been so gracious and so great and it positively is a dynamic function,” Åkerman teased. “It has many layers and it’s all the juicy stuff that you really want in a task.”
She continued: “I used to be aware about all eight episodes, which is basically useful. As a result of a number of occasions when you find yourself on the journey of getting a TV present made you often simply get the pilot episode. That doesn’t provide the character arc and it doesn’t provide the actual element into who this individual is that you just’re going to be enjoying.”
Åkerman famous that Margo’s journey will likely be “actually huge and huge and wild,” including, “I actually wished to play her as a result of she’s so totally different from how I function in my very own life. I like diverting the code. I like while you see actors in a really totally different function than you’re used to them in. For me, that’s actually great to observe.”
Whereas previewing the present, Åkerman hinted what’s to come back between Margo and Sophie.
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“If I had been to peg Margo, I believe she’s a grasp manipulator. There’s an agenda behind every part she does. So for me, as Sophie comes into her world, it’s like Margo’s shiny new toy,” she teased. “It’s somebody to beat and to have management over her.”
Åkerman famous that Margo can also be “attracted” to Sophie.
“Margo is simply shocked by her personal emotions. Sophie sees this girl who’s so reverse of her and so free and so wild and alive,” she added. “It’s what Sophie aspires to be and desires to be round it and desires to change into extra like that. They’ve very totally different approaches to the connection that they’re constructing and it finally ends up moving into many alternative instructions that we couldn’t ever think about. It’s a sophisticated relationship — however a very enjoyable one to observe unfold.”
The Looking Wives premieres July 21, 2025 on Netflix.
