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THE BULLETIN • APRIL 29 - MAY 5, 2021
What’s Available NOW On
“Star Wars: The Bad Batch”
(May 4)
Members of Clone Force 99, a unique
squad of clones, find their way in a
changing galaxy in the aftermath of
the Clone War in this animated action
series from creator Dave Filoni (“The
Mandalorian,” “Rangers of the New
Republic”). Dee Baker Bradley (“Star
Wars: The Clone Wars”) voices all the
clone troopers, including Clone Force
99. Ming-Na Wen also lends her vocal
talents. (ORIGINAL)
BY GEORGE DICKIE
“Liv and Maddie: Seasons
1-4”(Available now)
“White Fang 2: Myth of the
White Wolf ” (Available now)
Dove Cameron (“Descendants 3”) has
dual roles in this sitcom that aired on
Disney Channel from 2013 to 2017,
starring as a successful young actress who
returns to her Wisconsin hometown
where her family and tomboy identical
twin still live. Joey Bragg, Tenzing
Norgay Trainor and Kali Rocha also star.
“Thirtysomething” actor Ken Olin
directed this 1994 family adventure that
finds the titular canine teaming up with
a friend of his master to stop miners
from destroying ancient sacred land and
save the last survivee Native Alaskan
tribes. Scott Bairstow, Charmaine Craig
and Al Harrington head the human cast.
“Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale”
(Available now)
Adam Beach (“Mystery, Alaska”) stars in
this 1994 adventure as the title character,
an American Indian who is kidnapped
by a despicable British merchant
(Michael Gambon) and taken back to
England to be exhibited. He escapes his
captor’s clutches and takes refuge —
and English lessons — in a monastery,
eventually making his way back to
Massachusetts.
Kate Winslet
OF ‘MARE OF EASTTOWN’ ON HBO
When you play a character that’s
close to you, is that difficult or is it
easier to play? And how would you
be as a detective?
This character, in many ways, she felt a
million miles away from me, which she
is, in terms of the job that she does. I
could never do the job that Mare does. I
could never be a detective. I don’t think I
have the mental stamina that is required.
I have stamina, but in a different way.
But I think the one thing I did feel I
had in common with Mare that I quite
honestly was able to lean on a lot was
that real sense of family and how much
it means to her to hold that together at
all costs. And also to be able to admit
to herself from time to time that she
has failed in a lot of areas and tries
desperately to correct those errors and
to hold everyone as close to her as she
can, even if she’s a difficult person to live
with from time to time. It doesn’t change
the fact that her love for her family is the
thing that bolts her down and drives her
in life and is her number one priority.
And that was something that I was able
to connect with in the midst of all these
other things.
You’ve always been very good
with American dialects and you’ve
done it again here. Does it get any
easier?
Honestly, this (Philadelphia-area accent)
drove me crazy ... because there are
really varying degrees of it. ... And
the thing that was hardest for me, of
course, was to do it well enough that
you shouldn’t hear the act of doing it.
I always hate that when you can hear
someone doing a voice or doing an
accent. And that’s one of the things for
me that is more important than anything,
is just making it just disappear and blend
in. So I did spend a long time working
with a coach and working with people
locally, as well. And it was up there
amongst the hardest accents I’ve ever
done.