The new Prime Video show – a gender-swapped David Cronenberg remake starring Weisz as twin gynecologists – blends body horror with acid-laced wit.
The riotous energy coursing through the show, it’s clear, only reflects the exhilarating time Weisz and Birch had making it. Birch recalls Weisz working in the writer’s room every single day, while they both speak effusively of their directors, including Sean Durkin of And while it’s better to let you follow the sisters’ pursuit of scientific glory without spoilers, many of its more jaw-dropping twists correlate to real-life research taking place on the frontiers of maternal healthcare.
is likely to prompt conversation around its timely resonances – however obliquely it might tackle them – with the debate around women’s bodily autonomy sparked bywas already in the can, but that the need for more open dialogue around maternal healthcare doesn’t exactly require a news hook to feel relevant.
For at the end of the day, the allure of the show to Weisz and Birch – from those early conversations in a north London pub, right up to releasing their weird and wonderful baby into the world – was always Beverly and Elliot as characters. “We knew that we wanted these two women at the centre of it to be really fucking clever and funny and strange and extraordinary,” says Weisz. “They’re two women at the top of their professional game – you don’t get any more brilliant than they are.
set all the way through production: Who is your favourite twin? “I don’t want to judge them because I love them,” Weisz says, sighing. “But I would say, yeah, they should probably go to therapy.” She lets out a guilty laugh. “But I’m glad they haven’t been to therapy. Because otherwise? There’d be no drama.”
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