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New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Julie Plec on why she hopes Meryl Streep likes ‘We Were Liars'
Liar, liar. Prime Video's new teen drama 'We Were Liars' (premiering Wednesday, June 18) is a twisty summertime thriller. Based on a wildly popular novel of the same name, the show is helmed by 'The Vampire Diaries' mastermind Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie. 'What drew me to it is the deep emotional roller coaster that this story takes you on, starting from what seems just like a very simple, sweet, nostalgic coming-of-age story about first love and best friends and summer, and takes you from basically all those vibes on a very twisty-turny, surprising journey into a big tone shift,' Plec exclusively told The Post. 9 Julie Plec attends the 'We Were Liars' premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 10, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival 9 Emily Alyn Lind in 'We Were Liars.' Prime 'We Were Liars' follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind) and her circle of cousins and friends – including Johnny (Joseph Zada), Mirren (Esther McGregor), and Gat (Shubham Maheshwari) – who have adventures over the course of several summers on her affluent family's private island. But, things take a darker turn as Cadence must figure out what's happening after she loses her memory, and everyone seems to have secrets. Rounding out the cast is Candice King, Mamie Gummer, Rahul Kohli, and David Morse. 9 Emily Alyn Lind, Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada, and Shubham Maheshwari in 'We Were Liars.' Jessie Redmond/Prime 'Casting a big ensemble like this, where everybody is supposed to be related to each other and blonde, as in the books, is never easy,' said Plec. She added, 'Blonde, you can usually fake, and, which we did pretty well in a couple situations, but you really need to be able to believe that they're all of one piece.' For Gat, an Indian boy who is Cadence's love interest, she said, 'We looked high and low. We were able to cast the role of Gat from a beautiful young actor who had never acted for a living before at all. His audition tape was done in his dorm room on campus just before he graduated [from] university.' 9 Emily Alyn Lind and Shubham Maheshwari in 'We Were Liars.' Prime 9 Rahul Kohli, E. Lockhart, David Morse, Wendy Crewson, Joseph Zada, Esther McGregor, Carina Adly Mackenzie, Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Mamie Gummer, Julie Plec, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Candice King attend the Prime Video 'We Were Liars' Tribeca Festival World Premiere Screening and Panel on June 10, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Prime Video 9 Mamie Gummer (left), Candice King, and Caitlin FitzGerald on the set of 'We Were Liars.' Instagram/candiceking Plec continued, 'We got to discover the incredible. Mamie Gummer, who's worked for years, but is stepping into her own as a leading lady.' Gummer, 41, is Meryl Streep's daughter. When asked about the probability that Streep, 75, will tune in, Plec said, 'I have alternate [thoughts] of like, 'Meh, that fine, she won't watch it, that's okay,' to 'Oh my god, Meryl Streep is probably gonna watch the show.'' She quipped, 'I just hope she likes it, to be honest.' 9 Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada, and Emily Alyn Lind in 'We Were Liars.' Prime 'We Were Liars' is also America's introduction to Aussie actor Zada, who is poised to have his career take off, as he's been cast as the star of the next 'Hunger Games' movie, 'Sunrise on the Reaping.' 'I feel very proud. I know he's worked before in Australia, so somebody else gets to take credit for discovering him off the street, but Carina and I are gladly gonna take credit for discovering [him] in the United States of America,' Plec said. She recalled how during filming, Gummer even set him up for his next major role – the Netflix adaptation of 'East of Eden' starring Florence Pugh – 'because Mamie called her very good friend, Zoe Kazan, who was directing it and said, 'You gotta meet this kid. He's extraordinary.'' 9 Mamie Gummer and Joseph Zada in 'We Were Liars.' 9 Carina Adly Mackenzie, Candic King, and Julie Plec (right). Instagram/cadlymack Plec added, 'I think we knew it on set. When we were in the sound stage, the sound engineers would be like, 'God, that kid is so good.' I think we're just at the beginning of a very long, very cool road for him.' Meanwhile, Plec has done three shows to date in 'The Vampire Diaries' universe, including 'The Originals' and 'Legacies.' About whether there could be more coming, Plec said that she's not working on anything specific at the moment. However, she added, 'I have had ideas in my head for more stories in Mystic Falls for pretty much since I started telling stories in Mystic Falls,' referring to the town where 'The Vampire Diaries' took place. 'So all anybody has to do is ask, and I will be there with bells on.'
The Guardian
23-03-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Brushing up the past: a graceful French home has art at its heart
When Marine Koprivnjak and Victor Chabaud, founders of interior design agency Maison MAVI, bought their home in the south of France in 2020, they wanted to renovate everything themselves in their spare time. 'It was an adventure that lasted longer than expected,' Marine says. They found the house online. It's a 1920s villa in the centre of a small town the Luberon with countryside all around and Aix-en-Provence just 20 minutes away by car. It has two floors, covers a total of 130sqm, with a patio in front of the house and a simple room layout. 'It's practically the classic Provençal house with the facade painted in warm earth tones, white-framed windows and sage green shutters. It was irresistible,' says Marine. However, having been abandoned for around 20 years, it was run-down, the roof leaked and the small garden looked like a jungle. Marine, a colourist and graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Marseille, took on the mantle of interior designer for the project, while Victor, a painter, brought her ideas to life. To transform the house, the couple revised the original layout, removing some walls, and converted the old kitchen into their office. From the outside, everything stayed much as it was. The real surprise comes when you go inside and are plunged into an incredible kaleidoscope of colour. Marine uses colour to define volumes, following the footsteps of the great technicolour architects she studied, from Barragàn to Bofill. Strokes of green, yellow, burgundy, blue, brown and violet, interspersed with lots of pink, run through the rooms, interrupted here and there by more neutral walls, 'To surprise without disturbing,' says Marine. She explains that Victor created 50 custom shades of various colours specifically for the house, mixing natural pigments with clay and plaster. All the shades used for the walls and ceilings of the house are natural pigments from Ressource Peintures. The couple designed the offbeat wall niches in the living room themselves, artfully using colour to outline the recesses. The unique ceramic pieces are by Maison MAVI; the Arcs wall lamps with their scalloped edges are by Muller Van Severen for HAY and the terrazzo floor was designed by Marine in a palette to match the dove-coloured paint on the wall. The living room also has a central fireplace painted lavender and a modular bookshelf designed by Marine using Montana Furniture; in the foreground HK Living modular sofas and marble-topped Plec coffee table by Antoni Pallejà Office for RS Barcelona. A vase sculpture is one of Victor's own. The kitchen plays on warm tones of pink, terracotta and beige, which contrast with the blue hallway leading to the guest bathroom. Shapes in the kitchen are just as bold and interesting – from a chunky Mingle table by Ferm Living to the simple curves of Rey chairs. The modular, Frame kitchen is from Reform, which sits alongside arched alcove shelving. Just beyond the entrance, the staircase leading to the bedrooms is the original one, repainted with a sage green handrail and burgundy steps; a curved ceramic light-fitting by Pani Jurek mimics the arched entrance it hangs in front of. In the master bedroom, a Marie Olsson blanket and ColorTherapis cushions adorn the bed. Drawers and cupboards feature contrasting coloured doors 'I thought of a palette of tones that work well together at first glance, and change with the light during different times of the day,' says Marine, mentioning the German artist Josef Albers and his perception of colour. It was 'a true four-handed job, because our tastes have a lot in common. That harmony, in my opinion, is the real requirement for a quality project.' The results speak for themselves. For information, go to
