Bella Heathcote, Toni Collette Discuss Filming Pieces of Her
The "Pieces of Her" Cast Talks BTS Pranks and a Surprise Easter Egg
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PS: Are there any Easter eggs fans should look out for?
BH: Karin Slaughter is in the show. There's a moment where I cross paths with her.
PS: What was it like portraying a mother-daughter relationship on screen?
BH: I loved it. My mum passed away when I was little. She passed away very much at a time where she was still on that pedestal before the "healthy disconnection" [between a mother and daughter] comes, so just to experience that [relationship] in the flashback scenes between us and even just experiencing the peanut-butter spoon in the dishwasher, flipping it around — those moments felt bizarrely kind of special to me. It really actually deepened my connection with my dad and made me have even more empathy and sympathy for what he went through as a single parent trying to protect his kid in an impossible circumstance.
TC: It's a really complicated relationship. It isn't a run-of-the-mill, "let's bake cookies together" situation, so it was quite pleasurable to have something so complicated and ever-changing to play with. . . . So much of [their relationship] is miscommunication and a bit of resentment, disappointment, disenchantment, a lot of negatives. They're swimming in the unknown. It's a bit muddy, and until it's clearer they're not going to have a real connection. So watching that change and playing with all of those moments was a true joy.