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Jun 18, 2021 · Juliet Rylance ('Perry Mason') discusses reboot's lesbian twist for Della Street. The supporting actress chats with Gold Derby's Riley Chow about working opposite Emmy Award winners Matthew...
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Apr 26, 2023 · After their clandestine meeting in a restaurant powder room at the beginning of season two, “Perry Mason” protagonists Della Street and Anita St. Pierre, played by Juliet Rylance and Jen...
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- The Bathroom Meet-Cute
- The Palm Springs Getaway
Several characters in Season 2 of Perry Mason are inspired by real figures. Tullock’s character is loosely based on the formidable Anita Loos, a novelist (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), playwright, and screenwriter in the heady early days of Hollywood. “She was a total badass and had to fight tremendously to work her way up. As such, [she] had to play ...
Turning back the clock to ’30s Los Angeles isn’t only about dialogue, costumes, and production design; it also informs the logistics of this burgeoning romance. “Juliet and I talked a lot about where Della and Anita were in their incredibly secret love lives,” she says. “How that secrecy and danger of being outed informs how they flirt, how queer c...
The intimacy and tenderness of this scene are at odds with the danger that this location possesses. Much like the restaurant powder room, the office gets a lot of foot traffic, and Della doesn’t want to give ammunition to the powerful forces they are fighting. Their trip to Palm Springs points to how they can break free of coy subtext, while still ...
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Jun 18, 2021 · “She’s a very solitary character because she’s carrying this secret — a huge part of who she is,” muses Juliet Rylance about Della Street, the iconic “ Perry Mason ” character that she plays in...
Jun 24, 2023 · The second season of the HBO/Max legal drama explored the hidden world of queer identity. Juliet Rylance (left) as Della Street and Jen Tullock as Anita St. Pierre on HBO/Max’s 'Perry Mason ...
Juliet van Kampen Rylance (born 26 July 1979) is an English actress and producer, known for her roles in The Knick, McMafia and Perry Mason. She is the daughter of composer Claire van Kampen and the step-daughter of actor Mark Rylance.
