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Even Christina Hendricks is watching “The White Lotus.”

“I’ve seen all these videos of Parker Posey on Instagram. Every actor in the world wants to be a part of ‘The White Lotus’: it’s like they’ve all won the lottery. You don’t just get a TV show – you get a whole new life. I’m sure they’re enjoying every minute of it,” she said.

Hendricks, known for “Mad Men” and “Good Girls,” is no stranger to knowing that “the longer you spend with a show, the more time you spend talking about it.”

“It becomes a part of your life,” she tells Variety at France’s Series Mania, looking back on her own career.

“To be quite honest, at this point in my life, I would say just as many people bring up ‘Good Girls’ as they do ‘Mad Men.’ They’ve both had very...

Christina Hendricks stepped into Mad Men and flipped Hollywood’s outdated playbook on its head. Before Joan Holloway strutted onto screens, industry execs weren’t exactly lining up to cast curvy, confident women in powerhouse roles. They assumed she’d play the sidekick, the pretty face, but never the one calling the shots.

Christina Hendricks in Mad Men | Credits: Weiner Bros. Productions

But Hendricks proved them wrong, turning Joan into a force of nature.

How Mad Men gave Christina Hendricks the strength Hollywood never saw in her Christina Hendricks in Mad Men | Credits: Weiner Bros. Productions

Christina Hendricks knew what Hollywood saw in her – sweet, soft, and stuck in a box. Then came Mad Men. Joan Holloway changed everything. You see, Joan wasn’t just confident; she was a powerhouse. And that character, along with the fan response, gave Hendricks something she hadn’t expected: real confidence. She admitted (via...

Mad Men star Christina Hendricks thinks audiences have “learned a little bit of manners” since the days she was playing Joan Holloway in the AMC smash.

Reflecting on a decade having passed since the end of Mad Men, Hendricks told Deadline society has improved for the better in terms of the way in which men in particular discuss female actors.

“I think people have learned a little bit of manners now and know you don’t ask about physicality and bodies straight up when you have never met them,” said Hendricks, who was six-times Emmy nominated for Mad Men. “It’s really none of their business. I think there has been a big change since then.”

Hendricks, who has spoken in the past about the difference in audience reaction to Mad Men’s male and female breakouts, noted that the show “was aesthetically accentuated, which was a thrill and a highlight,...

In this season, we meet a Hollywood TV producer returning to her small Irish hometown to work on a new production.

The show sets up a striking contrast between the polished life of Los Angeles and the down-to-earth nature of a close-knit Irish community.

It mixes elements of comedy, drama, and hints of science fiction into a narrative that plays with traditional storytelling.

The plot introduces us to a world where a high-budget film project collides with local customs and eccentric residents, creating a setting filled with unexpected charm and moments of humor that catch you off guard.

The protagonist’s return is steeped in personal history, marked by years away in a demanding film industry that values glamour over substance.

Her journey back to her roots in a town known for its quirky traditions provides a refreshing counterpoint to the hustle of city life.

The local film project—a...

Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) will star in Small Town, Big Story, a new Sky original series created and directed by Chris O’Dowd (Moone Boy).

The six-part show focuses on an Irish village that gets taken over by a Hollywood production that throws the spotlight on an old secret.

“Every small town has a story to tell. Some don’t know how to keep a secret …,” reads a plot description, which promises “a warm and witty, very dramatic comedy.” It is set in the fictional town of Drumbán, “a rural village of rattled misfits on the border of Ireland and another world,” and explores “what happens when a Hollywood production rolls into town and throws the spotlight on a secret that’s been kept hidden since the eve of the millennium.”

Hendricks stars as Wendy Patterson, “a local girl done good as a hot-shot television producer,...

Chris O’Dowd is penning a Sky comedy-drama starring Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine about a Hollywood production that disturbs the peace in a fictional town in Ireland.

Small Town, Big Story has started filming on location in Ireland under a UK Equity contract and follows goings-on in Drumbán, a rural village of rattled misfits. When a major Hollywood production rolls into town, a spotlight is thrown on a secret that has been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.

Hendricks (Mad Men) is playing Wendy Patterson, a local girl done good as a hot-shot television producer, who returns to her hometown from LA with the Hollywood production in tow, while House of the Dragon’s Considine is local doctor and pillar of the community Seamus Proctor. The show also stars David Rawle, who reunites with Sky’s Moone Boy creator and co-star O’Dowd. Other castmembers are Eileen Walsh...

Christina Hendricks and “House of the Dragon’s” Paddy Considine have been tapped to lead “Small Town, Big Story,” a new Sky Studios drama from Chris O’Dowd

O’Dowd (“State of the Union”) created and will direct the six-part dramatic comedy, which tells the story of the effect on a small Irish village when a Hollywood production begins shooting on its doorstep and rattled residents struggle to keep a long-buried secret under wraps.

The series is an Equity production, which is being shot in the U.K. and Ireland, but Sky has emphasized that all cast agreements comply with SAG-AFTRA rules in light of the ongoing actors strike. The cast were contracted before the strike.

In the series, “Mad Men” star Hendricks is set to play Wendy Patterson, a hot-shot L.A. producer who grew up in the fictional Irish village of Drumbán while Considine stars as local doctor and community stalwart Seamus Proctor.

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