Interview: 'Russian Doll' Star Greta Lee

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🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

"Sweet birthday baby!" Greta Lee talks about her role in the critically acclaimed Netflix show 'Russian Doll,' starring Natasha Lyonne as a woman who can't stop dying and reliving the same night. Greta tells guest-host Julia Furlan how the show was reincarnated from a failed NBC pilot, why she still struggles to avoid Asian-American stereotypes in television and what to expect from the HBO show she's developing.

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0:00.0	From NPR, I'm Julia Phrylonne in for Sam Sanders.
0:04.9	It's been a minute.
0:07.8	If you enjoyed Rush and Doll on Netflix, you know this, Jam.
0:19.2	Rush and Doll is the dark comedy starring Natasha Leon,
0:22.9	created by Leon with Amy Polar and playwright Leslie Hebblin.
0:27.0	It premiered on Netflix to rave reviews this year.
0:30.4	And this song is Harry Nilsson's Gotta Get Up.
0:36.4	We hear it over and over again as Nadia,
0:39.0	the main character played by Natasha Leon,
0:41.0	keeps dying and reliving the same night, the night of her birthday party.
0:45.5	Each time she reappears in the bathroom of her friend Maxine's apartment.
0:52.1	Maxine is hosting the party.
0:53.8	Sweet birthday, baby.
0:55.3	Having fun?
0:56.0	Sweet birthday, baby.
0:56.9	What?
0:57.4	Sweet birthday, baby.
0:59.0	Sweet birthday, baby.
1:00.2	Having fun?
1:01.0	The universe is trying to f*** with me.
1:03.9	Maxine is played by Greta Lee,
1:05.8	one of the few characters who's also caught up in Nadia's time loop.
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