{"id":24583,"date":"2019-05-31T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1045777"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T17:00:00","slug":"how-naomi-watts-prepared-to-play-gretchen-carlson-in-the-loudest-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/how-naomi-watts-prepared-to-play-gretchen-carlson-in-the-loudest-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"How Naomi Watts Prepared to Play Gretchen Carlson in The Loudest Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Naomi Watts<\/a><\/strong> took on quite the challenge playing Gretchen Carlson<\/strong> in Showtime’s The Loudest Voice<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Watts is on the cover of the new emmy<\/em> magazine, and in a new interview, she talks about taking on the role of the former Fox News anchor<\/a> who publicly accused Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. <\/p>\n

The Loudest Voice, which debuts June 30, is a miniseries chronicling the rise of Roger Ailes (played by Russell Crowe<\/a><\/strong>) and his fall triggered by Carlson’s accusations, followed by many more accusations. It’s based on the book The Loudest Voice in the Room<\/em> by Gabriel Sherman<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Watts says she not only had to capture the strength that it took for Carlson to go up against a giant like Ailes, but she first had to get the voice right, since Carlson is from Minnesota and Watts is English. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“Obviously when she’s on camera, it’s performative, as anyone is when they’re in front of a camera. So the voice and how you present is different. So itw as hard to really create the inner life of this character.” <\/p>\n

She says the dialect took “hours and hours” of prep, and there’s a certain voice that TV anchors take on that Watts had to master, while still keeping some of that Minnesota accent in there, particularly on the “O” sounds. <\/p>\n

But overall, Watts just wanted to tell Carlson’s story as best as she can. <\/p>\n

“It’s a responsibility to tell the truth in the most compelling and honest way. You do want to do your absolute best,” Watts says. “What she went through was extraordinary and awful. I just want to make it truthful. It matters to me.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Watts will also soon star in the currently untitled Game of Thrones<\/em> prequel<\/a>, set thousands of years before Game of Thrones<\/em>, as “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret.” <\/p>\n

Watts’ issue of emmy<\/em> magazine will be on stands June 3, and available online here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Take a look at her luxurious photoshoot below! <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The Loudest Voice<\/em> premieres June 30 on Showtime.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Naomi Watts took on quite the challenge playing Gretchen Carlson in Showtime’s The Loudest Voice.  Watts is on the cover of the new emmy magazine, and in a new interview, she talks about taking on the role of the former Fox News anchor who publicly accused Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment.  The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 07:13:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}