Mary-Louise Parker on Those ‘Weeds’ Reboot Rumors
The actress gives Katie Couric the latest update…
You likely know Mary-Louise Parker from her iconic role as Nancy Botwin, the suburban-mom-turned-drug-kingpin on the hit Showtime series, Weeds. But Mary-Louise is also an accomplished stage actress, who won a Tony award back in 2001 for her role in “Proof.” Now, she’s returned to the stage, starring in the dark and gripping new Broadway drama “The Sound Inside.”
After I was lucky enough to see her stunning performance, Mary-Louise and I spoke about how she deals with critics, how her family will be celebrating Thanksgiving, and whether there’s any truth to those rumors that Weeds is making a comeback…
Katie Couric: In this show you play Bella, a creative writing professor at Yale who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. You seem to literally become Bella onstage, but in reality you two have little in common. What parts of her do you relate to?
Mary-Louise Parker: Her love of words! And how passionate about them she is. I’m a writer as well, but I never really talk about it. I wrote a book, Dear Mr. You, a few years ago, and I wrote for Esquire…
