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‘Poor Things’ Writer Tony McNamara Talks the Origin of Emma Stone’s ‘Punch That Baby’ Line and What ‘The Great’ Season 4 Would’ve Looked Like
Awards Circuit Podcast: Oscar-nominated 'The Great' writer Tony McNamara. Also on this episode: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' star Lily Gladstone.
In writing the character of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a woman who has an infant’s brain implanted in her body, McNamara says he was working with a blank slate. Curious, childlike and not understanding the mores of society, Bella goes on a journey of self-discovery that includes running off with unscrupulous lawyer Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), encountering poverty for the first time and working in a brothel. McNamara, who began his career in theater and created the acclaimed (and recently cancelled) Hulu series “ The Great,” also touches on what would have happened if the show had been granted a fourth season – particularly as Nicholas Hoult’s Peter III of Russia was killed off.
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