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‘The Bondsman’ Star Jolene Purdy on the Secret to Going Toe-to-Toe With Kevin Bacon: ‘I Am in Control’


In 'The Bondsman,' Jolene Purdy plays a bureaucrat who doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Kevin Bacon's undead bounty hunter.

Kevin Bacon may star as demon hunter Hub Halloran in the Prime Video drama “ The Bondsman,” but the real power lies with his boss, Midge Kusatsu. Below, Purdy breaks down just how she gets into the mindset of Midge, from bossing around Bacon to harnessing her character’s grief during a tragic late-series reveal. I usually order some takeout and don’t talk to anybody and just sit in quiet for a moment, and then I readjust and come back to life as myself because it was a long day.”

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