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‘We Were Liars’ Stars Joseph Zada and Esther McGregor Talk Bringing E. Lockhart’s Characters To Life To Be “Authors Of Their Own Story”
'We Were Liars' stars Esther McGregor and Joseph Zada unpack big moments for their characters in the Prime Video TV show in an interview with Deadline
In Lockhart’s book, told from the perspective of Cadence, or Cady as her cousins Mirren and Jonny and best friend Gat affectionately call her, the other three liars are mainly constructed from memories that Cadence constantly looks back on, but she herself is an unreliable narrator because of a traumatic head injury that has left her with amnesia about the circumstances leading up to how she got hurt. In the below interview, McGregor and Zada, who will soon portray Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping coming to theaters in 2026, discuss the cruxes of their characters, individual and group dynamics and relationships and more. DEADLINE: Esther, the painting scene with Ebon (Dempsey Bryk) for Mirren, felt like a big moment, and really brought her more out of Cadence’s imagination and mind.
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