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Kyra Sedgwick on Finding Freedom in Directing, Plans to Make a Horror Movie With Her Family, and That One Time She Was Jealous of Kevin Bacon

Kyra Sedgwick talks about her directing ambitions, her project with Kristen Stewart, her Off Broadway play and her marriage to Kevin Bacon

We’re in her Manhattan apartment with its commanding view of Central Park, and Sedgwick, a self-described “putterer,” is in perpetual motion — microwaving black beans, fetching a serving spoon for the chicken mole, liberating a bottle of Tabasco from the cupboard. Through her company, Big Swing, Sedgwick produced “Space Oddity” and the LGBTQ+ love story “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.” Her biggest project yet, a TV series called “The Challenger,” just landed at Amazon MGM Studios after a bidding war. The kinds of movies Sedgwick leans toward, family stories, aren’t in vogue at the major studios, and that’s left her clawing for financing and hustling to put together projects without the luxury of big backers.

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