Susanne Bier on Directing Showtime’s The First Lady: “This Was Grueling”

The choice to, in the third episode, follow their younger selves is particularly effective in that regard. Episode three says, “Look, they were all like you and I, they were all young. They all fell in love.” In most cases—actually in all cases—they thought their life was going to be really different. They thought that their love story was going to bring them into a completely different space than where they ended up. You look at where they ended up. I mean, it brought them immense power, an immense ability to change the world, but also a lot of loneliness,… Read Full Article