Ahead of her portrayal of Ann Coulter in FXs Impeachment: American Crime Story, Cobie Smulders sat down for a lengthy interview on how she ended up taking over the role from Betty Gilpin and what it was like trying to recreate a late 90s Coulter who was just beginning her career as a conservative firebrand.
As part of her process, Smulders listened to all 12 of Coulters book, which she readily admits got very anti-immigrant as they went on. However, Smulders was adamant that her research mainly involved nailing the cadence of Coulters speech patterns and trying to incorporate for penchant of always acting like shes the smartest person in the room. That said, Smulders wasnt completely walled off from Coulters political beliefs, and she had an interesting response when Marlow Stern asked her if she thinks Coulter actually believes what shes saying or if shes just a performance artist. Via The Daily Beast:
You know, its hard to say, because one of the things I try to do is say, I cant really know anybody until I have a personal moment with them. She has a political styleto go in and stir up the potand thats how shes made her career. But I dont know what she feels or thinks genuinely. Shes outspoken about a lot of different things, and to be comfortable saying some of the beliefs that she has out loud, it leads me to believe that theres probably a part of her that does [believe it]. Shes still an enigma to me.
So essentially Smulders feels Coulter is most likely a true believer, which isnt great if youve heard any of the things that Ann Coulter has said over the years. Case in point, the lady super hates immigrants. So much so that she even got mad at Trump after he softened his anti-immigration stance while in office, and it wasnt all that soft. Were going to side with Smulders and agree that Coulter probably isnt putting on an act.
Impeachment: American Crime Story airs Tuesdays on FX.
(Via The Daily Beast)
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