In the Apple TV + period series, an exclusive club in Palm Beach that houses the most powerful women in society. While the Vietnam War is going on, they live in luxury and their marriages are put aside. Maxine, played by Kristen Wiig, is a former beauty queen desperate to fit in and pretend that she is not in financial crisis. She even climbs walls to enter a club space. In the first scenes her body appears in the waves. “All she wanted was to belong to something, to be someone in this world. But when a person wants to be someone, there is a trap: others.”
Set in 1969, 'Palm Royale' was based on Juliet McDaniel's book 'Mr. and Mrs. American Pie'. The cast is led by Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney and the participation of the American comedy star, Carol Burnett. In a virtual press conference attended by La República, actress Amber Chardae (Virginia) said that the series allows us to draw parallels with the film and television industry. “Being in Hollywood is like being in high school again. Each person has their own group of them. When you first come in, you're surprised, because now you work in the industry. You want to feel included and you don't want to be isolated. The need to 'belong' in Hollywood is very similar to what happens to Maxine in 'Palm Royale.'”
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For Wiig, this is the type of comedy she likes to do, “series where you can escape to a world that is not your own,” but she was also excited that it addresses other themes. “We take on very deep themes like war and society. I think sometimes when you take it in a light way, you can talk about it. I think comedy has always been a part of the voice of society. There has always been talk of politics and big problems. Without making fun of anything, there are things that you can see with humor. “That allows people to learn about things that they didn't know about before.”
Producer and director Abe Sylvia (writer of 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye') commented on how they chose Wiig. “After all of us executive producers wrote the script, we asked ourselves who we wanted as Maxine. The only answer was Kristen Wiig. Laura Dern contacted us, since they both always wanted to work together. “Everything progressed from there.”
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The Oscar winner for 'Marriage Story' had acted in a drama series with similar twists such as 'Big Little Lies'. Now Laura Dern is also in charge of production. Katie O'Connell Marsh, executive producer, commented. “I think it all started when I read the book 'Mr. and Mrs. American Pie'. I fell in love with the era. I loved Maxine's character and this world she's trying to enter. You read a lot of books, and obviously not all the books you like can become series. I passed it on to Laura Dern and she saw the same thing I did. She passed it on to Tate Taylor, the director of the first episode, and he was the one who introduced us to Abe. It was really when he came on board that the inspiration flowed.”
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In fact, the series had changes, such as the creation of Dern's character, 'Linda', to portray the feminist movement. “I was interested in playing an African-American woman in 1969 in a place that didn't have a lot of people who looked like her,” says Amber Chardae. “I think that, since I had difficulties seeing myself in the feminist movement, I was curious to see how this character fit into the world in 1969.”
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