For her latest role,Natasha Lyonnehad to change how she personally processed grief.
We found these new, untapped depths, like a reservoir, she explained toCBS News.
For me, the question became, why?
Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne inHis Three Daughters(2023). (Sam Levy/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Why am I always smoking and shutting it down and trying to self-destruct it away?
What is that feeling underneath the feeling that Im running from?
And really being allowed to sit in that grief in a way was a whole new idea.
Its something that we dont talk about enough.
… Because its happening every moment.
Were grieving what happened eight minutes ago, two minutes ago.
Youre in a constant state of grief.
Its really just come from my own experiences with loved onesfriends and familypassing, he said.