1 week Ago By Charisma Madarang
As Your Friends & Neighbors debuted on Friday, Olivia Munn opened up about her starring role alongside Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet, while also sharing her experience fighting and recovering from cancer . When speaking to the Los Angeles Times , Munn recalled nearly stepping away from acting all-together before landing the role on the Apple TV+ series. “I called my agents and my manager and said, ‘I’m done being in front of the camera — don’t put me up for anything,'” recalled Munn, who had considered transitioning into editing, producing, or writing after feeling unfulfilled in her acting career.
However, Munn was intrigued by the idea of taking part in a sharp commentary of America’s uber-wealthy. “There’s a carelessness with which they live their life,” Munn told The Times . “They feel impervious to the world and it’s so fascinating to watch these people crumble.
” She called her newly single character Sam — who is going through a bitter divorce and is Andrew Cooper’s (played by Hamm) friends-with-benefits — a “survivor,” explaining that she’ll “do anything to maintain her place and take care of her children.” Show creator Jonathan Tropper told The Times that Munn will joining Season Two of Your Friends & Neighbors . “We had originally planned for that character as a one-season character,” he shared, “but after working with her for a little while, I think we had consensus across the board, we wanted her.
” Munn also discussed overcoming her insecurities while filming sex scenes with Hamm after going public about her cancer diagnoses and receiving treatment. “I was really nervous about doing any sex scenes because I have a lot of scars,” she said. “Scars that can be seen in clothing and scars that you wouldn’t know unless I was completely nude.
” However, Munn said the scenes were key to portraying the relationship between the two characters, and wanted to show that her character “wants something so much more from him than he’s willing to give and their only connection is through sex.” She added, “I wanted the sex scenes to feel like sex scenes — I wanted them to feel visceral and intense and not hold back at all.” While working with an intimacy coordinator, Munn filmed the scenes and said, “I did feel insecure, but each time I did it, I felt better.
” Elsewhere in the interview, Munn, who shares two children with her husband, comedian John Mulaney, opened up about her fight with cancer. “Going through a year of battling cancer and five surgeries, the goal is not to be known as a sick person,” she told the publication. “The goal is to get to the other side and be back to normal.
” Munn, who is now cancer-free, said, “I’m so grateful for my body because it got me through this.”.
