Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn in ‘The Madison’; Helen Mirren as Cara in ‘1923’ Michelle Pfeiffer is sharing how Helen Mirren made her decision to join The Madison<\/em> a little easier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The actress revealed on the Tuesday, March 10 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> that she checked in with Mirren for feedback on working with Taylor Sheridan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The Madison\u00a0<\/em>premieres March 14 on Paramount+ with three episodes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a>\u00a0turned to Helen Mirren<\/a> before boarding her latest series, The Madison<\/em>.<\/p>\n The actress, 67, revealed on the Tuesday, March 10 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/a> that \u2014 after only getting a “basic” level of information on the show from its creator, Taylor Sheridan<\/a> \u2014\u00a0she asked someone already familiar with his work ethic for advice.<\/p>\n As Pfeiffer explained, Sheridan, who also created the Mirren-starring 1923,<\/em> met with her ahead of writing The Madison<\/em> at his Texas ranch. He gave her a general rundown of the concept “in broad strokes.” But when Pfeiffer asked for some form of script to really get a feel for it, Sheridan didn’t have one, as he typically writes around the actors he casts.<\/p>\n “I thought, ‘I have to find out something about this.’ So I knew that Helen Mirren was doing a show with him,” she said of 1923<\/em>. “[Which] I loved. And I know she doesn’t suffer fools.”<\/p>\n Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn and Beau Garrett as Abigail Reese in ‘The Madison’ Mirren, 80, indeed starred alongside Harrison Ford<\/a> in the two-season Western from 2022 through 2025. And she had a couple pointers for Pfeiffer ahead of The Madison<\/em>.<\/p>\n “She said, ‘The scripts are great and best production I’ve ever worked on. And I’m having a blast,’ ” Pfeiffer recalled. “So I thought, ‘Okay, well.’ “<\/p>\n Mirren’s feedback must’ve been enough for Pfeiffer, who boarded the show and now stars alongside \u00a0Kurt Russell<\/a>, Patrick J. Adams<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Matthew Fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n fffThe series follows the story of the Clyburn family, New York City transplants living in the Madison River valley of Montana. Pfeiffer stars as the grieving Stacy Clyburn.<\/p>\n Pfeiffer told\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the New York City premiere of\u00a0The Madison\u00a0<\/em>on Monday, March 9 that Sheridan wouldn’t budge on sharing a script beforehand. The actress ultimately “committed to it without even having read anything.”<\/p>\n “It was really just him explaining the scope of the character and kind of the outline of where it was going,” Pfeiffer said. “I said, ‘Well, I’d really love to read\u00a0something<\/em>.’ And he said, ‘No, I really like to cast it first and then I write.’ I said, ‘Well, I’d really like to read something and then I commit.’ “<\/p>\n She added, “We went back and forth over a couple of weeks like that, and then I realized I wasn’t going to to win this argument and I was either going to have to commit or give it up.”<\/p>\n
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