To celebrate the release of Lady in the Lake, we spoke to the creator and cast about the show.
Based in a best selling novel, Lady in the Lake sees a Jewish House wife leave her husband to investigate two murders as a black bartender gets embroiled in violence.
We spoke to director and writer Alma Har’el about bringing the book to life while exploring the time period. We also spoke to Noah Jupe about working with Natalie Portman.
Finally, we talked with Y’lan, Byron, and Josiah about accessing their characters and their motivations.
Lady in the Lake will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, July 19, 2024, followed by new episodes every Friday through August 23, 2024.
Plot:
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Portman), a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Johnson (Ingram), a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family. Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger. From visionary director Alma Har’el, “Lady in the Lake” emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams.
