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For Elizabeth Banks, The Higher Sister was a case of artwork imitating life, as she rapidly settled into her sisterly dynamic with co-star Jessica Biel.
“It got here actually simply to us, and I feel it’s as a result of I make enjoyable of my sisters, and I’ve a very good time making enjoyable of Jessica Biel,” Banks, who’s the firstborn in her circle of relatives, tells SheKnows of enjoying Biel’s large sister.
Within the Prime Video collection, which adapts Alafair Burke’s 2019 guide of the identical title, Banks performs Nicki, a recovering addict whose estranged sister married her ex-husband and is elevating her son. When her son is arrested for the homicide of his father, she reconnects along with her youthful sister, Chloe (Biel), to assist show his innocence.
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“I’m an enormous sister, so I’m additionally an actual know-it-all,” Banks jokes. “She was a puppet of mine. Principally, I’ve the ethical excessive floor. Which can be at all times enjoyable to play as a result of she’s stole my husband and my little one.”
“I did that,” Biel chimed in.
The present is a gripping whodunnit about moms doing the whole lot they’ll to guard their son however Banks’ character provides comedy in methods solely Banks might by way of her below-the-belt jabs at Biel’s uptight Chloe.
“That’s what sisters are,” Banks stated. “They know all of the buttons to push, and the job of being an ideal sister is understanding when to push and whenever you’ve gone too far. Each now and again, we went too far, and we had to determine tips on how to restore it. And that is about two individuals who have actually gone too far, and now they’ve to determine tips on how to restore this factor and again one another up in a means that they’ve by no means needed to do earlier than.”
Biel’s character has extra layers to unpack. As a high-powered government who seems to have moved in on her brother-in-law as quickly as her sister started to have dependancy points, it could be straightforward to dislike her from the soar however a lot of the present’s thriller is constructed across the actuality behind Chloe’s fragile, forward-facing persona.
“I really like characters that maintain a number of secrets and techniques. You already know, that’s one thing that’s at all times so attention-grabbing and intriguing to discover,” Biel says. “What will we do after we’re pushed up towards the wall and also you’re requested to to explor, how far would you go to guard your son, shield your loved ones, to guard your sister, no matter it’s.”
At a Could 21 premiere of the present, Biel additionally advised us that the present opened up a world of issues about elevating teenagers. The actress, who shares 10-year-old Silas and 4-year-old Phineas with husband Justin Timberlake, has a number of extra years to go earlier than her sons are the identical age as her onscreen son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) however that didn’t make the position any much less eye-opening in regards to the challenges of defending teen youngsters.
“I simply was terrified on daily basis,” Biel stated. “I’m like, Oh my, is that this the fact that I’m moving into?”
“Occupied with how social media can have an effect on youngsters, fascinated by the stress of being younger, of digital camera telephones all over the place, of youngsters not being allowed to fail,” Biel advised us.
“As a mother, I take into consideration that lots, this present, and this expertise being Max’s mother, one in all Max’s mothers, yeah, it type of introduced that basically, to dwelling, and fascinated by how I’m moving into these harder years.”
The Higher Sister is streaming now on Prime Video.
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