Emmy Rossum and Tom Holland.Photo:John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock, Cindy Ord/WireImage
John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock, Cindy Ord/WireImage
Emmy Rossumwasn’t insulted when she was cast as the mother toTom Holland’s character in the new miniseries,The Crowded Room.
“It makes sense when I read the script," the 36-year-old actress toldEntertainment Tonightat the show’s N.Y.C. premiere on Thursday, when discussing the near decade-long age gap between her and Holland, who turned 27 on June 1. (Rossum’s birthday is in September).
Rossum went on to tell the outlet she “fell in love with the relationship between mother and son” on the new show, and the “closeness and everything that they’re grieving in later episodes”, and so wanted to play the part of Sullivan’s mom.
“I was so taken with the series and really just loved all my scenes, especially with young Danny,” Rossum said. “Our relationship was so beautiful and so I knew everything that we had that I had lost in the scenes with Tom. [It] was really fun.”
Emmy Rossum shares 2-month-old son and daughter, 2, with husband Sam Esmail.Emmy Rossum/Instagram
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Rossum shared that she discovered she was pregnant on set of the series, and found playing a mom on the show “brought up a lot”, as a parent to her now 2-month old son and 2-year-old daughter, shared with her husband Sam Esmail.
“Finding out during our last couple episodes that I was pregnant with my son, who was born 8 weeks ago, it brings up a lot about our imperfections as people, the unrealistic expectations that we place on ourselves, and how we are really just a product of our own upbringings,” Rossum said.
“I think the show has a lot to say about love and empathy and understanding of those who are different than we are.”
Teasing what viewers can expect fromThe Crowded Room, Rossum promised “lots of twists and turns” toET, adding: “It’s really shocking and thought provoking and it really has a lot of pieces of the puzzle to put together.”
source: people.com
