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At the New York premiere of the show’s second season Wednesday night, the actress, 75, toldEntertainment Tonightjust how much preparation her new role required.
Close, who plays a CIA agent Dr. Marjan Montazemi on the second season of the thriller, said she worked with a coach three times each week to learn Farsi.
“It was very challenging. It has a different sentence structure. It’s more like German, with the verb at the end. You use your mouth differently. It has certain sounds that we don’t have in English,” Close explained. “But I had a phenomenal coach in Anna Bayat, who worked with me on Zoom three times a week.”
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She continued, “It’s just a lot of – you start with one word at a time, then sentences, then repetition, repetition, and then you have to learn the proper intonation, and then you have to say it faster than you think you ever can say it.”
Though fans might have recognized the actress' voice on shows likeFamily Guy,The Simpsonsand3Below: Tales of Arcadia, her new role is the first time she has appeared on television since wrappingDamagesin 2012.
It’s been a busy week for theHillbilly Elegystar who attended theMet Galaon Monday where she wore ahot pink Valentino suitcomplete with matching gloves, anembellished grand capeand fuchsia drop earrings.
source: people.com
