A atriz de House of Cards estrela como a protagonista Claire, uma professora de uma escola secundária suburbana do Texas. Mara estrela ao lado de Love, o protagonista de Simon Nick Robinson, que interpreta Eric sênior. Programado para estrear na FX no Hulu em 10 de novembro, a série é criada por Hannah Fidell, com Mara também atuando como produtora executiva.
Kate Mara Stars In, Produz Novo Drama de Relacionamento Professor-Aluno FX
“É sobre as complexidades e as consequências de uma relação predatória professor-aluno”, disse Mara a Jimmy Fallon no The Tonight Show .
“Anos atrás, Hannah Fidell, que o criou, me pediu para fazer parte e perguntou se eu queria ser produtora executiva”, disse Mara.
The actress had previously served as producer on the movie My Days of Mercy, where she also stars alongside The Umbrella Academy star Ellen Page. Mara said she was “so excited” to be involved in the creative process for A Teacher and that the experience proved to be very different from her other starring roles.
“At first, it was a little surreal because, as an actor, you don’t, or I don’t usually see, you know, every single take and every scene and everything, every daily from the beginning, but I do think it helped me,” she continued.
“It gave me a thicker skin,” she then added.
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Kate Mara Was Pregnant When FX Greenlit ‘A Teacher’
Mara also revealed FX gave the green light to A Teacher when she was heavily pregnant, so production was delayed until after she gave birth to her baby daughter. She has been married to Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell since 2017. The two met while working on 2015 superhero movie, Fantastic Four.
“I was very pregnant with her when my show was in the very beginning stages,” she told Fallon.
“And Fx decided when I was eight months pregnant that they would give us the green light,” she continued.
Asked how soon she could start, Mara revealed she was expecting a child. FX was happy to wait but wanted to go ahead with chemistry reads to cast the actor who was going to act alongside Mara.
“I tried to disguise her, I was wearing all black,” Mara said.
“And most of the guys just pretended that they didn’t see my pregnant stomach, they just sort of kept staring at my eyes very intently,” she continued.
A Teacher will be available to stream on November 10 on FX on Hulu