After years as a recognizable character actress, Lauren Weedman had all year round for her career on the screen.
After appearing in recent episodes of Hacks And Abbott ElementaryThe actress revealed that she had developed Bell’s paralysis in August 2024, temporarily paralyzing her face while turning Netflix Sirens.
“The idea of sitting down and waiting for this to improve was not an option,” said Weedman at Huffington Post of the condition, which led to the right side of his frozen face, the inability to align his lips or close his right eye, headache and general discomfort.
Weedman added: “I wanted to talk to [the Sirens team] On this subject as soon as I could, so I would not be stressed all the time. »»
Sirens Creator Molly Smith Metzler explained: “At that time, I fell in love with Lauren like everyone else.
Brine Oldford, Felix Solis, Lauren Weedman and Patrick Voss Davis in “Siren” (Netflix / Courtesy Everett collection)
“”[Molly] It was so nice … But it was really difficult for me to think that I was going to count, “said Weedman.” You don’t do a great thing to be injured or sick. “
Weedman suggested writing the condition in his character’s script, which Metzler accepted, appreciating that the actress was “therefore, therefore the game”, adding: “It’s a form of great character”.
Playing the private chief Patrice during the summer season in a rich sea enclave, the character mentions in an episode, “Each summer, it happens; the stress of this work, the paralysis of my bell is back.”
“If it serves the character, I don’t care if I seem heavy or fatty or bad or other.” But this was a new level of [vanity]”Said Weedman to look at his performance on monitors.
Lauren Weedman on “Abbott Elementary” (Gilles Mingasson / ABC / Disney / Courtoisy Everett Collection)
While recovering from the condition, Weedman continued to resume his roles of Kristin Marie Schementi Abbott Elementaryand the mayor of Las Vegas Jo PezoziMeti on Hacks.
Hacks The designer and showrunner Lucia Aniello noted that when Weedman “said that she wanted to shoot, we were just going to!” Abbott The designer / star Quinta Brunson said that she was “really enthusiastic about the opportunity” to continue working with Weedman, adding: “The way I look at him is what normalizes any form of otherness. [Lauren] East. She just drives with the punches and does her job.
Weedman said that she was “so happy” that she was able to continue working, noting that her teenage son reminded her: “Mom, it does not matter. This is the era of the paralysis of your bell, that’s all. ”
