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In the SXSW Narrative Spotlight selection “Addicted to Fresno,” Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer paired up on screen for the first time to play two very different sisters. Lyonne, who was recently up for her first Emmy for her performance as the always horny, formerly drug-addicted inmate Nicky Nichols on Netflix’s hit show “Orange is the New Black,” goes against type to play Martha, the overly optimistic lesbian sister to Greer’s Shannon, a deeply troubled woman fresh out of sex rehab. When Martha lands her sister a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel in Fresno, CA, things quickly spiral out of control after Shannon accidentally kills a hotel guest following a post-rehab relapse.
I’m more accustomed to see Natasha play the trainwreck and Judy play the levelheaded one. Was the atypical casting part of the appeal in making “Fresno”?
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Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on March 19, 2015.
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