Linda Cardellinihas lived a hell of a lot of lives.
But thats not what people are most excited about when they stop her on the street.
People will literally just yell Judy at me across the street, Cardellini says.
Cardellini as Margo in ‘No Good Deed.‘Netflix
She admits shes still in denial about needing glasses, and she loses them constantly.
Every time, we joke, My glasses.
I cant find my glasses, she says in Velmas signature nasal drawl.
She makes her mistakes but she just really cares about people, Cardellini explains over French toast.
And I told her, Next time, I want to play a Bad.
Enter Margo, her character in the new Netflix seriesNo Good Deed.
So much of who Margo is, or how she presents, is about how she looks.
At one point, I had to be sewn into my pants and then cut out of them.
It was like a happy little friendly family, she says.
We trusted each other to tell each other everything.
One of our first long night shoots, we had this scene on the beach and it was freezing.
And we just sat there and talked instead of going back to our trailers.
Its pretty wonderful to have that.
Shes so game, so committed, and has the range that any comedy writer would dream of.
Shes one of the great character actresses of all time.
Experiences like these are everything Cardellini could have dreamed of growing up.
It was always, If I could just make enough to live… Now, people ask me if I think my child will want to be an actor.
And I always say if she loves it, there will be no stopping her.
Because there was no stopping me, no matter how many times people told me to be more practical.
I mean, my mom wanted me to take typing.
And I just thought for a second, What a funny question.
Yeah, I do.
Sometimes I miss Judy.
I miss Judy and I miss Lindsay.
Because I feel like we would be friends.
