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Zoe Saldana on the Added Pressure of Acting Alongside Her Boss Taylor Sheridan on Lioness · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Taylor Sheridan has become a one man empire in Hollywood
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Speaker 2: as the head writer and creator of a string of
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Speaker 2: his shows, namely Yellowstone in eighteen eighty three. But before
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Speaker 2: he stepped behind the camera, he worked in front of
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Speaker 2: it as an actor, and Taylor returns to it on
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Speaker 2: season two of his show Liones, starring Zoe Saldonna playing
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Speaker 2: cia Op Cody Spears, which put Zoe in a unique
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Speaker 2: position to be in the scenes with a formidable actor
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Speaker 2: and equally formidable boss. She tells the Hollywood Reporter, Taylor
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Speaker 2: is intense in all the right ways. He cares a
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Speaker 2: whole lot, and he's very invested, so he's all in
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Speaker 2: at all times, which means you have to know exactly
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Speaker 2: what you're doing, because he sure does. He's an actor first,
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Speaker 2: so he writes amazing moments for each and every actor.
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Speaker 2: And I really appreciate that. Sharing scenes with him was
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Speaker 2: a little nerve wracking, because you don't know if he's
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Speaker 2: coming at you as a character, if he's coming at
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Speaker 2: you as your boss. Zoey Sawdonna there and working with
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Speaker 2: Taylor Sheridan as a showrunner and co star on season
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Speaker 2: two of Lions, which is on Paramount
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Speaker 1: Plus that's direct from Hollywood.