Robin Wright knew that in her new Prime Video show The Girlfriend, which she developed in addition to starring in, she would have to fight the potential for melodrama, because “it could easily go there,” she told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. “This was so much of our discussion in the writer's room. How do we keep it plausible?” Wright plays Laura, whose adult son Daniel (Laurie Davidson) starts dating a suspicious woman named Cherry (Olivia Cooke) and proceeds to spiral out of control. “She does not want to lose him to anything. She is very overprotective and ends up becoming possessive.” Despite her sharing few similarities with her character— “I'm not that possessive with my son.”— she still feels a kinship with her. “Everyone you play, as venal as they can be, they believe that they're doing the right thing. So you have to believe that within them.” Wearing many hats, Wright doubled as co-star and director for many episodes. “I could be in the scene with Olivia or Laurie and I'm watching them as a director, like split brain, you know? But I'm still feeding them the character, Laura.” And while she’s directed a number of projects, she says she still has room to grow. “I'm still learning. I'm learning and trying to learn how to get my style.”&nbsp;Subscribe to my newsletter: <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/newsletter/the-culture/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/newsletter/the-culture/</a>&nbsp;Follow me: <a href="https://linktr.ee/halanscott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/halanscott</a>&nbsp;Subscribe to Newsweek’s YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/newsweek" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/newsweek</a>&nbsp;See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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