This week we talk to creators and stars of three new series streaming this week. Bobby Cannavale tells us about lying in his own grave for “Nine Perfect Strangers”; Adrien Brody explains the imperfect hero of “Chapelwaite”; and Amanda Peet explains why she made a show about women who go first. Here’s where to stream it all:
New Release: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
(Hulu)
In the second episode “Nine Perfect Strangers,” a wellness guru played by Nicole Kidman asks the participants of her 10-day retreat to dig shallow graves, lie down, imagine that they are dead, and to think about “the things that stop you from having a full and extraordinary life.”
“I have to say, you show up to that set and there are all those graves dug, there is something confronting about getting inside of a hole and laying there,” says Bobby Cannavale, who plays a former football player addicted to pain pills.
The series, based on a novel by Liane Moriarty, premieres Wednesday on Hulu. It explores the lives of nine guests who are thrown together, including couples struggling with relationship issues, grieving parents and unhappy professionals. Ms. Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko, the owner of the resort who uses nontraditional methods, begins receiving threatening messages herself.
