About this episode

Tatiana Maslany discusses the significance of the song 'Faceshopping' by Sophie in her acting process.

My guest today is the actor Tatiana Maslany. One of the things I find so compelling about Tatiana and her career is that the roles that she plays often contain multitudes—literally. She played over 10 different characters–clones, but with distinct personalities–in the TV show Orphan Black. And in the Marvel Universe, she played She-Hulk, who also had the very different alter ego of Jennifer Walters, a lawyer. And right now, she’s starring in the show Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on AppleTV. When Tatiana prepares for her roles—and the roles within the roles—she often uses music to inspire and motivate her. Today, I got to talk to Tatiana about a song that’s been really important to her and her process. And that song is “Faceshopping” by Sophie. If you’re not aware of Sophie’s music, she was an incredible, groundbreaking electronic artist from the UK. She was trans, and she passed away far too young, in 2021. But even in a short time, she made a big impact. In addition to her own music, she also produced tracks for Charli XCX, and Madonna, and more. In 2018, she released her breakthrough Grammy-nominated album, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides , which dealt a lot with her trans…

People in this episode

Host: Hrishikesh Hirway

Guest: Tatiana Maslany

Topics covered

• music inspiration
• acting process
• electronic music
• trans identity
• character roles

Keywords

• Tatiana Maslany
• Sophie
• Faceshopping
• Orphan Black
• trans identity
• music inspiration
• acting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Orphan Black, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides

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