Those who are familiar with Sarah Silverman’s comedy career may be startled by the actress’s upcoming turn in I Smile Back, in which she plays a woman struggling with depression and bipolarity
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Though her character is fictional, Silverman’s experience on set reminded her of her own struggles with depression — which she details in a new essay for Glamour.
Silverman agreed to star in I Smile Back, based on Amy Koppelman’s novel, without much expectation that it would get produced. “Three years later I got an email saying, ‘It’s happening, we got the funding!'” Silverman writes in her essay. “I replied-all: ‘Yay!’ And then I collapsed on the floor of my bathroom, shaking. What had I done? I knew playing Laney Brooks would take me back to a very dark place.” …
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