And this point in her career, Lily Rabe has an epic list of on-screen accomplishments including being a key cast member on America Horror Story, starring alongside Nicole Kidman in HBO’s The Undoing and having a recurring role in Barry Jenkins’ upcoming historical drama, The Underground Railroad. On top of all of that? Rabe is headlining a brand new series hitting Amazon on Friday, February 19th called Tell Me Your Secrets.
But all of that good doesn’t mean there weren’t bumps in the road along the way. While appearing on Collider Ladies Night in celebration of Tell Me Your Secrets’ big debut, Rabe took a moment to look back on the lessons learned from one especially big disappointment. After scoring a role in a red hot HBO project, David Milch’s Last of the Ninth, the show failed to get a series order. Rabe began:
“I was gutted. That was such a remarkable experience because working with David Milch, to this day, is something that I will always treasure. It was so amazing and sort of formative and life changing to work with him.”
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