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Constance Zimmer · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: You're on with Mario a little bit. It's up. You're
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  Speaker 1: with Mario Lopez joining me right now. Any nominated actress,
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  Speaker 1: Constance zim Er, how are you, Constance?
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  Speaker 2: I am great, Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for taking the time. Okay, you
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  Speaker 1: crushed it playing Carolyn Besset Kennedy's mother in love story
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  Speaker 1: so good. I really enjoyed the show. Was appointment viewing
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  Speaker 1: for my wife and I and you really did such
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  Speaker 1: a great job.
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  Speaker 2: And I love the.
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  Speaker 1: Whole uh just the concept and the way they tackled
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  Speaker 1: How was it stepping into that world by the way
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  Speaker 1: of the Kennedys.
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  Speaker 3: I mean pretty exciting, I think, because you know, the
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  Speaker 3: nineties are so nostalgic, I mean for people of this generation,
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  Speaker 3: Generation X, you know, our generation, Yeah, exactly, And so
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  Speaker 3: I think for me it was, you know, gave me
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  Speaker 3: a reason to be able to go and you know,
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  Speaker 3: do research into not only a couple, but a fanly
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  Speaker 3: two families, you know that I didn't know much about.
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  Speaker 3: I was, you know, just like most of us, just
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  Speaker 3: watching their story unfold, you know, from the streets basically.
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  Speaker 2: So it was very exciting.
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  Speaker 3: And because we didn't know much about Carolyn's family. It
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  Speaker 3: was even for me obviously, playing her mother made me
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  Speaker 3: just feel like a whole another layer of you know,
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  Speaker 3: information and relationships that we never really knew about that
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  Speaker 3: I got to kind of help unpack.
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  Speaker 2: Right, No, it was it was, It was true.
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  Speaker 1: I got my heart just broke because both daughters and
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  Speaker 1: just oh the speech at the wedding was job. It
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  Speaker 1: just it was great. And you've called this role a
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  Speaker 1: gift for many reasons, and I obviously it really resonated
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  Speaker 1: with you. But like you mentioned, it did a great
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  Speaker 1: job capturing the period of the nineties and for me,
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  Speaker 1: I think what made it so appealing to so many
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  Speaker 1: people out there too is obviously before social media and everything,
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  Speaker 1: but the romance, when you like someone, you had to
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  Speaker 1: work up the nerve to actually go out and ask
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  Speaker 1: them out. That doesn't exist anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: You can swipe, you can text, you slide into DMS,
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  Speaker 1: the whole deal. But back then, you had to speak
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  Speaker 1: to someone if you liked them. You had to either
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  Speaker 1: go in person or maybe a call. But there was communication.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's appealing to young people these days
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  Speaker 1: because that doesn't exist. That was a big thing and
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  Speaker 1: I think that made it even that much more romantic.
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  Speaker 2: You agree, well, yes, you had to be more present.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we have far too many distractions and far
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  Speaker 3: too many ways to not be present and to not
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  Speaker 3: be in person in somebody's personal space. Back then, we
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  Speaker 3: had no there was no other option. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: things were thought out, things were actually you know, set
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  Speaker 3: into motion based on a few things that had to
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  Speaker 3: line up.
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  Speaker 2: Now nothing has to line up.
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  Speaker 3: You can do anything from anywhere, any time of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think it's ruined a lot of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of guys game. They don't have game anymore.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have game. They don't yeh have it, And.
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  Speaker 1: They're just in there and they're in a little bubble
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  Speaker 1: and it's and it's sort of sad. Now there are
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  Speaker 1: rumors of a season two, and I love the possibilities.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to see uh uh Stevie Nicks, Lindsay buckingham
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  Speaker 1: Fleet with Mac little uh romance or love story there.
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  Speaker 1: I've heard Elizabeth Taylor obviously go in so many different directions.
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  Speaker 2: Which story would you like to be told?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, personally, the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton situation, because
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  Speaker 3: they were married what like three or four.
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  Speaker 2: Times to each other.
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  Speaker 3: I want to know what that is, like what happens
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  Speaker 3: in between that then you're like, ah, let's try it again.
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  Speaker 3: Well no, not not this time. Well let's try it again.
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  Speaker 3: Let's try it again. Let's try it again.
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  Speaker 2: You know. So that to me is I would love
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  Speaker 2: to see that. It is how that all came about.
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  Speaker 1: It is fascinating if you think about it.
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  Speaker 2: You get married and then you.
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  Speaker 1: Go through the whole trouble of getting divorced, which isn't
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  Speaker 1: easy and is expensive, and then you take your time
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  Speaker 1: and you're like, you know what, let's try my marriage again.
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  Speaker 1: That is a fascinating to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Like maybe it was easier back of the day.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I also want to talk about You're
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  Speaker 1: in the latest season of the Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer.
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  Speaker 1: You play a da What can you share about your storyline.
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  Speaker 3: Just that I'm the villain of the season basically, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think that this season of Lincoln Lawyer has been,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in particular for the fans, very personal for
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  Speaker 3: Mickey Holler, you know, the lead of the show, for
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  Speaker 3: Menuel because I'm basically attacking him. So that just makes
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  Speaker 3: me the villain, even though all I'm doing is my
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  Speaker 3: job right?
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 1: No, it's a global hit, very popular show. Coincidentally, my
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  Speaker 1: son is on this season, Lincoln or he's on Uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I guess he's like doing five episodes and stuff went
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  Speaker 1: on set a couple of times.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, like the season that they're shooting right now.
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  Speaker 1: The season they're shooting right now.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so he's he's doing really good job. Proud of
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  Speaker 1: him right there. So big lincol Lawyer fans over here.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. Thanks.
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  Speaker 1: You also have a podcast called Talk fifty to Me.
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  Speaker 1: It's a fun title. I gotta imagine just things that
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  Speaker 1: come up when you're in your fifties.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean it's basically giving a platform for women in
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  Speaker 3: specifically about what happens when you get to this decade
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  Speaker 3: and all the things that nobody told us about, huh,
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  Speaker 3: but really shining a light on the empowerment that comes
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  Speaker 3: with aging.
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  Speaker 2: That also people don't like to talk about.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone wants to talk about the decline and the demise
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  Speaker 3: and all the bad things, but people are not out
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  Speaker 3: there sharing the power that comes with aging and understanding
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  Speaker 3: who you are and being forced to face that person.
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  Speaker 3: And so yeah, we me and my co host Clements,
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  Speaker 3: who's a pro aging social media advocate. Basically, we were like,
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  Speaker 3: where's the place for women to come to and say, wait,
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  Speaker 3: agains better with age.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody told me that part.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I love that and I have the same mindset too.
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  Speaker 1: Being in my fifties, it's a blessing to It's.
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  Speaker 2: An absolute blessing. It's a privilege. It's all of those
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  Speaker 2: things that you would just take for granted.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And the fifties now it's not our parents' fifties.
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  Speaker 2: We're looking better.
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  Speaker 1: We're taking care of ourselves. We have a lot more
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and if you do take care of yourself, you
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  Speaker 1: can have you can just be hitting the halfway point
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  Speaker 1: right now, yeah, and get ready for the back nine.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm with you on that. I appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: taking the time. Congrats again. I look forward to Lincoln,
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  Speaker 1: Laura and all the other stuff you're in Constance. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for checking in.
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  Speaker 2: Oh hey, thanks for having me. Okay, you got to
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  Speaker 2: take care Bye, good Bye
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  Speaker 1: With Mario Lopez