Megan Stalter has misplaced virtually each piece of jewellery she’s ever owned.
However she’s decided to flip the script on the Scorpio signet ring that she wore for a current interview with The New York Instances. Ms. Stalter’s girlfriend wears the one other ring similar to it.
Ms. Stalter discovered the matching rings at a retailer in Hollywood that sells jewellery, greeting playing cards and crystals. She was on the lookout for a bit she may put on to pay homage to her girlfriend whereas filming “Too A lot,” a forthcoming Netflix sequence by Lena Dunham, by which Ms. Stalter has a starring position.
Ms. Stalter additionally stars because the titular, leopard-coat-wearing character within the lately launched movie “Cora Bora.” And he or she has stolen many scenes in her supporting position on “Hacks,” the comedy sequence, over its three seasons on Max.
The 33-year-old actress, in an interview that has been edited and condensed, talked in regards to the ring that she has refused to lose, and why it’s price holding onto.
Inform me in regards to the jewellery you’re sporting.
It’s a Scorpio ring that matches a hoop I gave to my girlfriend, who’s a Scorpio. It was a secret signal to point out her that I used to be considering of her in the entire scenes within the final present I did.
Did you put on it when you had been filming?
I made it a very large deal on set for me to have the ability to put on the ring. I stated, “I actually need my character to put on this ring; it’s actually necessary to me that the character has this ring as a result of somebody within the character’s life should have given it to her.”
Everybody was type of like, Why does she care about that ring a lot? It wasn’t one thing the character naturally would put on. So I needed to have a complete story about it, and I used to be like, “Yeah, I really feel like somebody gave it to her. “
They didn’t thoughts if I wore it, however they needed to discover a duplicate ring as a result of they need to have backup stuff in case you lose the unique. However they couldn’t discover one — I even advised them what retailer I purchased it at. They couldn’t get one other one. And I’m like, “OK, I assume we’ve the one two.”
Your girlfriend is a Scorpio. What’s your signal?
I’m a Virgo, however they didn’t have that choice.
Had you been trying to find a hoop for the 2 of you, particularly? Or did you come throughout the Scorpio ring and get that concept?
I needed to get one thing for us that’s matching as a result of I used to be going away for a giant job. I needed us to have the identical factor to have a look at. It jogged my memory of her, so I needed to be sporting it.
I’m not a hoop particular person. It’s good to have one meaning rather a lot. I’m actually pleased with myself that I haven’t misplaced the ring as a result of it’s necessary to me.
Did sporting the ring whereas filming “Too A lot” ever take you out of character? Did it enable you to get into character?
I’m sporting it throughout earlier components of my character’s life within the present, not in the entire present. So sporting the ring really did make me suppose, that is her youthful. However the ring’s actual which means is for me.
The costume is such a giant a part of the character. If you placed on the stuff, it feels completely different than your individual garments. My dresser within the present really advised me that persons are hotter in their very own garments. Costumes usually are not yours, so that you don’t really feel as heat.
