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\n\tSPOILERS: This post contains details about the Cape Fear<\/a>, Season 1 finale episode \u201cThe Executioners\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith another twisty-turny ride down Cape Fear reaching an end, Juliette Lewis<\/a> was thrilled to have a chance to return to an important title from her youth, from a new perspective.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Oscar-nominated actress, who plays convicted killer Max Cady\u2019s (Javier Bardem) sister Crystal in the Apple TV<\/a> series, praised series creator Nick Antosca for giving her \u201cso much to play\u201d as a mentally disturbed figure from the sociopathic character\u2019s past. The role comes 35 years after her breakout performance as public defender Sam Bowden\u2019s (Nick Nolte) daughter Danielle in the Martin Scorsese<\/a>-helmed 1991 feature adaptation of John D. MacDonald\u2019s 1957 novel The Executioners.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut that was what was exciting, is that me coming back would be in a character that goes toe-to-toe with Max Cady, with our new Max Cady, and that they have this deep history, where you don\u2019t know who the lion is and who the mouse is at any given time,\u201d Lewis told Deadline. \u201cAnd that she really gets under his skin and vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing their work together on Hulu\u2019s 2019 limited series The Act, Antosca came to Lewis with a \u201cthree-page backstory\u201d for the character of Crystal Cady, which Lewis said \u201cwas so rich with drama,\u201d including the big twist revealed in Friday\u2019s Season 1 finale episode \u201cThe Executioners\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Max served 17 years for killing his pregnant wife Melissa, whose unborn baby was taken from the scene, his former attorney Anna Bowden (Amy Adams) learns the truth. Crystal (Lewis) escaped from the mental institution where she was committed, killing Melissa and taking the baby to raise as her own.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMax Mattern as Luke and Juliette Lewis as Crystal Cady in Apple TV\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s so funny, because series work is a little bit different than film,\u201d noted Lewis. \u201cYou often take a part, and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming, and they often don\u2019t wanna tell you because they\u2019re trying to keep these little nuggets secret from online and outward. But Nick, thank God, was such a good collaborator because he told me [from the beginning]. <\/p>\n

\n\tLewis added, \u201cI need to know because I like to create what it is I\u2019m not showing, and I like to know where we\u2019re going. And so, I knew all the things. I knew how savage she was from the very beginning, but of course I am who I am. I\u2019m not gonna telegraph that. We wanna really make a real kind of psychopath. It\u2019s like who\u2019s more psychopathic, her or Max Cady? You decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd although the finale sees Max shoot Crystal and Luke (Max Mattern) and throw them into the hull of a burning boat, without realizing the young man is his own son, Lewis thinks a second season could provide another twist to that storyline.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWell, we will see. I hope to have a second season, because I know a little stuff about the second season,\u201d teased Lewis. \u201cBut that\u2019s what\u2019s exciting about Nick, the show creator\u2019s writing. It\u2019s always twists and turns. It\u2019s always to get you going in one direction as an audience and then, jaw-dropping. He really had fun creating that as a noir and a thriller. What\u2019s behind this door? And it\u2019s never what you expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRobert De Niro and Juliette Lewis in \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 (1991) (MCA\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1991 movie, which starred Robert De Niro as Max Cady, Lewis has found the experience \u201cso meaningful\u201d for bringing her back to Scorsese, who executive produces the series along with Steven Spielberg.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a piece of my history and my career. It\u2019s sort of my birthplace. It\u2019s like my creative origin story is Cape Fear,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cAnd then Scorsese, I consider one of my first and most important teachers. He validated me early on when I was an introvert and I had no articulation of my process, but I had a very strong point of view and instincts, and he knew early on to validate that and give me encouragement where I needed and so that I could be the adventurous, daring performer that I hope people think I am, but that I try to be. And making choices and not playing it safe, that\u2019s because I had a Scorsese early on who gave me encouragement and gave me the floor. I kind of say metaphorically, he gave me the dance floor and the space to create. He didn\u2019t damper these ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on about Juliette Lewis\u2019 return to Cape Fear, all episodes of which are now available to stream on Apple TV+<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: I really enjoyed the character of Crystal Cady and what she adds to the Cape Fear story that has been told multiple times now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJULIETTE LEWIS: Oh, thanks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Tell me about how Nick [Antosca] approached you for the role and how it came full circle from your last time in Cape Fear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: It was really amazing because I had worked with Nick [on Hulu\u2019s The Act]. We wanted to do something together. We had a general meeting and he pitched the idea \u2026 \u201cI\u2019m thinking about doing Cape Fear, but as a series. And I have some strong ideas about it.\u201d And I was intrigued. That was pre-pandemic, I think 2019. It went away, and then I saw Amy Adams\u2019 name and Javier Bardem attached. And because Hollywood can sometimes be a brutal place, I thought the ship had sailed without me. And so, I was like, \u201cOh gosh, should I reach out to Nick to say, hey, you remember the meeting we had, and you actually said you wanted me to be a part of it?\u201d Anyway, two days later, he gave me an offer. He said, \u201cNo, I was keeping it a surprise. I was about to offer you this role.\u201d And he had about a three-page backstory. The backstory was so rich with drama, and there was just so much to play. Even if you\u2019re given a sentence, when you have such a strongly written backstory in a series, it makes the creation of a character really easy, because normally in series, you don\u2019t. You just get one script and then some idea, but Nick is so thorough in his character development, and so that\u2019s what\u2019s exciting about working with him. But the short story is, I thought I wasn\u2019t a part of it, and Nick had a part for me all along, and he kept his word. And he\u2019s so smart, because I think people were really excited by my involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJuliette Lewis in Apple TV\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 (Hopper Stone\/Apple TV+\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Tell me about reuniting with Martin Scorsese as the executive producer now. Did that bring up any memories from working on the movie?<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: The whole thing is so meaningful for me because it\u2019s a piece of my history and my career. It\u2019s sort of my birthplace. It\u2019s like my creative origin story is Cape Fear. When I became worldwide, people knew of me in this way on a global scale. You know, luck of the draw, I had no idea that that\u2019s the impact it would have. And then Scorsese, I consider one of my first and most important teachers. He validated me early on when I was an introvert and I had no articulation of my process, but I had a very strong point of view and instincts, and he knew early on to validate that and give me encouragement where I needed and so that I could be the adventurous, daring performer that I hope people think I am, but that I try to be. And making choices and not playing it safe, that\u2019s because I had a Scorsese early on who gave me encouragement and gave me the floor. I kind of say metaphorically, he gave me the dance floor and the space to create. He didn\u2019t damper these ideas, because a lot of times early on, some people you work with, they just want a robot. And I was fortunate enough to work with the auteurs of American cinema who really validated my voice. And so, I always come to the table, trying to bring it something fully realized. But anyway, the short story is to say, gosh, it\u2019s so important that that Scorsese gave it his blessing. I wasn\u2019t on the table read, because I came in a few episodes later, but I\u2019ll be seeing him shortly. I\u2019ve seen him over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Like you said, Crystal is just such a well fleshed-out character, and she\u2019s really so fun to watch and kind of unsettling. Tell me about her dynamic with Max, that weird sibling dynamic and the effect she has over him. What it was like working with Javier on that?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: I\u2019m so glad that reads. I haven\u2019t seen the series, so I don\u2019t know ever what edit they use and stuff. I\u2019ve only heard about it, so people are telling me what we intended happened. But that was what was exciting, is that me coming back would be in a character that goes toe-to-toe with Max Cady, with our new Max Cady, and that they have this deep history, where you don\u2019t know who the lion is and who the mouse is at any given time. And that she really gets under his skin and vice versa. And then also just on a pathology point, I was intrigued by playing a stalker, like stalker energy, obsession, obsessiveness\u2014but they don\u2019t know. They think they\u2019re justified in everything they\u2019re doing. She would never think she\u2019s a stalker or somebody who\u2019s obsessed. She\u2019s just doing what she thinks is right and what is necessary. People don\u2019t speak about acting this way, but I speak of it that it\u2019s energy work, like I\u2019m an energy worker, and what I mean by that is I\u2019m conjuring energy. So that\u2019s why some of my roles, I want people to feel it on a visceral level. But even when she comes in the first scene and she shows up at the bar where [Max] is sitting, and then they go in the cigar room, he brings her there. But even to show up, I wanted to have such a strong energy that\u2019s so intimidating, but it\u2019s veiled by, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t hurt anybody. I\u2019m so sweet.\u201d You know, sweetness and light. So, I love that dichotomy. I love the friction of the contradiction of what you show and what you conceal. It\u2019s really exciting in character work for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Yeah, it was really fun to watch as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJuliette Lewis in Apple TV\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019 (2026)<\/p>\n

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\n\tLEWIS: But just to experience Javier as Max Cady\u2014my first scene with him was when I saw him on the sidewalk, and I\u2019m in the green coat. And He was just so exciting. He\u2019s all the things. He\u2019s all the things you want from a Max Cady, seductive, charismatic, dangerous and enticing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Yeah, he\u2019s always fun to watch as a bad guy, but he seems very sweet and charming in real life.<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: Well, that\u2019s the thing is, he really has a gift. Because I was in scenes, one inch apart, and when he puts that veil over his eyes, a veil of darkness, it\u2019s something to behold. It\u2019s really powerful, and so it was really exciting for me to work with him. We both respect each other so much, and we could just dance, metaphorically speaking. The couple scenes we have that are super intimate, almost face to face, just a half inch apart, it\u2019s pretty electric. I hope it came off exciting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Oh yeah, absolutely. And one part that I was really struck by was the reveal that Crystal killed Melissa and stole the baby. What was your reaction to first reading that?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: It\u2019s so funny, because series work is a little bit different than film. You often take a part, and you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming, and they often don\u2019t wanna tell you because they\u2019re trying to keep these little nuggets secret from online and outward. But Nick, thank God, was such a good collaborator because he told me. I need to know because I like to create what it is I\u2019m not showing, and I like to know where we\u2019re going. And so, I knew all the things. I knew how savage she was from the very beginning, but of course I am who I am. I\u2019m not gonna telegraph that. We wanna really make a real kind of psychopath. It\u2019s like who\u2019s more psychopathic, her or Max Cady? You decide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJuliette Lewis in Apple TV\u2019s \u2018Cape Fear\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Yeah, and it was also just tragic finding out that he killed Adam after he was so heartbroken that he had lost him in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: Well, we will see. I hope to have a second season, because I know a little stuff about the second season. But that\u2019s what\u2019s exciting about Nick, the show creator\u2019s writing. It\u2019s always twists and turns. It\u2019s always to get you going in one direction as an audience and then, jaw dropping. He really had fun creating that as a noir and a thriller. What\u2019s behind this door? And it\u2019s never what you expect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Well, that\u2019s exciting to hear because honestly, when Max threw them down below the boat, I could tell they weren\u2019t totally dead yet, so they could have gotten out of that fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLEWIS: Yeah, exactly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Cape Fear, Season 1 finale episode \u201cThe Executioners\u201d With another twisty-turny…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[5896,210408,88,115682,54421,92],"class_list":["post-797050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-apple-tv","tag-cape-fear","tag-entertainment","tag-juliette-lewis","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}