After this experience, if Patty asks me to play a lampshade in anything, I will be right there, and I’m not joking, at all. What was it like to get to work with Patty Jenkins and collaborate with her on this? How closely did you guys work together on these episodes?ĮISLEY: It was an absolute blast. You’re hard on yourself and like, “I’ve gotta do the best job that I can possibly do.” But it does take a definite load off and lighten it a bit, to know that it had Fauna’s blessing, but also her daughters’ blessings. Obviously, there is a level of responsibility that’s just unavoidable, especially for a perfectionist. So, knowing that she trusted (executive producer/director) Patty, wholeheartedly, and (executive producer/writer) Sam, and then her daughters being there, was so encouraging. I can’t even imagine the warmth and soulfulness that Fauna must have had. They’re just such special souls, who are, through and through, just good people. They walk in the room and they literally light up the room. The real Fauna Hodel was also a producer on this, so what was it like to know that she was a part of having her story told?ĮISLEY: I did not get to meet her because she passed away shortly before I was cast, but her daughters, Rasha and Yvette, were there on set a lot of the time, and they are just such special souls and such lights of human beings. Uncovering that life-changing secret sends teenaged Fauna on a desperate quest to Los Angeles to discover who she is, putting her right into the path of Jay Singletary ( Chris Pine), a former Marine turned hack reporter who may have more information on her family than even she wants to know.ĭuring this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress India Eisley talked about what it was like to play a young woman who grew up believing she was mixed race, only to learn that was not the case, feeling like you don’t belong anywhere in the world, getting to meet the real Fauna Hodel’s daughters, her experience working with Patty Jenkins, exploring the unusual dynamic between Fauna and Jay, the powerhouse that is Golden Brooks, whether audiences will feel a sense of closure, at the end of this story, and making the transition into the type of roles she wants to do now, as an adult. Created by Sam Sheridan, executive produced by Patty Jenkins (who also directed some of the episodes) and inspired by true events, the TNT series I Am the Night tells the story of Fauna Hodel ( India Eisley), a naïve young girl growing up outside of Reno, Nevada with her co-dependent single mother ( Golden Brooks), who she learns is hiding a big secret from her.
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