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For her starring relation connected the Hulu philharmonic bid Up Here—dropping March 24—Mae Whitman exclusively told E! News however Independence Day co-star Jeff Goldblum inspired her to instrumentality the risk.
Mae Whitman Reveals Jeff Goldblum's Unintentional Career Advice
Sometimes it pays to perceive to the voices successful your head—especially erstwhile they dependable similar Jeff Goldblum.
On Hulu's philharmonic romanticist drama bid Up Here—premiering March 24—Mae Whitman plays Lindsay, a small-town miss who jets disconnected to New York City successful the last days of 1999 successful hunt of originative freedom, excitement and, ultimately, love.
For Mae, the full task was a immense leap of faith. Luckily, she had the sage words of an aged person to animate her to marque the jump.
"I worked with Jeff Goldblum connected Independence Day when I was a tiny child," Mae exclusively told E! News. "I retrieve they were opening the Jurassic Park thrust astatine Universal Studios and I was gonna go. I was terrified. I called him due to the fact that helium was successful Jurassic Park and helium virtually told me, 'You person to look your fears, Mae.' It ne'er near me. You're inactive with me, Jeff."
Mae and Jeff starred successful the beloved 1996 subject fabrication epic together, released erstwhile Mae was conscionable 8 years old. In the movie—which besides starred Will Smith and Bill Pullman—Jeff played outer technologist David Levinson and Mae played Patricia, the girl of President Thomas J. Whitmore (Pullman) and First Lady Marilyn Whitmore (Mary McDonnell).
As for Mae's latest role, Up Here features an awesome database of Broadway and philharmonic titans down the scenes—including Frozen songwriters Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Hamilton manager Thomas Kail—so the 34-year-old had each close to beryllium nervous.
"I was experiencing a panic that I've ne'er known before," Mae said. "It was similar you enactment unneurotic an A-team. It was similar Armageddon erstwhile they enactment them unneurotic and nonstop them off. I person competence successful definite arenas, but erstwhile it comes to singing, it's truthful vulnerable. It's truthful scary."
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The full acquisition has motivated Mae to get adjacent further extracurricular of her comfortableness portion moving forward—including a imaginable travel to the Great White Way.
"I privation to support doing things that scare maine and things that I'm not comfy with," the Parenthood alum said. "I person not done Broadway. God assistance me, I'm terrified. But I would springiness it a try. If Thomas Kail comes knocking, I'll astatine slightest look done the peephole."
We're definite Jeff would beryllium proud.
Up Here premieres March 24 connected Hulu.
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