Exclusive: Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear talk Starz's Shining Vale
Coming out this week on STARZ is their upcoming horror comedy that’s part family dramedy, part homage to classic horror in “Shining Vale” created by Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan starring Emmy Award nominee Courteney Cox (“Friends,” “Cougar Town”), Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear (“As Good As It Gets,” “The Kennedys”), and Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (“Hollywood,” “The Expecting”).
“Shining Vale” premieres with two episodes Sunday, March 6, 2022 at midnight on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms, and internationally on the STARZPLAY premium streaming platform across Europe, Latina America and Japan. On linear, it will debut on STARZ at 10:20PM ET/PT in the U.S. and Canada.
The upcoming horror comedy also stars Gus Birney, Merrin Dungey, and Dylan Gage, and features Judith Light and Sherilyn Fenn
Shining Vale” tells the story of a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Pat (Cox), who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same. Kinnear plays her ever-optimistic husband, Terry Phelps, whose patience and self-control will be tested like never before. Mira Sorvino plays Rosemary, who is either Pat’s alter ego, a split personality, her “id”, her muse, or a demon trying to possess her. Judith Light will play “Joan,” Pat's (Cox) Lithium-infused mother, who has long battled mental illness, and her daughter... (who she blames for her mental illness). Joan is vain and hyper-critical, taking any opportunity to recall her prized youth, or belittle Pat. Of all the horrors that Pat faces, becoming Joan is the most frightening -- and most real.
Cox plays the lead role of Patricia “Pat” Phelps, with Kinnear playing her ever-optimistic husband, Terry Phelps, whose patience and self-control will be tested like never before. Mira Sorvino plays Rosemary, who is either Pat’s alter ego, a split personality, her id, her muse, or a demon trying to possess her. Merrin Dungey plays Kam, Pat’s oldest friend and book editor. Gus Birney and Dylan Gage also star as Pat and Terry’s teenage kids, Gaynor and Jake..
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Cox and Kinnear on their roles in the series.
