Exclusive: Julia Goldani Telles talks The Girlfriend Experience Season 3
Premiering this Sunday May 2 on Starz is Season 3 of the limited series “The Girlfriend Experience.” The series is a reimagining of Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 critically acclaimed movie of the same name and explores the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.
The third installment of the anthology series is set amidst the London tech scene and focuses on Iris, a neuroscience major (Julia Goldani Telles, “The Affair”). She begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience, only to find herself deep inside the uncanny valley with the relationships she creates. Iris quickly learns that her client sessions provide her with a compelling edge in the tech world and vice versa. She then begins to question whether her actions are driven by free will, or something else altogether, and heads down a deep path of exploration.
BlackFilmandTV.com correspondent Sharronda Williams spoke with Telles about her character and the complexity she goes through within the season. Telles is best known for her role as Whitney on Showtime "The Affair" and is also known for her role on Amy Sherman Palladino's "Bunheads" opposite Sutton Foster. Telles most recently starred in the supernatural western “The Wind,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, Lionsgate's “Most Likely To Murder” and Sony's “Slender Man” opposite Joey King.
