Exclusive: Samara Weaving and Melvin Gregg talk shooting Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers in Australia During COVID-19
Coming out this week on Hulu is the eight-episode series Nine Perfect Strangers, which stars Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Manny Jacinto.
Based on The New York Times bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, “Nine Perfect Strangers” takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort’s director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
Melvin Gregg and Samara Weaving play married couple Ben Chandler and Jessica Chandler
Gregg was recently seen in FX’s Snowfall in season 3, portraying Drew ‘Manboy’ Miller, and also appeared in a recent episode of Kenya Barris’ #BlackAF on Netflix. He recently starred in Warner Bros. feature The Way Back opposite Ben Affleck and was featured in the Lee Daniels-helmed biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
Australian actress Weaving most recently starred in Robert Schwentke’s Snake Eyes for Paramount opposite Henry Golding. She co-starred in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood. In 2020 she co-starred in MGM’s Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third installment in the franchise headlined by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Weaving is best recognized for the thriller Ready or Not, her first lead role in a theatrical American film.