The Power's Toni Collette and John Leguizamo talk chemistry, empowerment, and their "emotionally intelligent" relationship
Amazon's new sci-fi drama The Power takes place in a not-so-distant future where teen girls suddenly develop the power to electrocute people at will.
Toni Collette plays Margot Cleary-Lopez, the high-strung mayor of Seattle, with John Leguizamo as her grounded husband. Already stressed out from the sexism she faces at work, things take a turn for the worst when unexplained electrical fires and accidents erupt all over the city – and her oldest daughter Jos develops a supernatural power that she can barely control. Total Film sat down with the duo to talk chemistry, empowerment, and playing someone a little different.
Total Film: You guys have great chemistry. What was it like working together?
Toni Collette: So easy. I mean we didn't know each other beforehand. I came to the project late and we were kind of thrown in together, but I think John is such a present, available actor. He listens and he's just very alive in the moment and I think that creates an open window where beautiful things can happen. It was really exciting.
John Leguizamo: I was a huge fan of Toni before, and so when we got the call that she was gonna be on it, I called all my friends and they were like,'Oh, snap That's so cool. I'm so jealous. I'm jelly.' And I was like, 'That's right. You better be jelly.' [laughs] And she proved everything I've ever seen in her work before. She was so strong and vulnerable at the same time, and funny and yet, you know, has pathos. I mean, all these beautiful qualities that you wish in any actor.
Speaking of Toni's performance, it seems like you get cast as a mother a lot, but Margot is so uniquely her own, so different than Tara Grayson [United States of Tara] or Laura Olive. What did you feel like you did
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