But the show also highlights the experiences of their wives, who have their own powerful stories to tell.
It was important to show the way these women interacted.
When they first met most were strangers who were thrown into this insane, brand new world.
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They were dealing with unbelievable stressors that were particular to this situation.
But also because of her faith that gave her this really positive outlook of the world.
And of course, there was also a dark side to Louise, as there is with everyone.
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At the center of that was her tumultuous relationship with her husband which was very complicated.
Gordo also struggled with remaining faithful to his wife, and eventually, the divorced in the early 1970s.
“Trudy was a total badass,” Mumford exclaims.
And yet still, she was a woman limited by the times that she lived in.
“I knew Patrick before this project which turned out to be really helpful,” Zehetner explains.
“He’s an incredibly generous actor who takes his work very seriously.
But he asked me to take a dance lesson with him in preparation for it.
We learned a whole dance and nobody will see our hard work otherwise.”
Adds Lucio, “Working with Jake was great!
I thought that was very special.”
“Tell the world!
We’d love to do a spin-off,” Zehetner says full of enthusiasm.
The Right Stufftwo-episode premiere streams Oct. 9 on Disney+.
New episodes will be released every Friday thereafter.
