As Meg Rayburn in Netflix's Bloodline, Linda Cardellini brings eerie dynamism and nuance to the screen: Meg's a successful lawyer, living a cookie-cutter life with her longtime boyfriend in the Florida Keys. Meg's the responsible, righteous baby sister of siblings who shun their brother. Meg's the key to erasing her dysfunctional family's dark past. Meg's a liar. When her black sheep of a brother Danny comes home, Meg's illusory persona and her family's perfect-on-the-outside image are jeopardized. We asked Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks) to delve into her character's complexities, and also talked bug suits and favorite Mad Men memories. (If you haven't watched past episode five of Bloodline, beware: Some spoilers follow.)Bloodline kicks off by trying to persuade us that long ago, Danny (Ben Mendelsohn) did something that nearly ruined the Rayburn family. Or at least caused the family to implode. At the time, Meg is very young. Why...
- 3/31/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
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