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Never more so, however, than when it comes to her on-camera eating.
Every edible moment, McCarthy explains, was scripted by showrunner Brad Ingelsby, also native of the area.
And she insists the cant-be-faked authenticity is largely to credit for the shows ecstatic reception.
The biggest compliment to me is that here, where we worked on it, people love it.
This was also the shows first installment in the viral screenshot-to-Twitter pipeline.
It was all very scandalous and amazing.
The request from the creatives was to fill the house with junk food, McCarthy says.
In that scene, the cast made Mares kitchen their kitchen, says McCarthy.
I mean, thats brilliant.
I think one of the shoppers bought the Cheez Whiz and it was justonthat day, she adds.
She owns her props with full confidence.
That was all her.
Both businesses are in Aston.
Yes, I sent people to those places.
We worked with those places and bought cheesesteaks from there and bought hoagies from there, McCarthy says.
I never ate one Im just feeling a pang of regret.
I need to go back and have one myself.
she looks a lot like the beautiful actress Kate Winslet.)
Shes clearly uncomfortable at the party, as she sits alone off to the side.
sliding the chewed up appetizer into a couch cushion.
Well first of all, was that amazing?
It was a beautiful hors doeuvre, all custom-made.
It was so Mare.
I laughed so hard and my heart was so happy, she adds.
[It showed] how she was uncomfortable in that setting, says McCarthy.
She didnt want to be there, she didnt want to be out on this date.
And that just shows how often she doesnt get out, because you shouldnt shove food in a couch!
But maybe she didnt know that.
Obviously it wasnt literal glass.
Because, to be clear, this does not stop Mare from enjoying her meal.
And the custody papers are obviously on that table, too, so theres other things going on.
Suffice to say, it isnt exactly how Helen predicted shed live out her golden years.
Again, its food telling the story that so little in Helens life is for Helen, McCarthy says.
McCarthy also points out that Helen stores her chocolate sauce under the kitchen sink, alongside the cleaning supplies.
And even as shes about to enjoy her ice cream, shes interrupted by someone at the damn door.
She couldnt even eat it!, McCarthy says.
All she wanted was the ice cream.
(See also:Helen drinking her great-grandsons Juicy Juice juice boxat the park.
It was an amazing use of food for us to understand Mare emotionally in that moment.
The potato chips themselves are Herrs, a local Pennsylvania brand, specifically Lancaster.
And the set of Mares house always had them on deck.
The zucchini obviously had to be there and the tortellini had to be there, McCarthy says.
We just went to Olive Garden and got a bunch of yummies.
And then obviously Mares [first] question is, Is the Rolling Rock cold?
I dont even think she said thank you, McCarthy says with a laugh.
So Mare, McCarthy says.
Every single episode: Rolling Rock.
So much Rolling Rock.
If there were an official emblem of Easttown orEasttown itd be a glistening green bottle of Rolling Rock.
I had to go back and do a little bit of research, McCarthy says.
Rolling Rock opened in 1939 in Pennsylvania and was known as the blue-collar, working mans beer.
So, whats actually in those bottles?
Its just water and caramel coloring, McCarthy says.
