{"id":161302,"date":"2022-04-20T11:19:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=161302"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:36:56","slug":"michelle-de-swarte-talks-hbo-horror-comedy-series-the-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/michelle-de-swarte-talks-hbo-horror-comedy-series-the-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle De Swarte Talks HBO Horror Comedy Series &#8216;THE BABY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blackfilm.com correspondent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ellenthagreat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ellen J. Wanjiru<\/a><\/strong> chats with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michelledeswarte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Michelle De Swarte<\/strong><\/a> about her lead role in HBO limited series&nbsp;<strong>THE BABY<\/strong>, real life experiences that influenced her character, the raw commentary of motherhood and what it means to be a mother in 2022, and balancing multiple genres while highlighting important themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE BABY<\/strong>, from creators Si\u00e2n Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer, debuts on&nbsp;<strong>SUNDAY, APRIL 24 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET\/PT)<\/strong>&nbsp;on HBO and will be available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HBO Max<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgA4vDNLXJc?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/cgA4vDNLXJc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A horror comedy co-production with SKY, and produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures, <strong>THE BABY<\/strong> presents a darkly funny, raw examination of motherhood, from the perspective of a woman who doesn&#8217;t want to be one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 331 490'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1fdf6b6c-62d4-e2f5-6858-85f71e5d570a-691x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The Baby\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161111\" width=\"331\" height=\"490\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michelle De Swarte<\/strong> (&#8220;The Duchess&#8221;) stars as 38-year-old Natasha, who is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. 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But the baby definitely wants&nbsp;<em>her<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series also stars <strong>Amira Ghazalla<\/strong> (&#8220;The Rhythm Section&#8221;) as Mrs. Eaves, the 70-year-old enigma who has spent the last fifty years living out of her car and seems to be everywhere the Baby is, and <strong>Amber Grappy<\/strong> as Bobbi, Natasha&#8217;s younger sister, a children&#8217;s magician who would love nothing more than to be a parent, to give love and to receive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional cast includes Patrice Naiambana (&#8220;Spectre&#8221;) as Natasha&#8217;s father Lyle, Sin\u00e9ad Cusack (&#8220;Marcella&#8221;) as her mother Barbara. Shvorne Marks (&#8220;Endeavour&#8221;) as Mags, Isy Suttie (&#8220;Peep Show&#8221;) as Rita, Tanya Reynolds (&#8220;Sex Education&#8221;) as Helen, Seyan Sarvan (HBO Max&#8217;s &#8220;It&#8217;s a Sin&#8221;) as Nour, Karl Davies (&#8220;The Tower&#8221;) as Jack, and Divian Ladwa (&#8220;Ant-Man and the Wasp&#8221;) as Fooze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/michelle-de-swarte_9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle De Swarte\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161356\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/michelle-de-swarte_10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle De Swarte\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161357\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amber-grappy-michelle-de-swarte-amira-ghazalla-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle De Swarte\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161358\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/michelle-de-swarte_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161354\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hbo-releases-trailer-for-horror-comedy-limited-series-the-baby-debuting-april-24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2022\/04\/bo-releases-trailer-for-horror-comedy-limited-series-the-baby-debuting-april-24\/\">HBO Releases Trailer For Horror Comedy Limited Series THE BABY | Debuting April 24<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen J. Wanjiru chats with Michelle De Swarte about her lead role in HBO limited series&nbsp;THE BABY, real life experiences that influenced her character, the raw commentary of motherhood and what it means to be a mother in 2022, and balancing multiple genres while highlighting important themes. 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