We Were the Lucky Ones
‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Director on Highlighting a Family Reunion in the Shadow of the Holocaust
We Were the Lucky Ones wasn’t just years in the making for director and executive producer Thomas Kail — it was a matter of decades. He met author Georgia Hunter — whose novel inspired the Hulu series about a Jewish family determined to reunite after being separated during World War II — in 1999, around […]
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‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Author Georgia Hunter on Entrusting Hollywood With Her Family’s Holocaust Experience Despite Reservations
As a kid, I adored my grandfather. I knew he loved chocolate (the dark kind) and hated ketchup. I knew he enjoyed a good pun and could speak seven languages — around the dinner table it was French. I knew his Steinway was his happy place, and that he made many of the things in his […]
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“Everyone Had Such a Personal, Ferocious Tie to This”: ‘THR Frontrunners’ Q&A With ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Star Joey King
In this edition of THR Frontrunners, Emmy-nominated actress Joey King joins Tyler Coates for a conversation about her lead role in Hulu’s limited series We Were the Lucky Ones at a live event hosted by the San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles. “I’ve never really experienced anything like it,” says King of the show, based on the novel […]
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Joey King on the Responsibility of Portraying a Young Holocaust Survivor on ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’
Since she began acting at 4, Joey King has been waiting for an opportunity to play a character that’s not only impactful but deeply personal. That dream was met with her depiction of Halina Kurc in We Were the Lucky Ones, a Holocaust survival drama based on the true story of a Jewish family determined […]
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‘We Were The Lucky Ones’ Showrunner Says Finale Was “One of the Biggest Challenges I’ve Ever Had”
[The following contains spoilers from the finale of We Were The Lucky Ones.] As the first minutes of Hulu’s We Were The Lucky Ones‘ finale begin, things seem dire for the Kurc family: Halina (Joey King) is facing interrogation upon being arrested by German police, Mila (Hadas Yaron) is struggling to reconnect with her daughter […]
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Joey King Met Real-Life Daughter of Her ‘We Were The Lucky Ones’ Character
Joey King fell in love with her character from We Were The Lucky Ones quickly. Actually, it was before she even read the script. “When you’re dealing with true subject matter, it’s going to hit you a little bit harder,” she says. “You’re going to connect with that person even more, because it’s undeniable. It […]
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‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Review: Joey King and Logan Lerman in Hulu’s Stirring Holocaust Survival Drama
The series based on a novel by Georgia Hunter revolves around a Polish Jewish family scattered across the globe while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the 1940s.
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Events of the Week: ‘Road House,’ ‘Shirley’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Road House, Shirley, 3 Body Problem and Mary & George. Immaculate premiere Sydney Sweeney, who both produced and stars in the Neon horror film, debuted the project alongside director Michael Mohan at Beyond Fest in Los […]
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Hulu at Press Tour: Jon Bon Jovi, Natasha Rothwell and the Value of Personal Stories
The common theme uniting Hulu day before the press corps Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour was the importance of telling personal stories. Hulu’s day started with an impassioned speech from Joey King encouraging Gen Z to learn about the Holocaust via We Were the Lucky Ones, with Jon Bon Jovi getting […]
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Joey King to Star in Holocaust Survival Story ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ for Hulu
Hulu is bringing author Georgia Hunter’s true story of her Jewish family during World War II to the screen. The Disney-backed streamer has handed out an eight-episode series order for the limited series We Were the Lucky Ones and tapped Joey King (The Act) to star. The series, like Hunter’s New York Times best-seller, is […]
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