Oct 13, 2026 · 24 min · 10 segments
Q&A on the series American Hostage with actor Mireille Enos. Moderated by Liz Riesterer, In Creative Company. Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter, is thrust into the middle of a…
Mireille EnosGuest
Liz RiestererHost
Um, that first outfit that you see me in the first couple episodes, it's a, a corduroy bell bottom pant.
There's a striped turtleneck, and this wonderful coat, and those, like, beautiful fall colors and textures and stripes.
So I imagine just, yeah, they paint such a picture before anyone even opens their mouths.
And, um, right from the, her first scenes and interactions with Jon Hamm's Fred, we have a strong sense of who she is as a wife and a partner.
Were you and Jon able to have conversations to build this lived-in relationship, or was everything you needed right in the script?
So much of it was in the script, and then also Jon and I had the benefit of having, um, met a long time ago when The Killing and Mad Men were both on AMC.
Things were popping, and we were at events, you know, together, and so, um, there was already kind of like a friendly, relaxed, um, foundation to that relationship.
Um, we're also both in long-term relationships, and so I think it's, it's an energy that we understand.
Um, he's, you know, he is the super talented, super smart, like, star that we know, but he's also still that, like, hardworking Midwestern man who's just, like, open and welcoming and, um, so it felt really easy to build that family with him.
Um, that first outfit that you see me in the first couple episodes, it's a, a corduroy bell bottom pant.
There's a striped turtleneck, and this wonderful coat, and those, like, beautiful fall colors and textures and stripes.
So I imagine just, yeah, they paint such a picture before anyone even opens their mouths.
And, um, right from the, her first scenes and interactions with Jon Hamm's Fred, we have a strong sense of who she is as a wife and a partner.
Were you and Jon able to have conversations to build this lived-in relationship, or was everything you needed right in the script?
So much of it was in the script, and then also Jon and I had the benefit of having, um, met a long time ago when The Killing and Mad Men were both on AMC.
Things were popping, and we were at events, you know, together, and so, um, there was already kind of like a friendly, relaxed, um, foundation to that relationship.
Um, we're also both in long-term relationships, and so I think it's, it's an energy that we understand.
Um, he's, you know, he is the super talented, super smart, like, star that we know, but he's also still that, like, hardworking Midwestern man who's just, like, open and welcoming and, um, so it felt really easy to build that family with him.
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