Malin Akerman

And I literally was, I think I was living in a motel at that point and working under the table at some restaurant and making $20.

20 bucks a day so i mean i was really like seeing those numbers on the page which in hindsight weren't big numbers yeah because i'm a newbie you know but for me it was huge yeah difference of oh maybe i can move into an apartment now versus living in a cheap shitty motel with that microwave yes so definitely was a great mullins like 300 an episode what

And by the way, you're going to sit in the room with the other girl who you're up against.

And you guys are just going to sit there and stare each other down until you go in.

Paul Giamatti and I actually worked together on Rock of Ages.

Oh, that's right.

We didn't we didn't have many scenes together, but we were living in the same hotel and we were kind of like roommate buddies across the hall.

So we would go out for dinners and like, I love that man so much.

Then when we when I got Billions, I obviously called him up right away and I was like, we're going to be in the same show together forever.

It's cut to the fact that we're never in any scene together.

Well, right.

Yes.

But we got to see each other at the table reads.

And of course, we hung out and all that.

But I loved Paul.

He's an incredible actor and just such a lovely person.

Such a brilliant mind.

But that was really... I was chasing...

just a different kind of role.

And, and then this came about and I really fought for it.