Him, Laura, Hi, how are you. I'm so excited to shot
with you. A huge fan of yours, by the way, so thank
you for talking to me. Absolutely, thank you for having me absolutely.
Now, you've been in like two iconic shows, right from Monk to of
course obviously The Office and also just your sense of humor and all the other
work that you have done. Obviously being recognized in the industry for it,
is comedy your heart or would did you even know that? I? You
know, look, I started acting professionally when I was six years old,
so I have done so much drama, so much comedy. I've done just
lots and lots of different things, and you know, you get known for
something and then people say, oh, that's it, you know, that's
what you do. But I do everything. I mean, I've been on
Broadway. I'm a singer, I'm a songwriter, I'm a dancer. You
know, I've done a lot of things. But yeah, I think it's
great. It's great that I'm known for, um, whatever you get known
for, that's you know, that's part of the that's part of the deal.
Well after you want that, absolutely, But I would dare say comedy
is really really hard because either it works or it doesn't, you know,
And I feel like you have such a talent of crossing all boundaries. And
of course what am I hearing? I know we're gonna talk about clock,
I promise you, because that's horror. That's a whole other genre. So
we're gonna get into that. But but what are you have like a side
hustle with wallpaper? Am I hearing this right? I have started a line
of wallpaper. It's called Storyboards by Melaura Harden. And yeah, people can
check it out on my website, which is Melaura dot com. Okay,
so I love this. I love this about you, and I love that,
you know, I get to you know when you see somebody. I
mean, I don't know if you know this, but you're at my house
a lot. You're in my living room and sometimes you're at the kitchen table
because we can sent the island and watch you. So you're you're at our
house a lot and we just renovated. I didn't know about your wallpaper.
I would have supported you. So now I'm going to find a row.
I'm going to find a project because of you. Yes, you should,
you know, it's it would be amazing. It's amazing in bathrooms. It's
like, it's really fun if you want to just turn something into kind of
a little world. It's like a whole different a whole different world, a
whole different vibe. It's definitely bold and joyful and uh, it's like having
art on your wall. So actress, singer, writer, Triple Threat,
quadruple what is it? What do you? How do you add D I
Y? Like? What is that? Quinn tuple track? I don't even
know what that's like? How did you even get into like d I Y?
Or interior? Was that also another love? Well? I mean I've
always been making art. I've always been making collage art, and I and
I think that it sort of was just a natural thing that kind of came
from from this documentary actually that I've been working on for six years, which
I will bring to you when when I get that into the world. Um,
and my my subject has started using my collage art for kind of as
like a resting place, a kind of place to go into kind of a
world to kind of meditate on or feel like she had transported herself kind of
somewhere else that felt good and felt better than where she wasn't in that time
emotionally, So it was just sort of a thing that everybody kept saying,
I want these bigger, I want these bigger, I want these bigger,
and that I started collaborating with a wallpaper company and now they're bigger. All
right, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna put the link up with this blog
two on our iHeart radio site, and I'm telling you I will be getting
some wallpaper. But now more importantly it's common Yes, And coming up this
Friday, You've got a horror feature film coming out called Clock and it is
a horror movie on several layers. May I just say, like, first
of all, we're talking about our biological clock TikTok. That's a horror for
some people. Then it's a clinical trial which could bring up all kinds of
feelings. Then it's like it's it's crazy, what is happening here with Clark?
What's going on? Yeah. So it's a Hulu original movie that'll be
out this Friday, the twenty eighth, and it's a story about a young
woman played by Diana Agron that is, you know, have his great life.
She has a great career, she has a great friends, family,
you know, and she's sort of doesn't really know she wants to change that
up. She has a really great husband and they have a great sex life,
and she's worried that if she has children that might change, and she's
getting a lot of pressure from all of those different factors, and so it
is suggests to her that she needs to go to this clinical trial that sort
of genius doctor is running, which is me, and that I am claiming
to be able to fix her biological clock, which in itself is a really
warped ideas. It's scary, and it's such a touch point. My goodness,
Like, was there like therapy on set, like when you guys need
to go for it? Well, you know, I mean, I've this
is sort of my first horror movie. Horror, you know, psychological thriller.
I like psychological thrillers. But I would say that, you know,
good horror is. I think the people that are real fans of it would
tell you that it's what it's for is it's for purging people's own individual fears
and their own terrors. They go and they see that and then they kind
of get to purge those terrors. I think that is absolutely what alexis Jack
Now, who wrote and directed it was doing, and I could tell she
had a real vision and a fresh voice. From her short short film Clock,
which also is on Hulu. People can see that there too, And
that was sent to me along with the script, and I you know,
when I saw that, I thought, oh, you know, this is
a really fresh take on you know, sort of the unique pressures of being
a woman in society. And I really I really liked it and wanted to
work with her. Well, Molura, I've seen some some clips of this.
I haven't seen the whole thing in truth, so I know it's it's
Friday. Um, it's exciting, it's Hulu. We're all going to be
watching it. Women especially love horror movies. They've done studies. Maybe we
know we're harboring stuff. Who knows. You know. Sometimes I watch a
lot of horror stuff and my husband's like, are we good? Everything okay
here? And you know, I'm like, yeah, no problem. As
long as we're you know, as long as you're doing what I need,
we're good. But I'm going to be watching this, so I'm very excited.
But one more thing, I don't know how much time I have loved
with you. But another thing, I like about clock is that I think
sometimes reality also when movies are done with a little bit of truth and reality
to them, I think they're even scarier, right, Like there's that psychological
feel, don't you agree? Yeah, totally, totally yes, And this
and this is it definitely has that. It's it's very close to the bone
I think for some people, and I think that makes it really powerful.
Um. I know I don't want to talk about other streaming networks or whatever,
but I you need to give you a nod for Transparent. Just fantastic,
absolutely incredible in there all of your projects. I really just love having
a chance to chat with you. Do you think you will consider or do
you have anything that maybe we don't know about. I know you mentioned the
documentary. Will will come back to you for that, but would you consider
doing structured I don't even know if you called sitcom, drama, drama or
whatever show a TV a structure TV show or series again, would you consider
that? Oh? Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know,
I'm always just looking for opportunities to be creative. So whatever whatever comes in
my way that really you know, lights me up that way it excites me,
then that's going to be that's going to be what I'm doing next.
All right, Well, Clock is exclusively on Hulu this Friday. We are
getting an exclusive right here. It will, from what I understand, go
on other streaming platforms at a later day in time, so we'll keep you
up to that. Melaura Harden not only beautiful, funny, many talents home
interior decorator. Oh if I buy your wallpaper, will you come over and
give me a DIY with it? Because I am clue, I am not
talented in anything. To be honest, I'm sorry, but I'm not a
wallpaper hanger. You're gonna have to hire a professional for that. I cannot.
That is like a divorce court right there in our house. I'm going
to have to have someone else, to have someone else do. But you
are an absolute delay. I wish you nothing but success in all of your
endeavors, whether they be in this industry or otherwise now that you're taking over
the world. But I really wish you a lot of success with Cluck,
and I know I'll be watching it. So thank you for your time today.
Thanks so much, have a wonderful day. Bye.