Let me tell you about Alia Shawkat and what’s been going on with her lately, especially with her role in the FX show The Old Man.
You might know her best as Maeby from Arrested Development, but she’s playing Angela Adams in this intense thriller, and people are talking about her for a couple of reasons.
While filming Season 2, which started airing on September 12, 2024, Alia was pregnant. She had a baby boy in November 2023, and if you’ve watched the new episodes, you might have noticed she looked a bit different.
That’s because she was expecting during some of the filming. They began shooting in March 2023, but things paused in May because of a writers’ strike, so part of the season was filmed while she was pregnant.
Her character isn’t pregnant in the story, but knowing this about her real life makes her role even more interesting to watch.
In Season 2, Angela’s story gets wild. She gets kidnapped, and it ties back to a big twist from the end of Season 1, where we found out she’s not really the daughter of Dan Chase, who’s played by Jeff Bridges.
Now, her actual father has taken her, and Dan is working with an FBI director named Harold Harper, played by John Lithgow, to save her.
The season is still going, with new episodes coming out until October 24, 2024. Nobody knows yet if there’ll be a third season, but fans are glued to their screens, loving all the suspense and curious about what’s next for Angela.
Alia’s personal life is also getting some attention. She’s super private, so we don’t hear much about her family. When people started guessing who her baby’s father might be, including some silly rumors about Brad Pitt, she was quick to say those weren’t true.
Even though she keeps things quiet, fans are excited about her becoming a mom while working on this big show. It’s like her real-life adventure is happening alongside Angela’s dramatic one.
Filming wasn’t easy with everything going on. They started just months before her son was born, and the writers’ strike gave everyone a break in the middle. By the time they finished, Alia was already a mom.
Some fans online have wondered if the show changed anything because of her pregnancy, like using certain camera angles or outfits to keep her baby bump out of sight, but there’s no proof of that. What’s clear is that Alia didn’t slow down.
She’s even working on another project, Season 2 of Severance on Apple TV+, which was filming around the same time.
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