Within the first 10 minutes of the first episode, viewers are treated to a montage of Drs.
Elliot and Beverly Mantle (both played by Weisz) delivering babies upon babies.
This is a change from the originalDead Ringers.
Rachel Weisz on ‘Dead Ringers.'.Niko Tavernise/Prime Video
Weisz’s Mantles, by contrast, actually are invested in helping their patients.
Weisz credits showrunner Alice Birch and director Sean Durkin with crafting the show’s visual approach to childbirth.
Birch, in turn, shouts out both the show’s technicians and expert advisers.
Rachel Weisz on ‘Dead Ringers.'.Niko Tavernise/Prime Video
“It was a huge team effort.
We had an incredible prosthetics team who made both prosthetic babies and prosthetic body parts.”
So it was creative, but also very, very technical."
It fell to Weisz, though, to actually cut through those prosthetic stomachs.
It doesn’t sound easy.
“It was cuttable,” Weisz explains.
“There were blood bags underneath, which we then had to clean up afterward.
The challenge in the emergency C-section was learning to cut it while also delivering dialogue.
For them, that’s what they do all day.
All episodes ofDead Ringersare streaming now on Prime Video.
