Emma Laird Instagram – SPOILER
So, that is the end for Iris on @mayorofkingstown
Firstly, I’d like to say how important this role was to me. Iris was a deeply troubled and complex character. Her background was devastating. The research I did was absolutely harrowing. I will carry that with me for a long time. I feel very proud that I got to play her for three years and shine light on those subjects, but I am ready to lay her to rest.
Taylor Sheridan flew me to Fort Worth back in February of 2021 and had me audition at his ranch. I quarantined for 10 days nervously. I’d risked and lost three other job offers because I wanted this role so badly. I was broke, selling what I owned to pay for acting classes. Miraculously I got it, though I stumbled my way through the screen test. He changed my life forever.
Though I feel like it was time to step away from the show, today I look back with love, appreciation and admiration. Thank you all for watching, it really has meant the world to me.
Here are a few little memories from over the years❤️
1. my last day on set
2. Touch ups before I kill my baby Konnie
3. Half of a letter I wrote to Taylor the night before I met him
4. Me annoying the make up department by fucking around with prosthetics
5. Me on a night shoot
6. Season 1 Iris moments before I sliced my hand open with glass (accidentally)
7. Our beloved Mitch
8. MOK field day
9. Season 1 make up before Joseph beat the shit out of me
10. The night before my first day ever on set | Posted on 05/Aug/2024 22:05:55
