Juno Temple on ‘Palmer’, ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2, and Why She’s Still Heartbroken About HBO’s ‘Vinyl’

With director Fisher Stevens’ Palmer now streaming on AppleTV , I recently had the chance to speak with Juno Temple about making the film and several other projects. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Palmer stars Justin Timberlake as Eddie Palmer, a former high-school football star and ex-convict who finds himself living with the grandmother (June Squibb) who raised him while haunted by his past glory days in high school. While attempting to rebuild his life, his grandmother’s neighbor (Temple) goes on an prolonged bender which causes Palmer to help out with her gender non-conforming son Sam (Ryder Allen). As time passes, Palmer is drawn into Sam’s world and an inspiring and unexpected journey unfolds. During the wide-ranging interview, Temple talked about what drew her to her role in Palmer, how even though her character is a mess the love for her son Sam is pure, her thoughts on Vinyl not getting a second season, when she first realized she wanted to act, why she wants to guest star on Stranger Thi