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.