Mandy Moore on Hilary Duff’s Musical Comeback and Playing an ‘Absolute Bitch’ in Dan Fogelman’s NFL Family Drama ‘The Land’: It’s ‘”Friday Night Lights” and “Succession” All Rolled Into One’ — SkimNews
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- Mandy Moore is set to star in "The Land," a Hulu series reuniting her with "This Is Us" creator Dan Fogelman about a family that owns an NFL team.
- The show features William H. Macy as the team owner, with Christopher Meloni, Chloe Bennet, and Chase Crawford in the cast; Moore plays Macy's daughter scheming to inherit the top job.
- Moore compared the series to "'Friday Night Lights' and 'Succession' all rolled into one" and called her character "an absolute bitch… a badass, a woman in a man's world" driven by "desperation and entitlement."
- Moore said she took NFL "crash courses" before filming, joking she "felt like Taylor Swift" learning the sport from scratch, and noted "nothing shoots in L.A.," expressing gratitude the show did.
- Moore ruled out a Hilary Duff-style pop comeback, saying she plans to eventually write records and tour theaters with husband Taylor Goldsmith when their three kids — Gus, 5; Ozzie, 3; and Lou, 2 — are older.
- Moore said she uses the ABCmouse education app on flights to occupy her sons and the Brick app-blocker to curb her own phone screen time, admitting she impulse-buys items she doesn't remember ordering on Instagram.
Why it matters: Mandy Moore's reunion with Dan Fogelman — the showrunner behind 'This Is Us' — gives Hulu a prestige-pedigree vehicle, and casting her as a Machiavellian NFL heir opposite William H. Macy directly chases the 'Succession' template that has dominated prestige TV. Shooting in L.A. also signals a rare local production win.
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