Emmy Rossum Recalls Meeting L.A. Billboard Icon Angelyne for the First Time

Emmy Rossum is looking back at the first time she met Angelyne!

The 35-year-old actress plays the L.A. legend in the new series Angelyne on Peacock and recalled meeting her for the first time during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

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“So this show – this is a real person, this is a story about a real person,” Seth began. “That was basically famous from a billboard first. Can you tell us a little bit about her?”

“Yeah, she’s like a unicorn in Los Angeles,” Emmy replied. “She rose to power in the ’80s through a series of mysterious billboards that popped up, featuring this incredibly provocative woman kind of laying in this provocative pose with just her name and a phone number for management.”

She continued, “And suddenly, overnight, they started to multiply, until there were 200 billboards and a 10-story wall. And she would drive around L.A. – and still does – in this pink Corvette, with the hair and the body and the incredibly honed style.”

Emmy went on to recount what it was like meeting the real-life Angelyne for the first time.

“So I was so far down the rabbit hole by that point. I was so kind of deeply enamored by her and her feminine power and her protesting the patriarchy in her way. I got this meeting with her about potentially doing the show, and I showed up an hour early and she was on time. But then, she sells merch out of her car, T-shirts and skateboards with her face on the, and people buy them… She charges $50 for a selfie,” she shared. “So she ended up an hour late to the meeting.”

She continued, “And then, when she finally sat down, she laid a napkin on the chair and kind of posed in her way. And then she said, ‘So, why do you have such a hard-on to play me?’”

“And I was like, ‘That’s why,’” Emmy said as the audience laughed. “‘Cause she’s a real badass. She is a feminist in the most unexpected way and she’s totally unapologetic.”

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