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Throughout the seven seasons spread across nearly eight years, Mad Men really encaptured a lot of different raging themes in the 1960s, never ceasing to win over complete fan and viewer attention with most of its plotlines. While the television drama series created by Matthew Weiner never failed to deliver, most of its scenes were curated specifically for a reason.

Mad Men. | Credits: AMC.

Of course, there were quite a few gut-wrenching scenes in it as well, ones that left viewers wondering why what happened happened. One of these scenes included the distressing one where Christina Hendricks’ beloved character makes a rather severe decision to sleep with a client to win over a crucial contract. But Weiner has a real reason behind making the actress pull it off.

Matthew Weiner had a genuine reason for Christina Hendrick’s distressing Mad Men scene Christina Hendricks as Joan. | Credits: Mad Men / AMC.

Christina Hendricks had several years of stage experience before she landed her breakout role in Mad Men. She brought Joan Harris to life and also bagged several high-profile awards for the same. While her acting on the show was remarkable, it also brought a deeper issue of Hollywood’s long-standing exploitation of female actors.

Christina Hendricks in Mad Men | Credits: AMC+

The Jon Hamm starrer brought major publicity for the actress, but for all the wrong reasons. She, along with other female co-stars, faced the troubling pattern of objectification. And now, a recent Mad Men search history perfectly showcased how this objectification didn’t stop with Hendricks.

Christina Hendricks Outshines Jon Hamm in Mad Men Searches

Christina Hendricks was a famous model in the 1990s before she entered the acting genre. She started out with theaters and plays but soon stepped into the world of television with minor roles. While...

Christina Hendricks is inevitably one of the most acclaimed actresses today, with her charismatic personality and truly remarkable acting prowess proving she’s worthy of every single ounce of the commendation she gets. Launched to extraordinary success with her breakthrough role in Mad Men, she has since scored quite a few credits to her name in some critically praised projects.

Christina Hendricks. | Credits: Rach/Cca-2.0/Wikimedia Commons.

And yet, while the Jon Hamm-led series gave her the fame and boost she needed to lead a successful career, it also brought a lot of negative attention towards her and her female co-stars. To say the least, the series had people once again objectifying women’s bodies all the while proving that women still had to endure the same thing that was perfectly depicted in the TV series.

Christina Hendricks Comes Clean About the Negative Effects of Mad Men Fame

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Ever thought about betting the farm on a hunch and coming out smelling like roses? That’s exactly what Christina Hendricks did when she hitched her wagon to the ’60s-era drama Mad Men. Well, fortune favors the bold! And, this actress owned that phrase like a boss.

When she first laid eyes on Matthew Weiner’s script, she couldn’t resist the allure of becoming Joan Holloway, the sharp-witted and glamorous secretary who would become a pivotal character in this iconic series.

Christina Hendricks in Mad Men | Credit: AMC

But, curveball ahead! While her excitement was through the roof, her agency was singing a different tune. Instead of backing her enthusiasm, they were playing it safe and raising eyebrows. Just imagine if she had walked away from that script—we would have missed out on a career spectacle for the ages!

Against the Odds: How Christina Hendricks Became Joan Holloway...

Directed by Greg Berlanti, this charming romantic comedy-drama set against the thrilling backdrop of the 1960s Space Race stars Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson.

The film centres on the unexpected romance between Kelly Jones (Johansson doing her best impression of Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad Men), an advertising specialist brought in to improve NASA’s public image, and the handsome, yet taciturn Cole Davis (Tatum), the NASA director responsible for the Apollo 11 launch.

Channelling classic ’60s romcoms like Pillow Talk and A Touch of Mink, the film follows Kelly and Cole as they clash over how to “sell” the moon-landing to a Vietnam war-weary American public. But as they start to fall for one another, their already shaky relationship is thrown into deeper turmoil when Kelly is ordered by Harrelson’s enigmatic secret service boss Moe Berkus, to orchestrate and then film a fake moon landing,...

Whether it’s the role of Buddy in Edgar Wright‘s Baby Driver or Cyclone in one of the biggest films of 2022, Top Gun: Maverick, Jon Hamm is always one of the most attractive people on set. Similar was the case during his stint in his breakthrough show, Mad Men, which launched Hamm and his costar Christina Hendricks’ career to prominence.

But while Hamm was the most good-looking guy on the set, whose beauty left his costars awestruck, Hendricks’ beauty too became too much to handle for the crew on the set of Mad Men.

Christina Hendricks’ Beauty Was Too Much To Handle for the Mad Men Crew

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Speaking about his experience with the two actors of the acclaimed ABC show, John Slattery recalled the impact of their looks on the rest of the crew. Playing the impossibly good-looking Don Draper in the drama,...

Despite receiving negative reviews, Lost River deserves a second chance or to be newly discovered by fans of Ryan Gosling. The film centers around a family struggling to survive in a desolate Detroit and is filled with mystery, underground worlds, and the meeting of eroticism and violence. While Lost River may not be a carbon copy of Gosling's previous works or the filmmakers that inspired it, it showcases his versatility and willingness to embrace various forms of artistic expression.

Ryan Gosling has become one of Hollywood's most beloved and revered actors thanks to his versatility, which can see him playing polarizing roles, such as Driver in Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive to Ken in Greta Gerwig's Barbie; his handsome look and vibrant personality certainly does not hurt either. As such, you would be hard-pressed to find someone unaware of the actor and, even then, find people who dislike him as a performer,...

Zoolander 2 features an all-star cast with memorable cameos from pop culture stars like Christina Hendricks, Susan Sarandon, Ariana Grande, and Willie Nelson. Hendricks plays the Seductress, a member of Hansel's orgy group, and her appearance is a reflection of her on-screen persona as Joan Harris in Mad Men. The scene also features funny and memorable lines from Sarandon, Grande, and Nelson, adding to the comedic moments in the movie.

In Zoolander 2, Christina Hendricks has a memorable cameo alongside a handful of other surprising pop culture stars. Zoolander 2 is the long-awaited sequel to Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy about the world of modeling. In Zoolander 2, Derek (Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are once again sucked back into the absurd world of international modeling espionage with many of the same characters from the first film, sometimes in ghost form, returning to help or thwart them. While it's enjoyable to return to Zoolander's world,...

Lane Pryce's death in Mad Men was foreshadowed in the show's fifth season, when he made a risky decision to forge Don Draper's signature on a check. Lane's suicide was driven by humiliation and a sense of betrayal after his embezzlement was discovered by Bert Cooper. His decision to take his own life was a tragic and shocking moment in the series. Actor Jared Harris, who played Lane Pryce, was sad to leave the show but appreciated the impactful storyline given to his character. The portrayal of Lane's death was seen as an act of revenge and a passive-aggressive message to his former colleagues.

The Lane Pryce death in Mad Men was one of the show's saddest moments, but it was subtly foreshadowed at the beginning of season 5. Lane was introduced in Mad Men season 3 as Sterling Cooper's new financial chief when the Madison Avenue advertising agency was bought by the British film,...

Early evening viewing of this one. It was sort of a time trip, or I thought it was. The eighties horror comes back to haunt us not necessarily the material that made some of that time interesting. Ashburn Waters (2019) is an Australian film that takes the ‘teenage camping’ film idea and forgets how to write in favour of either being funny, thinking the audience wouldn’t notice and it’s ok or woefully ignorant to what is implied.

Ashburn Waters (2019 is a low-budget slasher film that features some appalling moments in the script. These are appalling in a good way for a film of this nature making one think how a recent script can allow these moments. This film is what I call ‘frat boy’ style with guys drinking beer and scantily clad females around them to have sex with even if it’s so-called illicit.

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Fans felt disappointed when the Good Girls cast ended their run on the sitcom with an unfinished story. The NBC sitcom premiered in 2018 and focused on the lives of three suburban mothers who attempted to make more money to support their families, and they decided to do it illegally. However, their plan to rob a local supermarket ended up catching the attention of a mobster gang that used that supermarket as a front. As a result, the women ended up caught in a series of heists and their lives were never the same.

However, after four seasons and 50 episodes, NBC canceled Good Girls after a cliffhanger, meaning fans will have to deal with never seeing how the story was going to end. Despite its cancelation, fans still loved the show and that was proven when it was one of the most-watched shows on Netflix when it moved there (via Forbes...

Christina Hendricks is to star in 'Reckoner'.The 47-year-old actress will lead the cast of the psychological thriller that is written and directed by Nissar Modi, who is making his big-screen directorial debut.In the film, an affluent woman's carefully constructed life gets disrupted by a young man who is connected to a secret from her past.The movie – which will be sold at the Cannes Film Festival later this month – is based on a short story by the late writer Rachel Ingalls. It will be produced by XYZ Films and Two and Two Pictures, with the former financing the project.Modi said: "I'm delighted to be working with the immensely talented Christina Hendricks on this haunting tale of guilt, obsession and revenge."It's a film I've been envisioning for many years ever since I read Rachel Ingalls' remarkable short story, and am excited to finally bring it to life...

Christina Hendricks will lead the psychological thriller “Reckoner,” which will be sold at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

The project is written and directed by Nissar Modi (“Z for Zacharian”), who will be making his big screen directorial debut.

In the film, an affluent woman’s carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a tightly-held secret from her past.

The film is based on a short story by late writer Rachel Ingalls and will be produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures, with XYZ Films financing. XYZ Films has also added “Reckoner” to its New Visions slate of films, with world sales launching in Cannes.

The recently launched New Visions is designed to spotlight new voices alongside established talent that are striking a new path in the international space. “Reckoner” will be the first package in pre-production to run through the new slate.

Psychological thriller joins In Flames, The Seeding, Restore Point, All You Need Is Death on slate of

Christina Hendricks has been cast in the lead on the psychological thriller Reckoner, which becomes the first package to join XYZ Films’ New Visions Cannes initiative championing bold global voices.

Nissar Modi, the writer on writer of Z For Zachariah, will make his feature directorial debut based on his screenplay about an affluent woman whose carefully constructed life is disrupted by a young man connected to a secret from her past.

The film is based on a short story by Rachel Ingalls and...

Christina Hendricks has joined the cast of an untitled drama series at Apple TV+ based on “The Buccaneers,” Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel. The series is written and created by Katherine Jakeways, and Susanna White is attached to direct.

Described as centering “girls with money, men with power, new money and old secrets,” the series follows a group of fun-loving young American girls who explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning.

Hendricks as will play Mrs. St. George, mother to buccaneers Nan (Kristine Froseth) and Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse). As a girl she was the belle of the ball herself,...

Christina Hendricks recalled the most uncomfortable interview question she was asked during her time on Mad Men, and fans of the show probably won't be surprised to learn, it had to do with her body.  Mad Men, which was set in the 1960s, explored the lives of the employees at Sterling Cooper & Partners, a Manhattan advertising firm. A big theme on the show was the sexism Christina's character Joan Harris, as well as other women in the office like Elisabeth Moss' character Peggy Olson, faced as they climbed the corporate ladder. However, instead of asking questions about her complex character or the struggle she faced as a woman in advertising during that time period, the Good...

Anyone who thought the 1960s was a Mad Men's world never met Joan Holloway—she'll never be Joan Harris to us. She earned success, wealth, and power, all without ever having access to the opportunities taken for granted by Don, Roger, and the other male executives. Nobody commands a room like Joan. She absolutely shatters the demure, permissive stereotype of secretaries. Whether at home or the office, those who try to put her in her place are in for a rude awakening. But most people know better. Hey, even Don Draper is scared of her.

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To think of Joan as merely a secretary is like thinking of Beyoncé as merely a singer. Don't believe us?...

"I love television, so I was never against going on to another series," says the actress Christina Hendricks, who is best known for playing Joan Holloway (later Joan Harris), a Madison Avenue advertising agency’s office manager who claws her way up the corporate food-chain over the course of seven seasons on AMC’s landmark drama series Mad Men, as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. The 42-year-old, whose work on that show garnered her six Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a drama series ...

"I love television, so I was never against going on to another series," says the actress Christina Hendricks, who is best known for playing Joan Holloway (later Joan Harris), a Madison Avenue advertising agency’s office manager who claws her way up the corporate food-chain over the course of seven seasons on AMC’s landmark drama series Mad Men, as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. The 42-year-old, whose work on that show garnered her six Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a drama series ...