Milly Alcock and Meghann Fahy are extremely convincing as sisters in ‘Sirens’—but how are they as portrait artists? In this episode of “Portrait Mode,” the co-stars answer questions while attempting to capture each other on canvas, covering everything from their most unexpected auditions to working with the luminous Julianne Moore and starring in ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘White Lotus.’ Watch as Milly opens up about playing a “messy” Supergirl, Meghann shares which character’s closet most closely matches her own (and her emo middle school self), and the two reveal their bucket list actors to work with. Neither of them can figure out how to make the color brown, but their final masterpieces still deserve a spot above the mantel.
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Stream ‘Sirens’ on Netflix.
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00:00The world really needs a messy villain.
00:02The world does.
00:03Villain?
00:04Supergirl is not a villain.
00:05Hero, babe.
00:06Hero.
00:07Hello, I'm Megan Fahey.
00:09And I'm Mia Alcock.
00:10And this is Portrait Mad.
00:11With Harper's Bazaar.
00:16Today, we are painting portraits of each other.
00:18So it's going to be great.
00:22OK, cool.
00:23Here we go.
00:26I don't know.
00:27Do you wet it first?
00:28Do I look like I'm eating too long?
00:30I'm going to dry your pupils first.
00:32Whoa.
00:32Whoa, I'm getting decision fatigue.
00:34You have dilated pupils already, for sure.
00:37Have you been up to, girl?
00:39How do you unwind after a long day on set?
00:42I like to have a glass of wine here and there.
00:45I like to watch garbage television.
00:47Well, when I say garbage, I don't really mean garbage.
00:49Yeah, careful.
00:50I just mean I like to watch things that
00:52are familiar and comforting to me.
00:54Right now, for like the 12th time,
00:56I'm rewatching Friday Night Lights,
00:57the TV show, which is one of the best television shows ever.
01:01So when I say garbage, I'm lying.
01:06I like to read, wash my face, wash my hair,
01:09and like eat something in bed.
01:11A nice snack.
01:12I love eating in bed.
01:13Have a really hot shower.
01:15Like a really hot shower.
01:16OK, well, now you only have one pupil.
01:18That was that one.
01:19We lost it.
01:20Gone.
01:21I can have one eye, you know?
01:24You're going to be red.
01:25I've accidentally made you this beautiful hue of fuchsia pink.
01:29What was the most draining film or series that you worked on?
01:33Supergirl was pretty draining.
01:35Yeah, I was going to say Supergirl must have been.
01:37Sirens was really emotionally draining.
01:39Lots of crying and running.
01:41Probably my most draining thing was Drop,
01:44because every scene of that movie was like complete peril.
01:47What do you mean by peril?
01:48Like, you know, the stakes were really high
01:50and it was just like spooky and to be in that space
01:53every single day for six weeks was like fully exhausting.
01:57Fully exhausting.
01:58Yeah.
01:59You're pink, too.
02:00How did you prepare to play sisters in Sirens?
02:06We kind of just like hung out.
02:08And neither of us have sisters, so.
02:11That's true.
02:12It was actually really nice to have a sister.
02:14And I've always wanted an older sister because I'm the eldest,
02:16so it was really lovely.
02:19What is it like between you two when the camera's cut
02:21after a big fight scene?
02:23Oh, we hate each other.
02:24No, we got really sad.
02:25It made us so sad.
02:27No, it actually made us really sad.
02:28We were always so sad.
02:30We would usually hug.
02:32We would hug.
02:32But we have like all of our scenes together like
02:35my favorite in the show.
02:36What did you learn from working with Julianne Moore?
02:39Oh my God, so many things.
02:40Such a pro.
02:41She's so generous and wonderful.
02:43We both just felt so lucky to be like witnessing her.
02:47She's the most effortless actor.
02:50And the grace and kind of her being a team player
02:52was really inspiring.
02:53Of all the characters you've played, whose style resembles your own the most?
03:00Ooh.
03:01Not really any of them.
03:03When I was doing Sutton on the Bowl Type, she was like fashionista.
03:07And I'm deeply not a fashionista, so not her.
03:10And then my girl in Drop was wearing one outfit the whole time.
03:14And I'm not a big fan of jumpsuits because you can't pee in them,
03:17including the one I was wearing on that set.
03:19Oh my God.
03:20And Devon is honestly probably the closest to how I really dress.
03:24Yeah.
03:25Or at least how I dressed in like middle school.
03:29Like some of her jewelry and stuff, like the punky kind of like thousand bracelets.
03:33I did a little bit of that in middle school.
03:35Really?
03:36Yeah, it was...
03:37What were you like in middle school?
03:38A little emo.
03:39A little emo.
03:40A little emo.
03:41Sleek a little bit.
03:43Painting is hard.
03:45It's not feeling hard to me.
03:46Nellie, what would you say is the most Supergirl thing about you in your life?
03:50Aww.
03:51Aww.
03:52When you meet Supergirl, you're going to realize she's kind of just me in a cape.
03:55She's a complete mess, but in like the best way.
03:57The world really needs a messy villain.
04:00The world does.
04:01We...
04:02Villain?
04:03Supergirl is not a villain.
04:04Hero, babe.
04:05Hero.
04:06I'm sorry.
04:07I'm a messy villain.
04:08You're like the sweetest thing.
04:09Aww.
04:10See how I tricked you into saying that?
04:12Oh my God.
04:13I just so fell for that.
04:14Ugh.
04:15This definitely looks like Millie.
04:20Is there one celebrity you're ever mistaken for?
04:23I've never mistaken for anyone.
04:26That sounds really bratty.
04:27I meant like, no one knows who I am.
04:31I don't get mistaken for anyone either, but I do sometimes get told that I remind people
04:38of Michelle Pfeiffer, which I really feel like I don't deserve, but it is a very nice thing
04:42to wear.
04:43She's hot.
04:44She's amazing.
04:45She's amazing.
04:46And so cool as a human.
04:48She's like my style icon.
04:49Is she?
04:50Always chic.
04:51Never trying that hard.
04:53You know?
04:54Oh my God.
04:55Every choice that I make is so bad.
04:57What is the best piece of fashion or beauty advice you've received?
05:02It took me a very long time to realize that getting regular facials is a game changer.
05:08Yeah.
05:09I've just started that.
05:09And now I do it and I try very hard to like do it once a month if I can.
05:15When I met Julianne Moore I was like, give me the list of the products.
05:19Like what are we doing?
05:20That woman's skin.
05:21Her skin is like.
05:22She's luminous.
05:23She's luminous.
05:24I have never been given advice ever in my life.
05:28No, that's a lie.
05:29I've never been given advice with like fashion stuff.
05:32But my mom would always say take one piece of clothing off before you leave the house.
05:36That's cool.
05:37It feels like a good thing.
05:38Who is at the top of your bucket list of actors you would want to work with?
05:45Kate Winslet for me for sure.
05:46Oh, that's a good one.
05:47Kate Blanchett.
05:48Mmm.
05:49Just as a fellow Australian.
05:50Yeah.
05:51She would be my pick.
05:52What is the most unexpected role you auditioned for?
05:57Lucky House of the Dragon.
05:58Because I was living at home throwing warehouse parties with my friends.
06:02And then I got this like anonymous audition for House of the Dragon and then I got it.
06:06And I was like, what is happening in the world?
06:08This is insane.
06:09That's very cool.
06:10Unexpected.
06:11Probably by Lotus.
06:12I use your water.
06:14I haven't even touched it.
06:17I've just been using different brushes.
06:19I've just been.
06:20Yeah, that's smarter.
06:28Done.
06:32Megan, you shut it off!
06:34I love how the blush is gray.
06:36So basically my approach to this was I wanted to just really get the dimensions of your face.
06:45So this is the contour.
06:47I did forget the whites of your eyes.
06:50Couldn't figure out how to make brown, so that's why your eyebrows are gray.
06:53That's tea.
06:54It's hot.
06:55And your roots could have been blended a little more.
06:57I don't want you to take that personally.
06:59That's not what your hair looks like.
07:00I think I look beautiful.
07:01I feel great about the flower in your hair.
07:03I love it.
07:04This is my one.
07:05Wait, can I keep it?
07:06I gave you purple hair because I couldn't make brown.
07:09I like it.
07:10And I thought purple was fun.
07:12I look possessed.
07:13I know.
07:14I look like I'm like this.
07:17That's why I said to you, I was like, babe, I'm so sorry.
07:19Did you sew dirty with the eyes?
07:21And then I felt bad for not giving you a jaw, so I just did the black over it.
07:26That's going up, man.
07:27That's right above the mantelpiece.
07:29Thanks so much for watching and be sure to check out...
07:32Sirens on Netflix.
07:34Yes, please.
07:59Thanks so much for watching.