Kristen Bell plays a possibly delusional alcoholic spying on her neighbors in first Woman in the House trailer: 'When it rains, she pours'
Veronica Mars alum Kristen Bell joked 'when it rains, she pours' of her new role as a lonely alcoholic in her new dark comedic thriller premiering January 28 on Netflix.
The eight-episode limited series' new title is quite a mouthful - The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.
In the first trailer - which dropped Wednesday - the Michigan-born 41-year-old's heartbroken character Anna claims to have witnessed a gruesome murder involving her handsome neighbor (Tom Riley).
Premiering January 28 on Netflix! Veronica Mars alum Kristen Bell joked 'when it rains, she pours' of her new role as a lonely alcoholic in her new dark comedic thriller
Say what? The eight-episode limited series' new title is quite a mouthful - The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
But after calling 911, she's chastized by the baffled police officer: 'Nothing happened. It's illegal to make a false report, Anna.'
Anna seems even more delusional after her therapist reminds her not to combine prescription meds with her many glasses of red wine: 'That can contribute to the hallucinations.'
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There are fast flashes of violent, sexual imagery throughout the teaser including shots of sex scenes, someone falling off a tower, a hand in the mud, and a man holding a woman's mouth.
Curiously, the preview includes shots of Anna dropping and breaking at least three casserole dishes in different scenes.
Paranoid? In the first trailer - which dropped Wednesday - the Michigan-born 41-year-old's heartbroken character Anna claims to have witnessed a gruesome murder involving her handsome neighbor (Tom Riley)
But after calling 911, she's chastized by the baffled police officer: 'Nothing happened. It's illegal to make a false report, Anna'
Anna seems even more delusional after her therapist reminds her not to combine prescription meds with her many glasses of red wine: 'That can contribute to the hallucinations'
Confusing edit: There are fast flashes of violent, sexual imagery throughout the teaser including shots of sex scenes (pictured), someone falling off a tower, a hand in the mud, and a man holding a woman's mouth
Significant clue? Curiously, the preview includes shots of Anna dropping and breaking at least three casserole dishes in different scenes
Kristen - who also executive produced - tells a gravestone as Anna: 'I just feel like I'm falling apart. Like a house of cards, like a sand castle with a tide that's coming in, like a rickety chair, or an old jalopy. I don't know'
'I just feel like I'm falling apart,' Kristen - who also executive produced - tells a gravestone as Anna.
'Like a house of cards, like a sand castle with a tide that's coming in, like a rickety chair, or an old jalopy. I don't know.'
With all the spying through windows in the trailer, it reminded audiences that Bell got her start playing a teenage P.I. in four seasons of Veronica Mars as well as a big-screen spin-off.
Deja vu: With all the spying through windows in the trailer, it reminded audiences that Bell (pictured in 2004) got her start playing a teenage P.I. in four seasons of Veronica Mars as well as a big-screen spin-off
