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“Well, I hope you are not going to be this noisy during the play. I simply detest it when other people talk during a performance.”

The charismatic politician, who is revered by many on the left but detested by the right, maintains she is the victim of a right-wing judicial hounding aimed at destroying her career.

Part of the problem with mobilizing national and statewide Republican resources to rescue Cuomo is that many Republicans, in New York and elsewhere, still detest the former governor.

While their characters seem to detest every ounce of each other - "I like that he has arms", Colman's character says during one marriage counselling session - the actors are both happily married in real life.

"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.