The cast and executive producers give insight into the challenges that Chancellor Elena faces as a leader and her unique relationship with Zubak. The HBO Original limited series The Regime premieres Sunday at 9pm on Max.
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00:00 Happy Victory Day, Madam President.
00:02 Happy Victory Day, Madam President.
00:04 Let's get on with it, please, yes?
00:06 These need to be briefed for these briefings.
00:10 Oh, ravishing.
00:12 That, I mean, the flowers are...
00:14 ravishing.
00:16 The Regime is a show about leader of a small, central European country.
00:23 And she is a very complicated, authoritarian-leaning figure.
00:27 Do remember, these are real Westgate people.
00:30 Why does everyone keep saying that? Do you think I'm going to take a shit on the podium?
00:34 Elena Vernon wants to create change.
00:37 She doesn't always know exactly what to do other than to get people to love her.
00:41 And she absolutely is delusional and believes that they really do love her.
00:46 Who the fuck are all these people?
00:48 I took the liberty of inviting our people from the countryside.
00:51 She plays a monster, a dictator in maybe all but names.
00:55 But who also has many anxieties and is insecure like the rest of us.
01:00 Madam Chancellor, Corporal Zubek.
01:04 Zubek comes into her life because she has a system within the palace of employing a protector.
01:10 You're here because you are nobody, do you understand?
01:13 And that means I can trust you.
01:15 Well, he's really a peasant. And he's from a poor, working-class part of the country.
01:19 He's in the process of transformation.
01:21 And he's discovering the world of power and how it works.
01:25 It's good to have a dash of rural flavor in her stew.
01:29 As a garnish, if nothing else.
01:31 Elena and Zubek, they're kindred spirits in some way.
01:36 However dysfunctional their relationship is,
01:38 I think it's probably one of the only places he truly felt safe and motivated to live with a purpose.
01:44 I'd like to see her.
01:45 Is she expecting him?
01:47 I'm her husband.
01:49 Is she expecting him?
01:51 It was completely original, very funny.
01:56 And it had this fascinating, bizarro woman at the center.
02:00 Let me do my work and be grateful.
02:03 Okay?
02:04 Okay.
02:05 Sorry.
02:06 Kate and Matthias brought to it a true love story.
02:09 It's incredibly moving to see that there is a real connection between these two people.
02:14 You heard me, didn't you?
02:16 Yes.
02:17 In your head.
02:18 I did.
02:19 What we started to do was try and understand how we could build this world that felt so fascistic and threatening,
02:26 but also have the kind of femininity that it required.
02:29 I said, "Let's go to Vienna. It seems to have a lot of palaces."
02:32 It was very important to have that level of extraordinary opulence.
02:38 It has brilliant humor and profoundly silly comedy that made me laugh a lot.
02:43 Love this Kingfisher blue. I'll try not to get blood on it.
02:46 But equally moments of terror and moments that are very emotional.
02:49 It is time to show America and the world precisely what we are worth.
02:55 The show is impossible to imagine without Kate and her presence.
02:59 We hope that people with some entertainment and perhaps some terror are transported into that world.
03:05 You cannot put your finger on exactly who she is, and you certainly don't know what she's going to do next.
03:10 What happens now?
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