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21 March 2008 9:44 AM, PDT | From Watcher | See recent Watcher news

Laura Linney said she enjoyed the six months it took to make the ambitious miniseries “John Adams,” which is airing on HBO Sunday nights.

Linney, who plays Abigail Adams, traveled to Hungary for the seven-part miniseries (scenes set in both Holland and France were filmed outside Budapest). The cast, including Paul Giamatti as founding father John Adams, also filmed in Richmond, Va., and in Virginia’s Colonial Williamsburg, both of which have a wealth of historic buildings.

“I’m not a history buff, but I understand why people can become addicted to it,” Linney said in a phone interview before “John Adams” debuted March 16 (my review of the miniseries is here, several other reviews are here). “We all read a lot” as preparation for filming.

But there was one aspect of the filming that she couldn’t prepare for and which she didn’t enjoy: The corsets she wore were a real pain,

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1 article from 2008