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Farmers’ romantic quest is

music to Jennifer

Nettles’ ears

Jennifer Nettles hosts Fox’s revival of “Farmer Wants a Wife,” premiering Wednesday.

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Jennifer Nettles is down on the farms in reality-show revival

By Jay Bobbin

As her celebrated career in music continues, Jennifer Nettles has been building another one in unscripted television.

A winner of many awards (including Grammys) as a member of country music’s Sugarland, Nettles also is a solo artist, and she has extended her brand by serving as a judge on the series “Duets” and “Go-Big Show.” She potentially expands her reach again by playing host as four rural men seek mates from city-based prospects in a Fox revival of “Farmer Wants a Wife,” premiering Wednesday, March 8.

Originated in England, “Farmer Wants a Wife” has yielded a number of international versions, the first U.S.

one having aired on The CW in 2008. The friendly Nettles admits that reality television is “not my favorite genre, so I’m super-selective about the projects I choose. This one really stood out to me because it’s so different. Everyone who’s involved gets a chance to really look at everyone else, so it’s authentic, and that’s what I appreciate.”

Deeming herself a “storyteller” no matter which aspect of her work she focuses on, Nettles believes that “Farmer Wants a Wife” also fulfills that designation for her. She calls it “a television fairy tale. It’s really heartwarming to see these folks who are out there looking for love ... and who doesn’t love a love story?

That’s what really drew me

to it, to see that take place in real time, and for people who are in it for the right reasons.” Explaining that she’s much more involved directly with the farmers on the show than with the women who are candidates to become their wives, Nettles likens her “Farmer Wants a Wife” role to that of “a fairy godmother, in a ‘mentor’ sort of way, to help them through this process. It is quite intimidating, I think, for them to take on a task like opening up their hearts and making themselves vulnerable — and doing it while cameras are around.”

Also an actress, having starred on Broadway in “Chicago” and “Waitress” and having made a couple of Dolly Parton-inspired NBC

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holiday movies, Nettles maintains that music remains the strongest part of her professional mix. Her most recent solo album was the 2021 cover-version collection “Always Like New,” and she maintains that she isn’t certain when she might reteam with Sugarland partner Kristian Bush again.

“There are lots of ways to tell stories,” Nettles reflects, who also has been making a movie in Atlanta lately.

“While music is obviously my first love, I’ve been expanding over the past 10 years into TV and film and theater. That’s mostly been on the scripted side, but it’s fun to do unscripted things, too. It’s all worked out wonderfully well.”

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Splendor in the Grass” (1961)

“Introducing Warren Beatty” was part of the billing for director Elia Kazan’s celebrated drama about the complex romance between two young people (Beatty, Natalie Wood).

The Oscar-winning script is by William Inge.

“The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone”

Directed by theater legend Jose Quintero, this drama features Beatty as the considerably younger lover of a recent widow (Vivien Leigh).

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Rossen’s final film features Beatty as a novice therapist who takes an extreme interest in one of his patients (Jean Seberg) at a private

“Mickey One” (1965) A unique filming style makes this portrait of a would-be comedian (Beatty) fearing underworld retribution all the more compelling.

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“McCabe and Mrs. Miller” (1971)

Director Robert Altman’s Western pairs Beatty with Julie Christie as a wily gambler and the woman he hires to operate the brothel he opens.

“The Parallax View” (1974) In producer-director Alan J. Pakula’s excellent thriller, a maverick reporter (Beatty) looks into a series of mysterious deaths among those who witnessed the assassination of a presidential candidate.

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“Heaven Can Wait” (1978) Beatty produced, co-directed (with co-star Buck Henry), co-wrote (with Elaine May) and stars in this delightful fantasy-comedy, in which a pro football player taken to the afterlife before his time is restored to Earth in a millionaire’s body.

“Reds” (1981) Beatty won an Oscar for directing this three-hours-plus epic (which he also produced and co-wrote) in which he plays journalist John Reed during coverage of the Russian Revolution.

“Bugsy” (1991) Arguably Beatty’s biggest takeaway from playing mobster Bugsy Siegel was his real-life wife, since he later married his leading lady, Annette Bening (who portrays Siegel’s girlfriend, Virginia Hill).

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In assuming the role played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1994 movie version of “True Lies,” do you have any desire to channel him into your performance?

I said that I would never, out of respect for the man, do the impersonation. I’ve never done it, not once, and I never will. It’s an iconic actor and an iconic man, and it’s an iconic film.

We just wanted to do something on our own, you know? We couldn’t mirror the movie. We didn’t want to do it exactly. We wanted to bring our own flair, and I think we did.

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