Rashida Jones on ‘Sunny’ and the Challenge of Guiding the Audience

Rashida Jones portrays Suzie in Sunny, which she executive produced as well. The show is based on Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan and new episodes will premiere every Wednesday through September 4 on Apple TV+.

“Sunny” stars Rashida Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. Though at first, Suzie resents Sunny’s attempts to fill the void in her life, gradually they develop an unexpected friendship. Together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family and become dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie never knew existed.

“I like mysteries and thrillers, and I have so much respect now for the person who is playing the kind of voice of the audience because you have to hold and sustain all this tension all the time,” the actress explained to me. “Even if you’re playing a scene with a character and you’re getting along or you’re having a good time, you always have to remember in the back of your head that the thing has to propel forward. It was very challenging, very.”