
The first two episodes of the new series
Before premieres today on Apple TV+.
Before stars comedy icon Billy Crystal as Eli, a child psychologist mourning his late wife, Lynn (Judith Light). Eli meets Noah (Jacobi Jupe), a young troubled boy, when he shows up at his doorstep. Eli soon discovers Noah has a mysterious link to his own past. As he endeavors to help Noah, their bond intensifies, revealing haunting memories and unsettling truths about Eli’s past.
It's not the first time Crystal played the role of a psychologist before, having starred as Dr. Ben Sobel in the
Analyze movies almost twenty-five years ago, but it was really being a grandfather of four that helped prepare him for playing Eli, the actor told SciFi Vision in a recent interview. “I've helped them grow up,” explained Crystal to the site. “So, dealing with them and through their problems, obviously nothing as traumatic as Noah has, but it's just how you talk to a child. How do you communicate with them?”
The actor added that he also spoke to a couple of pediatric psychiatrists about different techniques.
Jupe, who is fairly new to the industry learned a lot from the veteran. “Billy is so supportive [and] and helpful towards me acting,” he told SciFi Vision. “I'm really new to it, and he was really helpful in that way.”