In ‘Solos,’ Helen Mirren, Anthony Mackie and Constance Wu are part of an impressive cast. Here?s why it needed ?true masters of the craft.?

Taking advantage of her own depth and skill as an actor, Wu carefully studied and planned her delivery. While it might be intimidating to speak directly into the camera for 30 minutes, she was able to keep it interesting by changing who her audience was for each bit. “I knew for each chunk that I needed to be specific with the person she’s talking to — one, perhaps, she might see as a mentor, one as a child,” Wu says. “It’s just like a person in a dream — they morph, seamlessly, into different people, in different parts of the speech.”