Mariska Hargitay reveals hidden family truths in My Mom Jayne, a powerful HBO documentary,legacy, and healing through film.

After constructing the acclaimed HBO documentary IM Evidence in 2017, Mariska was not sure that he will return to film production - especially his mother, telling the story of the prestigious sex symbol Jayne Mansfield of the 1950s. Not for But when the COVID-19 epidemic stopped the construction on the Law and Order: Svu, the time was found - and the growing desire - the woman behind the legend and eventually to find out its own identity.

Mariska Hargitay honors Jayne Mansfield in heartfelt documentary tribute.

On 27th June, the premier on HBO and Max is the most private project of Mai Mom Jayne is Hargitay’s. This documentary offers a intimate picture of Mansfield - Beyond the beautiful image - and showing the emotional journey of Hargate to highlight hidden truths, which includes revelation that its organic father Mickey Hargitay Not, who are a Mansfield husband and a person who is a singer and entertainer Nelson Sardelli.

Hargitay said to the Hollywood reporter, "It was a miracle that this secret was with me until I was prepared." "It was my story that I had to tell, and finally I got clarity and emotional place to do it."

The COVID Catalyst

During the epidemic, Hargitay started reading the old letters sent by his mother's fans and friends. She says, "I was very impressed by their generosity - I did not know about these fragments before." It has been reported in a letter that a person was listening to Mansfield from driving violin. "I was surprised: Who was he really?"

Initially, he was uncertain about the fact that his story should be a book, interview or something else, but then Helite realized that the film itself is its natural medium. "I like a documentary. They affect me a lot. I thought, I tell my story similarly."

Revealing a long time hidden secret

In the film, Hargitay revealed that Mickey Hargitay licked him with a lot of surrender, but he was not his biological father - this truth to know him as a young adult. Still, he decided to keep it safe by keeping it private.

"When I asked, he became sad, and I used to love him so much that he could not have a pain. I had promised the silence to save him, and played it for decades," But now, reclaiming that part of myself is liberating.”

He was very simple from his organic father Sardelli: "I told them, I have a father. I just wanted to know the truth."

A Family Bond, Rewritten

This documentary includes powerful conversations with her brothers and sisters-Mickey Jr., Zolton and Jane Mary-and Sardelli side's new-adopted sisters. Remembering the emotional experience of watching the movie together, Harde said: "We started sitting on four chairs and ended on two chairs. We cried each other and cried. My sister said," We are four people and our heart is one. ' That moment made everything worthwhile. "

He has also got unexpected happiness in uniting both sides of his family. "We are very similar - it's amazing," he laughs. "The same humor, the same energy. This is therapeutic. It is liberal. They had to keep the matter of being our sister for years for my respect. This is love."

A Legacy Reframed

The image of Jayne Mansfield’s was very big in both public and private forms. "He was funny, talented and complex - but he was very typical," says Hargitay. "People had already decided who he was, and I did not like to inherit that assumption. I wanted to make my own identity."

As a young actress, he opposed any kind of bondage. "I thought I would be a comedian, really. I was constantly cast to play the role of New York Police - Long before SVU! But I was constantly trying to challenge the perceptions related to my name."

Filmmaking as Healing

Now 60 years old, says that the experience of making Mai Mom Jane has been pleasant with both personal and commercial.

He accepts, "I always used to take this lie - whenever someone called me Hungarian, my body was retreated." "Now, I have clarity, internal location and peace."

As a filmmaker, he took advantage of acting and decades of decades. "You learn to trust your vision. Vulnerability is my superpower. That mentality gave me the courage to tell this story in that way it was should be told."

The Universal Truths

The story of my mother Jane is very personal, but this story affects many people. She says, "Many people have told me that this story is a glimpse of their own life." "It's about family, identity, trauma, treatment and truth."

"And in the end," Hargitay say, "This is a love letter - my mother, my father Mikey, my brothers and sisters and for that person I finally retrieved."