Julia Roberts talks about her new TV show "Homecoming" during the Amazon Studios part of the TCA Press Tour in the summer of 2018. (Photo: Frederick Mr. Brown / Getty Images)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Julia Roberts had to correct her new manager, Sam Esmail ("Mr. Robot"), about the plot of "My Best Wedding Friend" .

"We were not friends and girlfriends, we were best friends ."

The 1997 classic rom-com appeared as Roberts was promoting his role in "Homecoming" of Amazon (premiere Nov. 2), for the third time with Dermot Mulroney, co-star of " Wedding ".

After playing the best friends of "Wedding", "he was my sister's boyfriend in August, in Osage County, and finally my boyfriend (in" Homecoming "), this n & # Took 30 years. "

"Homecoming" is based on the popular podcast Gimlet Media, and follows a social worker in a dubious transition center for soldiers returning from battle.

This is Roberts' first regular role on a television series (she appeared in 2014). "The Normal Heart" from HBO), but she told reporters during the Television Critics Association's summer press tour that she did not really see any difference between playing on big and small screens.

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"I think I did not really see it as a small screen / big screen … My TV is very big," she joked, before d & # 39; 39, add "there is no more distinction" For all, the bar is so high.

Roberts, however, quickly adopted the habit of many TV actors and creators, keeping a tight lid on the spoilers of the plot. When asked if she could talk about the bow of her character in the season, she simply said, "No.

Julia Roberts as Heidi in "Homecoming." (Photo: Amazon)

"We just want to keep the suspense," she added, vaguely encouraging fans. to "imagine the possibilities of things".

She was not wondering whether she would stay on TV for a second potential season.

"I think we're going to peel one onion at a time."

But she was effusive about her relationship with Mulroney, and he was happy to work with her for the third time, too. [19659006"ThishasalwaysbeenaprivilegetoworkwithJulia"saidMulroney"(In)thesethreejobsinthefieldwhereIhaveagreaterroleintheincrediblesuccessstoryofthisincredibleactor"

Roberts looked at the assembled press and asked, "Did"

Mulroney laughed. "Did everyone understood how awesome it is to have a friend like Jules? "

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