Hunt plays Emma in a story examining the end of her marriage to her husband, Robert, and the beginning of a new relationship with her former lover, and her husband's best friend, Jerry.

The play by Harold Pinter is a reverse chronology that begins at the end of the affair and usually has a young cast. There’s a lot more depth in casting older actors, she says.

Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Helen Hunt is in Chicago to star in the Harold Pinter drama “Betrayal” at the Goodman Theater. The former “Mad About You” and “As Good As It Gets” star is one of three in this cast that,

Hunt told Entertainment Reporter Vince Gerasole what drew her to the role in Harold Pinter’s classic play, and what she thinks of Chicago audiences.