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The Secret Sauce to Impersonating Capote, Dior, Prince Andrew and Dodi Fayed
Khalid Abdalla The Crown Abdalla’s first question after being cast as Dodi Fayed in The Crown felt like a simple one: What did Princess Diana’s lover sound like? “The extraordinary research team had just one thing that they were able to send me, which was of Dodi calling in to Larry King to ask Burt […]
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‘Shogun’ Stunt Coordinator Wanted “No Back Flips or Crazy Hollywood Ninja Stuff” in Fight Scenes
As a stunt performer with more than 300 credits to his name and three decades of stunt coordination experience, Lauro Chartrand-DelValle was the obvious choice to teach the cast of FX’s Shogun how to battle. Between an avalanche, shipwrecks and explosive battle training, the stunt coordinator’s scope of work was broad, but while the series itself […]
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‘American Fiction’ Producer Ben LeClair Thanked Star Jeffrey Wright for Getting the Film Made: “Jeffrey Took a Chance on This Movie”
Before American Fiction producer Ben LeClair ends his interview, he wants to apologize for overusing the word “crazy.” But, in this case, the adjective does not feel like filler in describing Cord Jefferson’s feature film debut based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure. When the comedic drama about a frustrated author (Jeffrey Wright), who writes […]
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Dominic West, Keri Russell and Sam Claflin on Embodying Characters Who Suffer Through Complex Love Affairs
Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne, Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video) Claflin had no trouble slipping into the intense feelings of ’70s-era singer Billy Dunne. “Emotions were so on the edge for me at the time,” says Claflin. “Previously when I’d shot emotional scenes, I’ve needed a tear stick to help push me over the edge. But […]
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‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,’ ‘Last of Us’ Directors on Taking Risks and Finding an “Intimate Connection” With Their Subjects
Two Emmy-nominated directors talk about their approaches and the risks they took. For Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Davis Guggenheim explains how broke the conventional documentary rules he typically follows for the Apple TV+ movie — a risk that paid off with seven Emmy noms. And Emmy nominee Peter Hoar looks back on “Long, […]
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‘The Last of Us’ Director Talks Helming a Love Story for the End of the World
Despite the accolades for “Long, Long Time,” the third episode in the debut season of HBO’s The Last of Us, it feels all the more important to note that the decision to veer off course from the apocalyptic narrative in the series’ third week was, at the time, considered a risk. “My episode was [planned […]
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‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ Director on Telling a Different Side of the True Crime Saga: “I’m Really Not Interested in the Psychology of Jeffrey Dahmer”
Although he’s been a frequent collaborator of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, director Paris Barclay says his gut instinct, when asked to helm episodes of Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, was to give it a pass. “I was alive when this was all happening in real time. I was a gay, Black man […]
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Jasmine Cephas Jones, Marisa Davila, Jane Krakowski and Mae Whitman on Their Characters’ Musical Moments: “There Are No Filters” to Song and Dance
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting (Starz) In Blindspotting, Jones plays Ashley Rose, a mother raising her young son with the help of her partner’s family while he serves time in prison for drug trafficking. “She’s very strong and puts her family first,” says Jones of her stoic character. “I always look at her as the superhero. […]
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Matthew Rhys, Joshua Jackson and More Talk Taking on Roles Made Famous by Previous Actors: “Where’s This Going to Go?”
Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason, HBO/Max) Perry Mason Matthew Rhys vaguely recalls Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason playing in the background as a child, but when it was time for him to portray the famous defense lawyer in a version set in 1930s Los Angeles, the actor stayed far away from all previous iterations. “I have a […]
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Technical Advisors on ‘The Menu,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and More Talking Adding Special Skills to Actors’ Resumes
Pros who consulted on ‘The Northman’ and ‘Thirteen Lives’ also explain how they brought authenticity to portrayals of sword fighting and cave diving.
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How ‘Wednesday’ Production Designer Found a Gothic Castle With “an Addams Family Vibe”
To revive the Addams Family for Tim Burton, production designer Mark Scruton’s brief was very clear. “We were not trying to copy anything else — it’s not a sequel, it’s not a reinvention, it’s a new thing,” he says. Scruton went back to cartoonist Charles Addams’ source material to evoke Wednesday’s world and, together with […]
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How ‘Blonde’ Star Ana de Armas Became Marilyn Monroe
In re-creating the most famous of icons, one might think the approach would be to mimic the original. If only resurrecting Marilyn Monroe for director Andrew Dominik’s Blonde had been that simple. “Andrew said to me, ‘Don’t just put Marilyn’s makeup on Ana [de Armas]. You have to find Marilyn within Ana,’ ” says makeup […]
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