Melanie Lynskey – The Tattooist of Auschwitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWD93s8ZD9g From an adaptation standpoint, it’s quite a unique choice to insert the author herself in the story . . . I think it really allowed the writers to play with a lot of ideas around memory and storytelling — and work with the sort of thing that really did happen, where Lale began…

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JP Karliak – X-Men ’97

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3Ss8o9gGQ This is an atypical sort of “reboot,” given that it’s still set in the 1990s. Why is this the right time to go back to ’97? Is there ever a bad time to go back to the ’90s? [Laughs] I mean, it makes sense for a whole bunch of reasons. One, I think,…

Carla Gugino – The Fall of the House of Usher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvuAWVzP6wI In recent years, you’ve worked a lot with Mike Flanagan, on the Haunting shows and The Fall of the House of Usher. He has a very unique approach to horror. He never wants to do the “surface” version of anything. He, for whatever reasons, has such a strong connection to this particular genre…

Lashana Lynch – Bob Marley: One Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajw425Kuvtw Biopics often become formulaic, forcing their subjects into a pre-existing genre mold. Does One Love avoid the pitfalls? Myself and Kingsley, and I’m sure many on the team, were aware that this needed to be an almost “through the keyhole” experience into Bob’s psyche — his emotional journey, how he created as an…

Jay Baruchel – We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGD2WUBLiX4 In season two, you’re not just hosting, but directing all six episodes. Was that helpful in crafting what is such a personal, experiential docuseries? It just makes everything a bit more intuitive, cohesive and an extension of a sincere artistic urge. It’s not like that wasn’t the case last time; it’s just last…

Morgan Neville – Steve!

Was the Steve Martin you expected to meet different from the Steve Martin you met? Steve was famously very private and very serious off-camera. So, I didn’t know exactly who Steve was going to be. And I think, oddly, Steve is less silly onstage now and less serious offstage now than he used to…

Jake Gyllenhaal: Road House

The original Road House was panned by critics, got a bunch of Razzie nominations, but it went on to become this revered action classic. Why has it endured? It’s funny, I think about a movie that I made with Patrick Swayze — Donnie Darko. When it first came out, nobody saw it. Then, slowly,…

Jeff Daniels – American Rust: Broken Justice

How did you feel back in 2022 when the series was axed by Showtime? I was disappointed when they cancelled it, because I really like Philipp Meyer’s book and I like the character. I like that it’s an authentic show, shot in the Midwest. It’s five hours from my house here in Michigan, so…

Kate Winslet: The Regime

Did you draw on any actual tyrants in crafting Chancellor Elena Vernham? I wish I could tell you I was inspired by any real figures, but I wasn’t. When you are taking on a character who is totally invented, from a purely imagined world, it did give me real creative licence to just dig…

Jason Priestley: Wild Cards

Is it basically an actor’s dream, getting to play this quirky con man — who is lovable but also has a sense of danger to him? [Laughs] Yeah, I’m kind of a bad guy. Definitely. I think there were a lot of opportunities for comedy, and to bring joy to people. So, that was…

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