Chris Messina is that uncommon character actor main man who’s the go-to supporting actor in seemingly every thing. From The Mindy Venture and Newsroom, to She Dies Tomorrow and I Care A Lot, he handles ultra-serious roles (like in Blame, which I cherished) or uproarious ones (corresponding to on this yr’s hit Air) with what looks as if effortlessness, and now he’s starring within the new collection Based mostly on a True Story with Kaley Cuoco. On this hour, he generously takes us on an prolonged tour of his course of. He talks about studying to “expertise” relatively than “act,” why the considered getting ready a task “for 14 years” excites him, and the weather that make up Air which elevated his work previous merely being 4 cellphone calls. He tells great tales about his time on the Actors Studio in New York, getting a useful word from Amy Adams that has profoundly affected his work, why a latest viewing of Raging Bull acquired him emotional, and leaves us with far more inspiration and knowledge than we had earlier than.
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