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Why Martha Kelly First Thought She Was All Wrong for Her ‘Euphoria’ Role

To answer the question on everyone’s mind: Yes, that’s how Martha Kelly really talks. The comedian turned actor — who rose to prominence as a stand-up before making her screen debut playing a deadpan insurance agent opposite Zach Galifianakis on FX’s Baskets — is known for her distinctively muted voice and unsettlingly dry delivery. But […]

‘Abbott Elementary’ Star Chris Perfetti Has the Best Coworkers in Hollywood

The absence of that immediate gratification definitely stings,” says actor Chris Perfetti of appearing on ABC’s Emmy-nominated comedy Abbott Elementary. The classically trained actor, who cut his teeth onstage before landing the role of enthusiastic young teacher Jacob on the show created by (and starring) Quinta Brunson, admits that filming a television series is an […]

‘Resident Evil’ Star Ella Balinska on Training for the Live-Action Series: “A Lot of That Fighting Style is Grappling”

The Netflix live-action series Resident Evil, out July 14, tells the hauntingly familiar story of a deadly virus causing a global apocalypse, and Ella Balinska stars as Jade Wesker, delivering a performance that showrunner Andrew Dabb tells THR is “fantastic, emotional … [she] carried our entire future storyline on her shoulders,” adding: “She was more […]

Nicco Annan’s Ascent From Off-Broadway to Television as Uncle Clifford in ‘P-Valley’

Nicco Annan was working as a dancer, choreographer and stage actor without any major credits to his name when he was invited to audition for a role in future Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall‘s play Pussy Valley through a mutual friend. The role, a nonbinary, flamboyant strip-club owner named Uncle Clifford, would call upon Annan’s […]

Jasmine Cephas Jones Says Her ‘Blindspotting’ Character Is a “Warrior and a Hero”

It’s not often that a small part in a film leads to the starring role in a spinoff series. Jasmine Cephas Jones was involved from the early stages of the movie Blindspotting, which co-writers and stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal developed for some 10 years before the movie premiered at Sundance and was released […]

Adrienne Warren Talks the High Stakes of Playing Powerful Women From Real Life

Playing Tina Turner was an “unbelievably difficult, exciting and exhilarating” experience, says Adrienne Warren, who was in the midst of a Broadway run in the starring role of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical when everything came to a halt in March 2020. “Our entire community was in deep mourning,” Warren recalls, not knowing when or […]

Glen Powell Talks Auditioning in a Tuxedo, ‘Top Gun’ and Tom Cruise (In That Order)

Glen Powell, who calls himself a “very patriotic guy,” was in a fetal position for much of the Fourth of July in 2018. The day before, he had gotten the call that he did not get the role he spent weeks auditioning for — and arguably a whole career pining after — in the Top […]

‘The Survivor’ Star Ben Foster Talks Losing 62 Pounds for Holocaust Role

One thing to know about Ben Foster is that he craves intense roles, such as the ones in films like Alpha Dog, 3:10 to Yuma and Hell or High Water (for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for supporting actor). Another is that the actor, 41, was a terrible student while growing up in […]

Odessa Young on the Frequent Nudity in Her New Film ‘Mothering Sunday’

It’s no surprise that Odessa Young was apparently on the list of actresses recently auditioning for the Madonna biopic. She’s got heat. The Australia-born Young, 24, has been perfecting her craft since she was 11 on her way to becoming an indie darling (The Daughter, Assassination Nation), and has a confidence beyond her years. She’ll […]

‘Halo’ Star Pablo Schreiber on How TV’s Master Chief Differs From the Game

For more than 20 years, millions of gamers worldwide have played Xbox’s flagship space shooter game Halo and its sequels, taking on the role of a futuristic Spartan warrior Master Chief. With his bulky armor, amber helmet visor and a myriad of 26th-century weaponry, the sci-fi trooper fights an endlessly invading alien force known as […]

Dove Cameron on Queer Anthem “Boyfriend” and Her Next Acting Phase

Dove Cameron, who came to fame as a teen on Disney Channel hits Liv and Maddie and the Descendants films, is in a new phase. The 26-year-old — who last year landed a major role on Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon! — is racking up millions of listens across streaming, TikTok and radio for her new single, […]

It Took ‘Better Things’ For Pamela Adlon to Learn How She Likes to Work: “I’m a Lone a Wolf”

Better Things, Pamela Adlon’s semi-autobiographical meditation on motherhood and middling Hollywood careers, began its fifth and final season on FX (and Hulu) on Feb. 28. In the six years since its premiere, the 55-year-old writer, director and actress has seen her own perception in town shift dramatically — from character actor to auteur — in […]