The Hollywood Reporter recently produced a long article on an interview with Hollywood actor Scoot McNairy. The conversation covered many of McNairy’s work. From his earliest movie Monsters, to his movies with Ben Affleck, and even Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The show also covered his time on Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective Season 3, and his love for Ben Mendelsohn. Considering how big of a fan I am of McNairy’s, I was happy to read it in its entirety. As should you.
I wanted to pull some excerpts from the interview, particularly updates about his upcoming projects. The first is Narcos: Mexico. McNairy voiced the narrator in season one of Narcos: Mexico. He then took the front and center role as Agent Walt Breslin in season two. I’ve been waiting for any sort of news as to whether Narcos: Mexico had been renewed for a third season. And if McNairy was involved. THR’s reporter claims that there are rumors Narcos: Mexico season three is filming in secret. And according to McNairy, there’s no confirmation yet as to him returning.
Narcos: Mexico
THR: Overall, I thought you did tremendous work throughout season two. Are you returning for Narcos: Mexico season three, which supposedly started shooting in secret?
McNairy: Not sure, really. There’s been a lot of talk, but as you know, nothing’s certain until it’s certain. And even then, it can fall apart.
The Comey Rule
The next update he provided was on the upcoming miniseries The Comey Rule. Which, just revealed promotional pictures for the upcoming project.
Regarding The Comey Rule, the release date has now been changed to late September, but were you as perplexed as everybody else when the show’s premiere date slid to after the election?
Yes and no. Unfortunately, the country is so polarized at the moment. So divided. Naturally, that bleeds into large corporations protecting their interests. However, [creator] Billy Ray worked so hard to get this thing done before the November election, and he was promised to get a certain release date. I’m glad everyone was able to agree and that the show will air sooner.
Peter Sarsgaard recently told me that when he plays real people, he pretty much approaches them like they don’t exist. Since you played Rod Rosenstein, did you take a similar approach, or did you go down the YouTube rabbit hole and whatnot?
Tough question. I find that it is different for me each time, each job, and each role. Sometimes I like to talk to them, sometimes I don’t. I followed the Russia investigation very closely, so when this job came along, I really felt like I had a lot of data on the players involved. Rod was not front and center in the media on a day-to-day basis. So I was really interested in looking at his body of work.
He was the longest serving U.S. Attorney in history, and certain things made him stand out among those in Washington. I did find myself going down a rabbit hole by watching interviews and speeches that he did. And I watched some of them over and over. I also had a collage of photos of him with all these different facial expressions. I would just go through them and wonder what the hell this guy must have been going through during all that chaos.
Blonde
Lastly, McNairy provided some information on the upcoming film Blonde, which stars Ana de Armas as the famous Marilyn Monroe.
Ana de Armas told me that Blonde is quite the movie, and of course, you reunited with Killing Them Softly filmmaker, Andrew Dominik, for it. On a side note, this conversation continues to prove that your peers love doing repeat business with you — whether that’s Affleck, Pitt, Cantwell and now Dominik. How was your second experience with Dominik?
I really enjoy working with Andrew. Obviously, he is a very talented director. He is also very entertaining to work with, and I love all his films, so I am happy to have the opportunity to work on anything he is doing. As far as “repeats,” I’m not sure. I do like working with people I have worked with before because we know each other, and there is a certain comfortability. Just feels like you just cut through the fat much quicker.
What do you think about the projects McNairy’s teased? For the full article, click on THR to check it out.
Source: THR
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