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‘I know this dude!': David Alan Grier explains why he leapt at the chance to play a ‘burned-out' doctor on ‘St. Denis Medical'
'For me, it was just an opportunity to see a bunch of friends in the same room and kick it and have a ball,' shares David Alan Grier about his Critics Choice Award nomination for his role on St. Denis Medical. The actor received the acknowledgment last December for the first season of the NBC mockumentary, in which he stars as the curmudgeonly but knowledgeable Doctor Ron. Grier knew from the description of the character alone that he wanted to join the series. He remembers reading the script by Eric Ledgin and Justin Spitzer, which characterized Ron as 'burned out' and 'the oldest staff member' in the hospital, and thinking, 'I know this dude!' Despite the laughs inherent in that type of guy, the performer knew there would be heft to the role, too. 'I think he's a really good doctor. It's just the system won, for the most part,' reflects the star. He explains that Ron tries to help other staff members avoid the mistakes he made, sharing, 'You sacrifice your family, which he did. You lose touch with your kids, all this stuff happens. He went through a divorce, and he's struggling to hold things together.' More from GoldDerby 'Holy sh-t, this is like "Star Wars"': The ultimate oral history of 'Severance' Season 2 Inside Gold Derby's first digital issue Jennifer Lopez dazzles as a screen diva in the first 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' trailer SEE 'It keeps me on my toes': 'St. Denis Medical' star Allison Tolman on walking a fine line between zany and 'incredibly heartfelt' The balance of comedy and pathos stood out the most to Grier. 'It's a weird show, it's like a hybrid,' explains the actor, who trained at the Yale School of Drama. He finds that 'the humor there is earned and organic. … The way it's written, it's a drama,' and notes, 'The biggest challenge was just, you have to trust … I had to trust that the tone was right.' Grier is a veteran of television ensemble comedies including In Living Color, The Carmichael Show, and Life With Bonnie, and he returns to that format with St. Denis Medical. 'When you're in a good company, it's like a sports team. You pass the ball, someone takes it down the court, sets the other person up for a shot. It makes it all the better,' explains the actor about why he loves working on these large ensemble shows. He did not know the producers or showrunners before reading the script, but his good friend Ana Gasteyer vouched for their brilliance, as she had worked with both Spitzer and Ledgin on American Auto. He also leapt at the chance to work with the cast that had already been assembled, including Wendi McLendon-Covey and Allison Tolman, saying that once he heard they were on board, 'all my fears were assuaged.' SEE Inside the success of 'St. Denis Medical': 'If you're a comedy and you're not trying to make people laugh, I don't think you're doing it right' One of Grier's standout episodes that demonstrates how he walks the show's fine line between comedy and drama comes early in the season. In 'Weird Stuff You Can't Explain,' Ron tempts fate when he dismisses staff members' beliefs in superstitions and puts a hex on the hospital. The doctor has a change of heart in the operation room, though, when a procedure proves more complicated than he thought and he says a prayer before making his first incision. 'To me, that's more true to life,' says the actor about the source of comedy on the show, adding, 'Nine times out of 10, when you laugh … I'll guarantee you it's a dramatic moment.' He notes that Ron's turn to prayer echoes his own life, too. 'The praying is very much me. I wouldn't describe myself as a very religious person, but in the event … I'm going to do some prayers in there, just for the odds,' reflects the performer with a chuckle. A late season installment, "Bruce-ic and the Mus-ic," finds Ron serving as the emcee of the hospital's annual fundraiser, during which he butts heads with administrator Joyce (McLendon-Covey) over how explicitly he should solicit donations. This episode proved to be one of the most challenging for Grier for a simple reason. 'I did stand-up for so long, so in that episode, resisting the temptation to really do it' proved difficult, says the performer, adding, 'It was kind of the anti-David episode. It wasn't me. I couldn't be really funny.' He also cites 'Buffalo Bruce and Matty the Kid' as a favorite, during which Ron struggles with not being invited to a coworker's birthday party, even though he would not choose to go even if he had been asked. Prior to starring on St. Denis Medical, Grier took home the first Tony Award of his career for his performance in A Soldier's Play. The stage veteran remembers the moment vividly: 'When they said my name, I sat there because I wanted to make sure they said my name. … I didn't want to read from my cellphone and I immediately became really emotional, so that's why I had to go to comedy, because in that split second, I was like, 'If I go down this road, I'm going to be a blubbering mess.'' The victory, after three prior nominations for The First, Race, and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, continues to resonate with the actor. 'I was very humbled. I continue to be very humbled,' admits the star. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby Chloë Sevigny on Kitty Menendez and 'Monsters' fascination: 'People are endlessly curious about those who have privilege and abuse it' Jason Isaacs relives filming 'The White Lotus' piña colada scene: 'It was one of the reasons I was worried about taking the job' Kaitlyn Dever on playing 'horrible' characters in 'Last of Us', 'Apple Cider Vinegar': 'I just don't see any other option but to give 100 percent' Click here to read the full article.
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19-05-2025
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‘Matlock' creator drops juicy Season 2 spoilers: Twists, turns, and working with Kathy Bates
"I am thrilled, grateful, happy ... and crippled with anxiety," says Matlock creator Jennie Snyder Urman. Her CBS drama is the No. 1 new show on television — and with success comes pressure. "I want to keep giving these amazing actors good work. I want it to continue to do well." In Matlock, Kathy Bates plays Madeline "Matty" Matlock, a widowed lawyer returning to the workforce after her late husband's gambling debts leave her in financial ruin — or so it seems. As revealed in the pilot, none of that is true. She's actually Madeline Kingston, a wealthy, happily married grandmother grieving the loss of her daughter to an opioid overdose. Now, she's on a quest for answers and justice within the law firm she deems responsible. More from GoldDerby The asterisk, Bob, and end credits: All your burning 'Thunderbolts' questions answered (spoilers!) 'The Last of Us' introduces Jeffrey Wright's Isaac: 'He takes steps to reinvent himself, maybe at the expense of others' 'The Last of Us' star Isabela Merced on the moment Dina realizes she loves Ellie "When you say her name, people just have a reaction," Synder Urman says of the show's star. "I love Kathy Bates. It comes with just a real respect for all the characters that she's played and all the ways that she's transformed herself. I've never seen anything like it. From the beginning, I would say her name and people would be like, 'Oh wow.' And then I got to work with her. You realize she phones nothing in. Every moment is layered and detailed and thought about. She's so fun to work with and she's so giving as an actor. It's just really beyond my dreams. I feel so lucky every day." Snyder Urman recently spoke to Gold Derby about the success of Matlock, the debut season's biggest twists, and what fans can expect to see in Season 2. Read our Q&A below. SEE 'Matlock's' Skye P. Marshall on manifesting her dream job: 'You have to be delusional to succeed in this industry' Gold Derby: Bates won a Critics Choice Award and now she's a front-runner for the Emmy. What does that say about the idea that a 76-year-old can be the biggest star on TV? Jennie Snyder Urman: That's the biggest gift of the show. If you talked to Kathy, I don't think she would say she could do this part however many years ago. This is a part that's come to her now, and she always talks about all the tools that she's using and all of the ways in which she's looking back through her life to mine for all these different moments. It's just so awesome that she responded to this as a platform to show us how vital and incredible she is at the age of 76. I want to be that excellent at my job at that age. I think we have so many older women that are so excellent and are so underused. Part of it is because we're just used to always seeing older men in positions of authority and they're our presidents and they're regal. We look to them for wisdom. We just haven't had those models for women — and I just want more of it. In Episode 17, titled "I Was That, Too," Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) locks Matty in a room and interrogates her about the lies she's told. What was it like to shoot that pivotal episode? Originally, when I was looking at our whole season and looking at the budget that we had, I was like, "We are going to need to make some money back because budgets are tight and I have these two monster actors." I'd originally conceived it because I thought it would be a great episode to make up some money, honestly, and it would take place in this one room. I couldn't do that on any other show. I could do that on this show because of these two actors and how compelling they were together. It was in our head initially as like, oh, that'll be help on the budget. The more I thought about that episode, it was the episode that we were just waiting to write, waiting to write, waiting to write. We were going to be answering so many questions for the audience, so many questions for Olympia, and then all of a sudden we were going to change the point of view and really hold the audience's feet to the fire and say, "This woman that you've been really rooting for this whole time has been hurting this other woman." You're going to see it now and you're going to feel it. It's going to change the way that you feel about her. And that was exciting. The season ends with Alfie's (Aaron D. Harris) potential biological father arriving at Matty's door. Will he be a pivotal character in Season 2? The first thing they're going to do is obviously a DNA test, but the door has been opened to looking for the father and whether it's him or someone else. Alfie's father is going to play a role in the second season. I think what's really interesting as we go into our second season is — we have this character who we built the whole show around as a person who was always in control, she was the puppeteer — and now we have Olympia who knows about her scheme, so she does not have all the power anymore. Now she has this other person who's coming into her home life too — that's an out of control element. So what's exciting to me about the second season is that you have this character who we've seen operate when she had all the cards in front of her. Suddenly, she can't be in control of everything. What is that like for this character under that kind of pressure? Alfie is Matty's whole entire world and they have been in lockstep the whole time. So what happens when they're not? That's another thing that she has not experienced yet. Whoever the father is is going to open an avenue into Ellie, to Matty's daughter. We had a lot of the pain of what it was like living with an addict. That is something that we're going to continue to investigate, but we're also going to see some of the joy of what their relationship was like — Ellie and her mom — and I think that's going to give us more layers and more colors. Matty also loves being back in the workforce. Will this take a toll on her marriage to Edwin (Sam Anderson)? Matty really loves what she does and she feels vital. She feels seen — she feels like she's helping people. She also is doing litigation, which she never did in her career. So suddenly at 76, her world is opening up when she was expecting it to be starting to close in a little bit. And that's so exciting and revitalizing for her. She wants to keep working as a lawyer and they're going to have to negotiate that. And what I'm interested in — it probably is a spoiler — what happens when you want different things after 50 years? How do you negotiate? I think we have a line coming up in the next season that's like, "You're going to what? Go to the pickleball courts and find another lady and she's going to massage that spot on your shoulder? ... We're in it. You're married to me. I want to work. You don't want me to work. So now we have to figure out how much I'm going to work." They start negotiating on details and other things that he wants that are surprising as a result. That forces our story into new areas. Conflicts don't necessarily have to stop us in our tracks, but they can lead us to really new, fresh, dramatic territory if we follow them honestly. We found out Julian (Jason Ritter) was the one holding the secrets Matty was looking for. Now Olympia is in a predicament — do I try to protect my kids from their father's mistake or am I going to be honest with Matty? How will this transpire in Season 2? It was challenging to figure out what Olympia was going to do and how it was going to create drama for not just that episode, but for a season. She's in a real pressure cooker, Olympia. And now, whereas we came into the first season with Matty having a secret, Olympia has a secret and what she does with it will be — you'll find out in the first episode back. Did you know it was going to be Julian hiding the evidence the whole time? We debated Julian in the writer's room quite a bit. Once we came to him, we stayed there. But we did debate it quite a bit. We do a really long, long, long detailed series pitch that's like a 40-page document. It takes the studio and network through every episode and what's going to happen. We stay pretty close to it. I'm starting to think Senior (Beau Bridges) could be worse than we imagine. Is there going to be more exploration of that father-son relationship? Yes. More of the father-son dynamic. You're going to meet Senior's third ex-wife, which is the only woman he married for brains. He will never do that again. You will get to know the power structure of Jacobson Moore a little bit more — the other power players in the law firm. We're going to be defining that a little bit more specifically and you will learn more about Senior. SEE Kathy Bates wants Dolly Parton to join Season 2 cast of 'Matlock' — and she has the perfect role for the iconic performer You also teased a continuation of the rivalry between Sarah (Leah Lewis) and Simone (Andrea Londo). Simone is a really competitive person. Simone's way of getting under Sarah's skin is to pretend like she's not competitive while being really competitive. So that's their backstory — and they just f---ing hated each other in law school. You are going to see what comes of that. There will be a consequence. Billy (David Del Rio) learned his ex-girlfriend is pregnant in the season finale. What's next for him? Billy is a real people pleaser and now this person who he thought he finally got over has come back and said she's pregnant. Is she going to keep the baby? Is she not? What is he going to do about it? It just throws his life into a good kind of chaos. At the end of the season, I really have [Billy and Sarah] learn and grow and then threaten it all. Kathy said she would love for Dolly Parton to guest star as Cindy Shapiro. Has the request been sent out to Dolly? That is the deepest dream. Kathy knew that it was my deepest dream, too. But no, we're too early. I'm still in pre-production. Season 2 of Matlock starts filming in July. Season 1 is currently streaming on Paramount+. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby 'I fully expected to be killed off!' Helen Mirren on her twin roles in 1923 and MobLand Is 'SNL' new tonight? Host, musical guest details 'The Pitt' star Shawn Hatosy loves 'ER cowboy' Dr. Abbot as much as you do Click here to read the full article.
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24-02-2025
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Zoe Saldaña Accepts Best Supporting Actress at the SAG Awards: ‘This Is My Community'
Emilia Pérez standout Zoe Saldaña continued a decisive awards-season streak tonight with a Best Supporting Actress win at the SAG Awards. During her acceptance speech, she thanked SAG-AFTRA for 'protecting her' and called on her fellow actors to tell stories that 'live within the spectrum of artistic freedom.' Only days ago, Saldaña took home a BAFTA for her performance as Rita, a Mexico City lawyer who helps arrange a secret gender-confirmation surgery for a cartel boss, in Jacques Audiard's polarizing French film. Now, having won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, BAFTA, and SAG Award for the film, Saldaña is posed as the frontrunner for her category at the upcoming Academy Awards next weekend. After the BAFTAs, Saldaña told journalists that she was 'dedicating all of these awards and the film Emilia Pérez to my nephew, Eli. He is the reason—they are the reason—I signed up to do this film in the first place. So as the proud aunt of a trans life, I will always stand with my community of trans people.' Read her SAG Awards acceptance speech below. 'To be in this room is a true honor. This is my community. This is my circus. Thank you to SAG and AFTRA. Thank you to my fellow was an honor to watch your performances this year. I was deeply moved. I got my first SAG card in 1998, and I didn't even know what SAG was, and I am grateful that my mother and my father and my sisters looked it up and helped me educate myself on what it means to be a part of a union that protects me so that I can make a living out of this crazy, crazy industry...I think it's so important for us actors to financially educate ourselves...I am proud to be a part of a union that allows me to be who I am, and I've never been questioned about where I come from or judged by how I speak or what my pronouns are. I believe that everybody has the right to be who they are, and Emilia Pérez is about truth and it is about love, and I think that us as actors—now more than ever before—we really have to tell stories that are beautiful and thought-provoking and live within the spectrum of artistic freedom. Thank you so much. I'm so honored.' You Might Also Like The 15 Best Organic And Clean Shampoos For Any And All Hair Types 100 Gifts That Are $50 Or Under (And Look Way More Expensive Than They Actually Are)
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18-02-2025
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'The Brutalist's' Oscar-Nominated Director, Brady Corbet, Just Revealed He's Made 'Zero Dollars' From The Film And Said Some Decorated Filmmakers Can't Even Afford Their Rent
If you have any interest at all in movies then you are probably aware of The Brutalist, Brady Corbet's 215-minute long drama that has been sweeping the awards circuit this year. So far, Brady has won the Best Director BAFTA and Golden Globe for this movie, and Adrien Brody's leading performance has earned him a Best Actor BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award. The film also won the Best Motion Picture Golden Globe in the Drama genre. The Brutalist is also nominated for 10 prestigious Academy Awards at next month's Oscars, and is expected to win at least a couple of its categories. The film's success has also translated into box office numbers, with The Brutalist making $30 million on a $10 million budget, which is certainly something to be celebrated. But despite all of this, Brady has revealed that he hasn't made a single dollar from his work on the movie, which he also produced, and co-wrote alongside his partner, Mona Fastvold. The esteemed actor-turned-director went on to claim that he knows multiple filmmakers who are nominated at this year's major ceremonies but are unable to pay their rent because of the financial strain that promoting a movie takes. Speaking during an appearance on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast, Brady said that he had recently directed three commercials in Portugal, adding: 'It's the first time that I had made any money really in years, because both my partner and I made zero dollars on the last two films that we made.' For reference, Brady and Mona previously worked together on the 2018 movie Vox Lux. Reacting to Brady's comments, host Marc Maron asked for clarification that Brady literally meant zero dollars, prompting the director to confirm: 'Yes, actually zero. We had to just sort of live off a paycheck from three years ago.' 'And obviously the timing — during an awards campaign and having to travel every two to three days — is less than ideal,' he added of the commercials. 'It sort of was an opportunity that landed in my lap, and I jumped at it.' This is when Brady revealed that he isn't the only person on the current awards circuit feeling a financial toll, sharing: 'I've spoken to many filmmakers that have films that are nominated this year that can't pay their rent. I mean, that's a real thing.' He then noted that you're not paid to promote a film, and because the promotion takes up a lot of your time, you are also unable to work other jobs. He pointed out: 'If you look at certain films that premiered in Cannes, that was almost a year ago. I mean, our film premiered in September, so I've been doing this for six months and had zero income because I don't have any time to go to work. I can't even take a writing job at the moment.' Discussing the promotional aspect of his work more specifically, he said: 'It's seven days a week, it's boundless. It's constant travel, and you're also working Saturdays and Sundays. I haven't had a day off since the Christmas break, and that was also only four days.' 'You look your worst and you feel your worst, and you're — depending on the themes of your film — you're usually talking about the most complex issues of our era,' he added. 'It's really not ideal; it's like a six-month interrogation.' And shedding some light on how it is even possible to make no money from a film that has been such a huge success and made a staggering profit, Brady explained that other people involved in the production and distribution of a movie get 'paid back 17 times over before you make a dollar as its creator.' Brady also reflected on having to spend so much time away from home — namely his 10-year-old daughter — in order to make The Brutalist, which was in production for seven years. He said: 'I missed out on a lot in the last few years to make the film.' 'Fortunately, [my daughter and I] have an amazing relationship and we FaceTime constantly, even when I'm away and stuff,' he went on. 'But it's not the same. I don't know if eight years of torment is worth four months of success, it's hard. It's a very difficult thing to qualify.' Ultimately, Brady concluded that he doesn't think he'd 'do things a different way' if he could turn back time, but did note that there are things he tolerated in the past that he'd be less open to now that he is older. Are you surprised by Brady's revelations? Let me know in the comments! More on this 13 Celebs Who Have Revealed How They Handle Their Money And Salaries, And I'm Surprised At A Lot Of TheseFabiana Buontempo · Aug. 4, 2022 A Makeup Artist Tried To 'Remove' Adrien Brody's Nose Because She Thought It Was A Prosthetic, And I Can't Handle The Secondhand EmbarrassmentStephanie Soteriou · Feb. 5, 2025 "The Brutalist" Is The Movie That Will Break Your Heart And Build It Back AgainAda Enechi · Jan. 23, 2025
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18-02-2025
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'The Brutalist's' Oscar-Nominated Director, Brady Corbet, Just Revealed He's Made 'Zero Dollars' From The Film And Said Some Decorated Filmmakers Can't Even Afford Their Rent
If you have any interest at all in movies then you are probably aware of The Brutalist, Brady Corbet's 215-minute long drama that has been sweeping the awards circuit this year. So far, Brady has won the Best Director BAFTA and Golden Globe for this movie, and Adrien Brody's leading performance has earned him a Best Actor BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award. The film also won the Best Motion Picture Golden Globe in the Drama genre. The Brutalist is also nominated for 10 prestigious Academy Awards at next month's Oscars, and is expected to win at least a couple of its categories. The film's success has also translated into box office numbers, with The Brutalist making $30 million on a $10 million budget, which is certainly something to be celebrated. But despite all of this, Brady has revealed that he hasn't made a single dollar from his work on the movie, which he also produced, and co-wrote alongside his partner, Mona Fastvold. The esteemed actor-turned-director went on to claim that he knows multiple filmmakers who are nominated at this year's major ceremonies but are unable to pay their rent because of the financial strain that promoting a movie takes. Speaking during an appearance on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast, Brady said that he had recently directed three commercials in Portugal, adding: 'It's the first time that I had made any money really in years, because both my partner and I made zero dollars on the last two films that we made.' For reference, Brady and Mona previously worked together on the 2018 movie Vox Lux. Reacting to Brady's comments, host Marc Maron asked for clarification that Brady literally meant zero dollars, prompting the director to confirm: 'Yes, actually zero. We had to just sort of live off a paycheck from three years ago.' 'And obviously the timing — during an awards campaign and having to travel every two to three days — is less than ideal,' he added of the commercials. 'It sort of was an opportunity that landed in my lap, and I jumped at it.' This is when Brady revealed that he isn't the only person on the current awards circuit feeling a financial toll, sharing: 'I've spoken to many filmmakers that have films that are nominated this year that can't pay their rent. I mean, that's a real thing.' He then noted that you're not paid to promote a film, and because the promotion takes up a lot of your time, you are also unable to work other jobs. He pointed out: 'If you look at certain films that premiered in Cannes, that was almost a year ago. I mean, our film premiered in September, so I've been doing this for six months and had zero income because I don't have any time to go to work. I can't even take a writing job at the moment.' Discussing the promotional aspect of his work more specifically, he said: 'It's seven days a week, it's boundless. It's constant travel, and you're also working Saturdays and Sundays. I haven't had a day off since the Christmas break, and that was also only four days.' 'You look your worst and you feel your worst, and you're — depending on the themes of your film — you're usually talking about the most complex issues of our era,' he added. 'It's really not ideal; it's like a six-month interrogation.' And shedding some light on how it is even possible to make no money from a film that has been such a huge success and made a staggering profit, Brady explained that other people involved in the production and distribution of a movie get 'paid back 17 times over before you make a dollar as its creator.' Emma Mcintyre / Getty Images for DGA Brady also reflected on having to spend so much time away from home — namely his 10-year-old daughter — in order to make The Brutalist, which was in production for seven years. He said: 'I missed out on a lot in the last few years to make the film.' 'Fortunately, [my daughter and I] have an amazing relationship and we FaceTime constantly, even when I'm away and stuff,' he went on. 'But it's not the same. I don't know if eight years of torment is worth four months of success, it's hard. It's a very difficult thing to qualify.' Ultimately, Brady concluded that he doesn't think he'd 'do things a different way' if he could turn back time, but did note that there are things he tolerated in the past that he'd be less open to now that he is older.
