There's this sense of loneliness and this repression that I really was drawn to with Joe. It's this holistic conversation about who this person is. I have a couple of coaches that I work with, one for script analysis, and another coach where we really just dive into the minutiae of the emotions and everything. At that point, when you're thinking about this character, and there's so much to get into with him, what are those early things that you're figuring out about Joe? It sounds like you felt yourself taking a bit of a risk, a bit of a swing. Digging into his own complex upbringing and adult celebrity to better understand a character whose childhood was taken away from him, and whose adulthood got tracked in trashy tabloids. Immersing himself in Heath Ledger’s Brokeback Mountain work to get a master class in an empathetic, nuanced performance of repression. Taking a nugget from a Bryan Cranston interview to inform his preparation approach. Taking viewing recommendations from Haynes, ranging from Ingmar Bergman to Mike Nichols to Wong Kar-Wai. From there he got to simply absorb: watching some of the most lauded actors alive at work. On this week’s Little Gold Men (listen or read below), Melton describes the six-week process of preparing a self-tape, then taking in notes from director Todd Haynes, as the best experience of his career. A guide to Hollywood’s biggest races Arrowīut in speaking with the 32-year-old Melton, it’s clear the role’s impact on him began long before he’d even booked the role, starting with the chance to audition.
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