MilliOnAir Magazine April 2018 | Page 49

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There is more action and less conversation, is this a good thing?

It definitely has its cerebral qualities. But there is a lot more danger that Elliot is having to face. We also have some wonderful additions. Bobby Cannavale, a phenomenal actor, has a character that he’s created, is hilarious and wonderful. I just love the fact that Sam, and all the writers, take the time to examine and flesh out each one of the characters. Everybody really has to go through a lot of questionable things in Season 3.

Do you have a favorite episode?

The sitcom episode. For me, that was so outrageous and so wild. To put the show on its head like that was very exciting, and tricky. Sitcom dialogue … I had the hardest time just trying to get the rhythm of that dialogue into my head. There’s something so static and unnatural about it, and it’s not the way that I am comfortable communicating. But I loved the whole journey of that episode. You start with this loving but phony-esque relationship between Elliot and his dad, and you go on the journey to the end of the episode and [there’s] a beautiful scene between me and young Elliot, and I was extraordinarily passionate about that scene and wanting to get the tone right. I can play this smooth-talking, swaggering kind of character, who is this image of who Elliot would have liked his father to be, and then I get the opportunity to play Edward, quirky, insecure, klutzy at times, just a very genuine, sensitive person with his young son.

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