Eric Dane è un cattivo ragazzo in due produzioni in questo momento – ed è fottutamente bravo in questo. Se sei su Twitter, sai che il personaggio di Dane, Cal Jacobs, in Euphoria è il nemico pubblico numero uno. E se arriverai presto al cinema, odierai anche il suo personaggio, Duke, in Redening Love. Entrambi i ruoli di Dane comportano che gli uomini compensino eccessivamente la loro mascolinità in un modo che degrada e punisce le donne. Nella vita reale, è piuttosto divertente e spensierato. fafaq ha parlato con Dane dell’assunzione di personaggi oscuri e della compassione per loro.
“È molto divertente interpretare il cattivo. Puoi fare tutte queste cose davvero maliziose e atroci [cose] ed esplorare questi comportamenti senza dover affrontare le conseguenze del mondo reale”, condivide Dane, dicendo in seguito con un ridi, “Oh, è divertente essere cattivi”.
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As it relates to Redeeming Love, the 49-year-old actor plays a pedophile who grooms young girls into prostitution. “In this particular film, [Duke] is the bad guy. He is a bad guy. He is a rotten human being. . . I was a little repulsed by the character, not the story obviously, but the character and the context of the story and who he was. And I tried everything I could to not do this,” he admits, adding that he ultimately took on the role because he loves director D.J. Caruso and the rest of the cast.
“I think this character was drunk on his own power, and it ended up being his demise in the end.”
He adds, “I think this character was drunk on his own power, and it ended up being his demise in the end. He felt like he was untouchable. He felt like he sort of ran the town. And it ended up biting him in the end.”
When it comes to being the bad guy, Dane says he prefers “antagonist,” giving his characters more depth. “I also just like to throw around the word misunderstood,” he says. “Euphoria is a whole different ball of wax. I think Cal’s a little . . . He’s a little more complicated than that.” Euphoria episode three goes more into detail about his character’s backstory. Cal is unlikeable in the present day, but the suppression of his sexuality and strict upbringing resulted in him repeating the cycle. Do I understand Cal more? Yes. Do I sympathize with him? Let’s not go that far.
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