Joe Gannasli reflects on his groundbreakg character Vo om The Sopranos, who is the godfather of gay TV gangsters.
Contents:
- ‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV
- BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
- BARRY’S ANTHONY CARRIGAN IS HEARTBROKEN FOR NOHO HANKTHE EMMY NOMEE ON A PIVOTAL EPISO THAT POPPED HANK AND CRISTOBAL’S LOVE BUBBLE—AND SETS UP DARKER THGS TO E.BY HILLARY BISMAY 22, 2022COURTY OF HBO. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHIS STORY NTAS SPOILERS FOR BARRY SEASON 3, EPISO 5.THIS IS WHY WE N’T HAVE NICE THGS. THROUGHOUT BARRY’S UNRELENTGLY DARK, GRIM THIRD SEASON, THERE’S BEEN ONE BETIFUL SPOT OF LIGHT—THE SURPRISGLY SWEET ROMANCE BETWEEN CRISTOBAL (MICHAEL IRBY) AND NOHO HANK (ANTHONY CARRIGAN), A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED CRIME LORDS. THEY FIX EACH OTHER ELABORATE FFEE DRKS THEIR TASTEFULLY RATED BUNGALOW; THEY’RE SAVED AS “LE” AND “LORELAI” EACH OTHERS’ PHON; THEY’RE ENDLSLY KD AND THOUGHTFUL, EACH PLANNG HS SO THAT HIS PARTNER N PE UNSTHED. THOUGH THEIR PAIRG ME AS A CURVE BALL THE BLACK EDY’S SEASON PREMIERE, RETROSPECT, MAK ALL KDS OF SENSE.UNTIL, OF URSE, ALL CRASHG DOWN SUNDAY’S EPISO. CRISTOBAL, YOU SEE, HAS AN ENTIRE LIFE BOLIVIA HE HASN’T TOLD HANK ABOUT—SPECIFILLY, THREE KIDS AND A WIFE NAMED ELENA BENT ON GETTG REVENGE ON THE CHECHENS WHO MURRED HER FATHER, CRISTOBAL’S NOW EX-CRIME-BOSS. SHE POPS HANK AND HIS PARAMOUR’S LOVE BUBBLE A BIG WAY, ORRG A RAID THAT GETS HANK’S BUDDI KIDNAPPED OR KILLED AND RIPPG CRISTOBAL OM HIS ARMS.THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST IS NOW AT A CROSSROADS, REELG OM THE BETRAYAL WHILE BENT ON RCUG THE MAN HE LOV. “I THK HANK IS JT REALIZG HOW HIGH THE STAK ARE NOW THAT THIS HAS ALL CMBLED,” THE ACTOR SAYS A NVERSATN ABOUT HIS UNEXPECTED SEASON-THREE STORY LE. “YOU N TRY TO HAVE THIS REALLY SOFT AND LOVG ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP THIS CREDIBLY CEL AND HARD WORLD [ONLY] FOR SO LONG BEFORE THE REALY OF SKS . AND THEN SOMEONE IS DANGER.”VANY FAIR: I HAVE TO SAY, 'S KD OF SURPRISG TO HEAR YOUR REAL SPEAKG VOICE. I WAS SORT OF EXPECTG HANK.ANTHONY CARRIGAN: I KNOW. IT REALLY THROWS PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOTED, BUT THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF "WHERE ARE YOU OM?" I'M LIKE, "MASSACHETTS." THEY'RE LIKE, "OH."DO YOU EVER FD YOURSELF SLIPPG TO THE ACCENT WHEN YOU DON'T MEAN TO?NO. FORTUNATELY, HANK IS NOT TRYG TO TAKE OVER MY BODY. BUT I'LL CERTALY KD OF FALL TO AT CERTA POTS JT TO KEEP H. DURG THE PANMIC I WOULD JT SLIP TO HANK, AND WOULD ALWAYS PUT ME A MUCH BETTER MOOD.OF ALL THE CHARACTERS THAT ULD BE HNTG YOUR PSYCHE, HANK’S NOT SO BAD.FOR SURE. HANK'S GOOD VIB ONLY.THE HANK AND CRISTOBAL RELATNSHIP HAS BEEN SO FUN TO WATCH THIS SEASON. DID THEIR IENDSHIP ALWAYS FEEL ROMANTILLY CHARGED TO YOU? OR WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE MOVE THAT DIRECTN THIS YEAR?I WASN'T PARTICULARLY SURPRISED BY . I THK IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE PREV EPISOS, YOU N SEE A FEW BREADCMBS THAT WERE ULTIMATELY LEADG TOWARDS, OKAY, THERE'S SOMETHG GOG ON BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS. AND WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT, FALLY, I WAS OVERJOYED BEE I LOVED WORKG WH MICHAEL IRBY SO MUCH. WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME ON SET. AND I JT FEEL THIS NEW SI OF HANK, THIS MORE TIMATE SI OF HANK, WAS SOMETHG THAT WAS JT... I REALLY WELED SHAS OF THIS CHARACTER.HOW HAD YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HANK'S SEXUALY BEFORE NOW? DO YOU THK THAT HE IS GAY, OR LOVE WH CRISTOBAL SPECIFILLY, OR JT SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTM?I HADN'T, REALLY. YOU NEVER REALLY WANT TO MAKE YOUR MD UP ABOUT SOMETHG, BEE YOU NEVER KNOW. WHOEVER'S WRG THE SHOW ULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE UP, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDN YOUR THEORY GO OUT THE WDOW. BUT I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE GO THAT DIRECTN. THIS KLG OF AN IA WAS NFIRMED WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT.HANK AND CRISTOBAL SEEMED TO HAVE THIS REALLY PURE AND ROMANTIC LOVE. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS JT SHOWERG EACH OTHER WH ROS.THEY'RE TAKG RE OF EACH OTHER.I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE ONLY HEALTHY RELATNSHIP ON THE SHOW.IT'S HILAR, BEE HERE YOU HAVE THE TWO HEADS OF THE CRIME ANIZATNS, AND 'S THEM THAT HAPPEN TO BE THE MOST BALANCED EMOTNALLY AND HAVE THE HEALTHIT RELATNSHIP PRETTY MUCH OUT OF EVERYONE. YOU N SEE OM THE GET-GO THAT THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO BEG VERY NSCIENT—DOG A LOT OF THERAPY, TAKG RE OF THEIR BODI, NNG VERY LOW RBON FOOTPRT-TYPE CRIME ANIZATN. AND I THK THAT EXTENDS TO JT WANTG TO TAKE RE OF EACH OTHER AND BE HEALTHY.EXCEPT OF URSE, CRISTOBAL IS KEEPG A BIG SECRET THAT HANK DON'T FD OUT ABOUT UNTIL THIS EPISO. DID YOU FEEL BETRAYED TO FD OUT THAT CRISTOBAL HAS A WIFE, AS THE GUY WHO BRGS HANK TO LIFE? HOW DID YOU REACT TO THAT TWIST?I THOUGHT WAS BRILLIANT, BEE I JT DIDN'T SEE G. ONCE YOU FD SOMETHG THAT IS SEEMGLY PERFECT, OF URSE THERE'S THIS THG THAT POPS UP AND JEOPARDIZ . IT'S VERY BRILLIANT STORYTELLG, AND MAK FOR A LOT OF TENSN.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINEVEN THOUGH HANK HAS HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS WH BARRY, HE DO ALWAYS SEEM TO FIVE HIM. NOW HE'S A RELATNSHIP WH SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN LYG TO HIM THE WHOLE TIME. DO YOU THK THAT HE N FIVE CRISTOBAL TOO? IS THAT JT WHO HE IS?WELL, I THK ONE THG THAT IS PARTICULAR TO HANK THIS SEASON IS THAT HE'S FALLY STEPPG UP AND ASKG FOR WHAT HE NEEDS, AS OPPOSED TO TRYG TO TAKE RE OF EVERYONE ELSE. AND I THK THAT THAT VE, HE'S UGHT THIS DILEMMA BEE ORR TO GIVE HIMSELF WHAT HE NEEDS, HE WOULD HAVE TO FIVE CRISTOBAL. BUT WHO KNOWS?TELL ME ABOUT FILMG THE SCENE WHERE CRISTOBAL AND HANK ARE GIVG RELATNSHIP ADVICE TO BARRY. THEY'RE BASILLY ACTG AS HIS THERAPIST.THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT'S A MIRACLE WE MA THROUGH THAT SCENE, BEE JT EACH OF AT DIFFERENT TIM JT ULD NOT HOLD TOGETHER. BUT 'S A VERY SWEET SCENE. IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOUR EX SHOWS UP AT THE DOOR AND IS JT A TERRIBLE PLACE, AND YOU'RE THERE WH YOUR NEW PARTNER, AND YOU ARE TRYG TO HELP THIS PERSON WHO YOU RE FOR. BUT OBVLY, YOU'RE TRYG TO LOOK OUT FOR THE WELLBEG OF YOUR PARTNER THE PRENT.DO YOU REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC L THAT MA YOU BREAK?"YOU KILLED MY BUDDI." I THK THAT ONE WAS MOST, BOTH FOR ME AND BILL. WE ULDN'T KEEP TOGETHER AT ALL.THE ENDG OF THE EPISO IS MUCH DARKER, WH THE BOLIVIANS ATTACKG THE PLANT SHOP AND KILLG A BUNCH OF CHECHENS, THEN G TO BASILLY KIDNAP CRISTOBAL. IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE 'S NOT AN ACCINT THAT HANK IS HIDG A CLOSET WHEN CRISTOBAL'S WIFE ARRIV AND REALIZ THAT HE'S BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH HANK.THAT SCENE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHG WH JT A LOT OF MOVG PARTS AND A LOT OF REVELATNS HAPPENG. AND AS AN ACTOR, 'S JT AN CREDIBLE OPPORTUNY. THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF BETRAYAL TO HANK NNG AND HIDG, BEE HE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE G FOR THEM NEXT. AND WHEN YOU SEE CRISTOBAL GET RRIED OFF, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF SHAME. AND THEN HIM PIECG TOGETHER—WHO ELENA IS, AND THEN WATCHG HER PIECE TOGETHER WHO HANK IS. THERE'S SO MUCH TRICY TO , AND THERE'S REALLY SO MANY LAYERS. AND TO JUGGLE ALL OF THAT WAS JT A GIFT. IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET SO MUCH TO DO SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME.THIS FAR TO THE SHOW, ’S REMARKABLE HOW SEGREGATED BARRY'S WORLDS STILL ARE. ARE YOU BUMMED THAT YOU DON'T REALLY GET OPPORTUNI TO ACT OPPOSE SARAH GOLDBERG AND HENRY WKLER?UP UNTIL THIS POT, HAS BEEN THE ONE PROBLEM THAT I'VE HAD WORKG ON THIS SHOW. IN ORR TO GET MY FIX OF SEEG EVERYONE, I WILL SNEAK ONTO SET AND I WILL JT BUG EVERYONE. BEE I LOVE SEEG EVERYONE WORK. EVERYONE IS SO GOOD. I THK ABOUT THIS OFTEN, THAT YOU WOULD NEVER ANTICIPATE THAT EACH OF THE CHARACTERS EXIST WH THE SAME WORLD BEE THEY'RE SO DRASTILLY DIFFERENT AND THEY HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT SENSIBILI. BUT THEY ALL ARE SEWN TOGETHER SO PERFECTLY.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINDO YOU WATCH THE SHOW WHEN AIRS?YEAH, I DO. I'M A GENUE FAN. I DON'T UALLY LIKE TO WATCH THE STUFF THAT I DO— GETS ME MY HEAD A LTLE B. BUT BEE I JT THK 'S SO SMART AND SO WELL DONE, I MAKE AN EXCEPTN.I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT I RE-WATCHED SEASONS ONE AND TWO BEFORE I STARTED THREE, JT BEE HAD BEEN SO LONG— IS A TOUGH SHOW TO BGE. IT'S VERY TENSE.IT IS VERY TENSE. IT'S VERY TENSE. BUT THE ONE THG THAT DO HAVE, WHICH LENDS SELF TO WATCHG MORE THAN ONCE, IS THAT 'S SO TAILED. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK, YOU DISVER THGS THAT YOU PLETELY MISSED THE FIRST TIME OR EVEN THE SEND TIME.ORIGALLY, HANK WASN’T SUPPOSED TO MAKE OUT OF THE PILOT ALIVE. TWO AND A HALF SEASONS LATER, YOU'RE STILL HERE. DO YOU FEEL SAFE AT THIS POT? OR IS BARRY THE KD OF SHOW WHERE NOBODY SHOULD EVER UNT ON MAKG TO THE NEXT EPISO?IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY GREAT WAY TO START A SHOW, BEE WHAT 'S GIVEN ME IS THIS IA THAT EVERYTHG AFTER THAT POT IS A TOTAL BON. SO, Y: IF WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHG OM HBO AND GAME OF THRON, THAT NO ONE IS SAFE AT ANY TIME. I'M JT GOG TO NTUE TO TRY TO DO SERVICE TO THE SHOW AND TO THE CHARACTER.DO YOU WANT TO TEASE ANYTHG ABOUT THE REMAG EPISOS OF THE SEASON?I JT WATCHED THEM AND MY JAW IS STILL ON THE FLOOR. AND I READ THE EPISOS. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND I STILL JT DON'T HAVE THE WORDS.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRPHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE ON HER “SURREAL” JOURNEY FROM FLEABAG TO INDIANA JONTHE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)HILLARY BIS
‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV
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BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
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BARRY’S ANTHONY CARRIGAN IS HEARTBROKEN FOR NOHO HANKTHE EMMY NOMEE ON A PIVOTAL EPISO THAT POPPED HANK AND CRISTOBAL’S LOVE BUBBLE—AND SETS UP DARKER THGS TO E.BY HILLARY BISMAY 22, 2022COURTY OF HBO. SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHIS STORY NTAS SPOILERS FOR BARRY SEASON 3, EPISO 5.THIS IS WHY WE N’T HAVE NICE THGS. THROUGHOUT BARRY’S UNRELENTGLY DARK, GRIM THIRD SEASON, THERE’S BEEN ONE BETIFUL SPOT OF LIGHT—THE SURPRISGLY SWEET ROMANCE BETWEEN CRISTOBAL (MICHAEL IRBY) AND NOHO HANK (ANTHONY CARRIGAN), A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED CRIME LORDS. THEY FIX EACH OTHER ELABORATE FFEE DRKS THEIR TASTEFULLY RATED BUNGALOW; THEY’RE SAVED AS “LE” AND “LORELAI” EACH OTHERS’ PHON; THEY’RE ENDLSLY KD AND THOUGHTFUL, EACH PLANNG HS SO THAT HIS PARTNER N PE UNSTHED. THOUGH THEIR PAIRG ME AS A CURVE BALL THE BLACK EDY’S SEASON PREMIERE, RETROSPECT, MAK ALL KDS OF SENSE.UNTIL, OF URSE, ALL CRASHG DOWN SUNDAY’S EPISO. CRISTOBAL, YOU SEE, HAS AN ENTIRE LIFE BOLIVIA HE HASN’T TOLD HANK ABOUT—SPECIFILLY, THREE KIDS AND A WIFE NAMED ELENA BENT ON GETTG REVENGE ON THE CHECHENS WHO MURRED HER FATHER, CRISTOBAL’S NOW EX-CRIME-BOSS. SHE POPS HANK AND HIS PARAMOUR’S LOVE BUBBLE A BIG WAY, ORRG A RAID THAT GETS HANK’S BUDDI KIDNAPPED OR KILLED AND RIPPG CRISTOBAL OM HIS ARMS.THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST IS NOW AT A CROSSROADS, REELG OM THE BETRAYAL WHILE BENT ON RCUG THE MAN HE LOV. “I THK HANK IS JT REALIZG HOW HIGH THE STAK ARE NOW THAT THIS HAS ALL CMBLED,” THE ACTOR SAYS A NVERSATN ABOUT HIS UNEXPECTED SEASON-THREE STORY LE. “YOU N TRY TO HAVE THIS REALLY SOFT AND LOVG ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP THIS CREDIBLY CEL AND HARD WORLD [ONLY] FOR SO LONG BEFORE THE REALY OF SKS . AND THEN SOMEONE IS DANGER.”VANY FAIR: I HAVE TO SAY, 'S KD OF SURPRISG TO HEAR YOUR REAL SPEAKG VOICE. I WAS SORT OF EXPECTG HANK.ANTHONY CARRIGAN: I KNOW. IT REALLY THROWS PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOTED, BUT THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF "WHERE ARE YOU OM?" I'M LIKE, "MASSACHETTS." THEY'RE LIKE, "OH."DO YOU EVER FD YOURSELF SLIPPG TO THE ACCENT WHEN YOU DON'T MEAN TO?NO. FORTUNATELY, HANK IS NOT TRYG TO TAKE OVER MY BODY. BUT I'LL CERTALY KD OF FALL TO AT CERTA POTS JT TO KEEP H. DURG THE PANMIC I WOULD JT SLIP TO HANK, AND WOULD ALWAYS PUT ME A MUCH BETTER MOOD.OF ALL THE CHARACTERS THAT ULD BE HNTG YOUR PSYCHE, HANK’S NOT SO BAD.FOR SURE. HANK'S GOOD VIB ONLY.THE HANK AND CRISTOBAL RELATNSHIP HAS BEEN SO FUN TO WATCH THIS SEASON. DID THEIR IENDSHIP ALWAYS FEEL ROMANTILLY CHARGED TO YOU? OR WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE MOVE THAT DIRECTN THIS YEAR?I WASN'T PARTICULARLY SURPRISED BY . I THK IF YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE PREV EPISOS, YOU N SEE A FEW BREADCMBS THAT WERE ULTIMATELY LEADG TOWARDS, OKAY, THERE'S SOMETHG GOG ON BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS. AND WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT, FALLY, I WAS OVERJOYED BEE I LOVED WORKG WH MICHAEL IRBY SO MUCH. WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME ON SET. AND I JT FEEL THIS NEW SI OF HANK, THIS MORE TIMATE SI OF HANK, WAS SOMETHG THAT WAS JT... I REALLY WELED SHAS OF THIS CHARACTER.HOW HAD YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HANK'S SEXUALY BEFORE NOW? DO YOU THK THAT HE IS GAY, OR LOVE WH CRISTOBAL SPECIFILLY, OR JT SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTM?I HADN'T, REALLY. YOU NEVER REALLY WANT TO MAKE YOUR MD UP ABOUT SOMETHG, BEE YOU NEVER KNOW. WHOEVER'S WRG THE SHOW ULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE UP, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDN YOUR THEORY GO OUT THE WDOW. BUT I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE GO THAT DIRECTN. THIS KLG OF AN IA WAS NFIRMED WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT.HANK AND CRISTOBAL SEEMED TO HAVE THIS REALLY PURE AND ROMANTIC LOVE. IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS JT SHOWERG EACH OTHER WH ROS.THEY'RE TAKG RE OF EACH OTHER.I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE ONLY HEALTHY RELATNSHIP ON THE SHOW.IT'S HILAR, BEE HERE YOU HAVE THE TWO HEADS OF THE CRIME ANIZATNS, AND 'S THEM THAT HAPPEN TO BE THE MOST BALANCED EMOTNALLY AND HAVE THE HEALTHIT RELATNSHIP PRETTY MUCH OUT OF EVERYONE. YOU N SEE OM THE GET-GO THAT THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO BEG VERY NSCIENT—DOG A LOT OF THERAPY, TAKG RE OF THEIR BODI, NNG VERY LOW RBON FOOTPRT-TYPE CRIME ANIZATN. AND I THK THAT EXTENDS TO JT WANTG TO TAKE RE OF EACH OTHER AND BE HEALTHY.EXCEPT OF URSE, CRISTOBAL IS KEEPG A BIG SECRET THAT HANK DON'T FD OUT ABOUT UNTIL THIS EPISO. DID YOU FEEL BETRAYED TO FD OUT THAT CRISTOBAL HAS A WIFE, AS THE GUY WHO BRGS HANK TO LIFE? HOW DID YOU REACT TO THAT TWIST?I THOUGHT WAS BRILLIANT, BEE I JT DIDN'T SEE G. ONCE YOU FD SOMETHG THAT IS SEEMGLY PERFECT, OF URSE THERE'S THIS THG THAT POPS UP AND JEOPARDIZ . IT'S VERY BRILLIANT STORYTELLG, AND MAK FOR A LOT OF TENSN.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINEVEN THOUGH HANK HAS HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS WH BARRY, HE DO ALWAYS SEEM TO FIVE HIM. NOW HE'S A RELATNSHIP WH SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN LYG TO HIM THE WHOLE TIME. DO YOU THK THAT HE N FIVE CRISTOBAL TOO? IS THAT JT WHO HE IS?WELL, I THK ONE THG THAT IS PARTICULAR TO HANK THIS SEASON IS THAT HE'S FALLY STEPPG UP AND ASKG FOR WHAT HE NEEDS, AS OPPOSED TO TRYG TO TAKE RE OF EVERYONE ELSE. AND I THK THAT THAT VE, HE'S UGHT THIS DILEMMA BEE ORR TO GIVE HIMSELF WHAT HE NEEDS, HE WOULD HAVE TO FIVE CRISTOBAL. BUT WHO KNOWS?TELL ME ABOUT FILMG THE SCENE WHERE CRISTOBAL AND HANK ARE GIVG RELATNSHIP ADVICE TO BARRY. THEY'RE BASILLY ACTG AS HIS THERAPIST.THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT'S A MIRACLE WE MA THROUGH THAT SCENE, BEE JT EACH OF AT DIFFERENT TIM JT ULD NOT HOLD TOGETHER. BUT 'S A VERY SWEET SCENE. IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOUR EX SHOWS UP AT THE DOOR AND IS JT A TERRIBLE PLACE, AND YOU'RE THERE WH YOUR NEW PARTNER, AND YOU ARE TRYG TO HELP THIS PERSON WHO YOU RE FOR. BUT OBVLY, YOU'RE TRYG TO LOOK OUT FOR THE WELLBEG OF YOUR PARTNER THE PRENT.DO YOU REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC L THAT MA YOU BREAK?"YOU KILLED MY BUDDI." I THK THAT ONE WAS MOST, BOTH FOR ME AND BILL. WE ULDN'T KEEP TOGETHER AT ALL.THE ENDG OF THE EPISO IS MUCH DARKER, WH THE BOLIVIANS ATTACKG THE PLANT SHOP AND KILLG A BUNCH OF CHECHENS, THEN G TO BASILLY KIDNAP CRISTOBAL. IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE 'S NOT AN ACCINT THAT HANK IS HIDG A CLOSET WHEN CRISTOBAL'S WIFE ARRIV AND REALIZ THAT HE'S BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH HANK.THAT SCENE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHG WH JT A LOT OF MOVG PARTS AND A LOT OF REVELATNS HAPPENG. AND AS AN ACTOR, 'S JT AN CREDIBLE OPPORTUNY. THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF BETRAYAL TO HANK NNG AND HIDG, BEE HE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE G FOR THEM NEXT. AND WHEN YOU SEE CRISTOBAL GET RRIED OFF, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF SHAME. AND THEN HIM PIECG TOGETHER—WHO ELENA IS, AND THEN WATCHG HER PIECE TOGETHER WHO HANK IS. THERE'S SO MUCH TRICY TO , AND THERE'S REALLY SO MANY LAYERS. AND TO JUGGLE ALL OF THAT WAS JT A GIFT. IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET SO MUCH TO DO SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME.THIS FAR TO THE SHOW, ’S REMARKABLE HOW SEGREGATED BARRY'S WORLDS STILL ARE. ARE YOU BUMMED THAT YOU DON'T REALLY GET OPPORTUNI TO ACT OPPOSE SARAH GOLDBERG AND HENRY WKLER?UP UNTIL THIS POT, HAS BEEN THE ONE PROBLEM THAT I'VE HAD WORKG ON THIS SHOW. IN ORR TO GET MY FIX OF SEEG EVERYONE, I WILL SNEAK ONTO SET AND I WILL JT BUG EVERYONE. BEE I LOVE SEEG EVERYONE WORK. EVERYONE IS SO GOOD. I THK ABOUT THIS OFTEN, THAT YOU WOULD NEVER ANTICIPATE THAT EACH OF THE CHARACTERS EXIST WH THE SAME WORLD BEE THEY'RE SO DRASTILLY DIFFERENT AND THEY HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT SENSIBILI. BUT THEY ALL ARE SEWN TOGETHER SO PERFECTLY.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNINDO YOU WATCH THE SHOW WHEN AIRS?YEAH, I DO. I'M A GENUE FAN. I DON'T UALLY LIKE TO WATCH THE STUFF THAT I DO— GETS ME MY HEAD A LTLE B. BUT BEE I JT THK 'S SO SMART AND SO WELL DONE, I MAKE AN EXCEPTN.I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT I RE-WATCHED SEASONS ONE AND TWO BEFORE I STARTED THREE, JT BEE HAD BEEN SO LONG— IS A TOUGH SHOW TO BGE. IT'S VERY TENSE.IT IS VERY TENSE. IT'S VERY TENSE. BUT THE ONE THG THAT DO HAVE, WHICH LENDS SELF TO WATCHG MORE THAN ONCE, IS THAT 'S SO TAILED. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK, YOU DISVER THGS THAT YOU PLETELY MISSED THE FIRST TIME OR EVEN THE SEND TIME.ORIGALLY, HANK WASN’T SUPPOSED TO MAKE OUT OF THE PILOT ALIVE. TWO AND A HALF SEASONS LATER, YOU'RE STILL HERE. DO YOU FEEL SAFE AT THIS POT? OR IS BARRY THE KD OF SHOW WHERE NOBODY SHOULD EVER UNT ON MAKG TO THE NEXT EPISO?IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY GREAT WAY TO START A SHOW, BEE WHAT 'S GIVEN ME IS THIS IA THAT EVERYTHG AFTER THAT POT IS A TOTAL BON. SO, Y: IF WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHG OM HBO AND GAME OF THRON, THAT NO ONE IS SAFE AT ANY TIME. I'M JT GOG TO NTUE TO TRY TO DO SERVICE TO THE SHOW AND TO THE CHARACTER.DO YOU WANT TO TEASE ANYTHG ABOUT THE REMAG EPISOS OF THE SEASON?I JT WATCHED THEM AND MY JAW IS STILL ON THE FLOOR. AND I READ THE EPISOS. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, AND I STILL JT DON'T HAVE THE WORDS.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRPHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE ON HER “SURREAL” JOURNEY FROM FLEABAG TO INDIANA JONTHE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)HILLARY BIS
The fact that Mickey is an obnox, cel jerk who, aga, happens to be gay, was part of what ma him so -- well, I'll jt say , shamels. Another gay neighborhood crimal was om HBO's blood-soaked seri The Wire. The fact that all the men were gay was treated as a given.