00:00 Charles Melton is crediting his time on Riverdale for his performance in May/December.
00:04 The actor is gaining serious Oscar buzz for his supporting performance in the Todd Haynes film
00:11 and spoke to THR about how the CW series prepared him.
00:15 "That experience alone and working with nearly 100 directors on that show
00:19 really gave me this confidence and this foundation as like my acting school in a way
00:24 to really be able to come to a set like Todd Haynes' and just completely let go."
00:29 Melton was an unfamiliar face to Haynes when the actor auditioned for the role of Joe,
00:33 a suburban dad who, when he was just 13 years old,
00:36 became sexually involved with a married mother of three, Gracie, played by Julianne Moore.
00:41 In pulling together his audition, he self-taped for six hours,
00:45 "I have to completely exhaust myself and give every fiber of my being
00:49 just so I could look back and be like, 'OK, I gave everything I've got there.'"
00:52 Melton also discussed gaining 40 pounds for the role,
00:55 as well as how he would decompress after filming such heavy material,
00:59 such as acupuncture, as well as watching Abbott Elementary,
01:02 Football on Sundays and the Japanese anime television series Demon Slayer.
01:06 He noted, "I really felt like that six-week process was the best experience in my career
01:12 because I really learned how I wanted to work and how deep I wanted to go when it
01:15 came to preparing to play characters like this, which was invigorating."
01:19 For more on this interview, head to THR.com.
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