00:00You never judge, you never judge, I mean, you, you, you try to understand.
00:16Hi Federico Vascotto from Italy for Movie Player.
00:19Good morning!
00:21Buongiorno!
00:22Buongiorno!
00:24Your character portrays another shade of toxic masculinity in the show in a way with the
00:31accusation for the book.
00:33How did you approach that aspect of your character?
00:36Well, I saw him for what he was, an imperfect man and could see why that was useful, how
00:47that fitted into the story and tried to provide that, you know, in his characters.
00:54It's written in the script, it's quite clear what's required.
00:58And so, like any character, you meet the play, you prepare for.
01:07I made sure that he had that edge of toxicity.
01:15It's always better for an actor not to judge his character.
01:19Oh yeah, you never judge, you never judge.
01:20I mean, you, you, you, you try to understand and, and sort of like them.
01:32You, you see their weaknesses, but you, you understand.
01:37How it was to work with Jennifer Aniston and build that complex, complicated and maybe toxic
01:44to father-daughter relationship.
01:46Well, she made, she's a lovely actress and, and she made it very easy.
01:52Um, you rely enormously upon the script you're given and, and these scripts were, were very good.
01:59We worked on them right up until the time we shot.
02:02Um, and meanwhile, Jen and I were making, you know, a relationship.
02:08We were getting to know each other and, uh, you, you, you just work on those.
02:18I mean, I know what, what the characters there so that we begin to understand.
02:22We, she has another problem, which is this father.
02:25And we hopefully through the series, we'll begin to see, um, why she is like she is.
02:34So that was my function.
02:36That was my role.
02:37So, about that, recently you have often chosen roles that are apparently secondary, but really
02:46fundamental for the development of the main characters.
02:49I'm thinking about The Count of Monte Cristo, but also The Morning Show.
02:53It's the type of character that gives you more satisfaction to play these days.
02:58Ah, they're, they're what I'm offered.
03:01Um, you know, I, I, I try not to work so much.
03:07Um, but when, when, when a great story like The Count of Monte Cristo or, or indeed like The Morning
03:14Show, which is very, you know, successful.
03:17And well written series.
03:20Um, and to play a character in either of them, which, uh, which interests me, which has a great reality,
03:30which tells us something about.
03:33About life, about our own lives, because many people have dysfunctional relationships with their parents or with their children.
03:40Um, that, that interests me.
03:46And, uh, and of course, you know, the standard of production.
03:51I'm in Monte Cristo as Billy August.
03:54Um, man, I've worked for quite a lot as a director, a great, great director.
03:59And, um, our writers and directors on, on The Morning Show, once again, they are, they've been honed by three
04:08series.
04:10Uh, yeah.
04:11And they know what they're doing.
04:13And so I'm glad to be involved in something like that.
04:17A parent will do anything in the world for his children.
04:20Do you think this applies also to Martin or, or not?
04:25Uh, I think it's beginning to maybe as he gets older, I think he becomes wiser.
04:32Um, and I think some parents would, some mothers, some fathers.
04:42I don't think Martin did.
04:44Um, and indeed looking back at, you know, when my children were,
04:49uh, sort of one to, to 10, I was very busy away working all the time.
04:55And the, the burden of bringing them up really fell upon my wife.
05:00Uh, a lot of the time who was in England, who was working in theater,
05:04but was able to be with the children much more than me with my film career around the world was.
05:11And so looking back, I, I don't think I was a great father.
05:15Um, and I think Martin would probably say,
05:18the same, uh, of course, he was a single father bringing up a daughter, not easy.
05:25I mean, no few daughters are easy to bring up, but two parents, let alone, you know, one.
05:31And I think he made mistakes.
05:33Um, and I think in many ways, he's very chauvinist.
05:37I think maybe he would have preferred to be bringing up a son.
05:41Um, but we know many people like that.
05:48Yeah. Thank you so much for your time.
05:50A pleasure to even see you.
05:54We'll see you, Goodnight.
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