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Actor Tim Robbins talks to The Inside Reel about intent, physicality, approach and the power of ideas in regards to the third season of his science fiction thriller series from Apple TV: “Silo”.

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00:18The end of the world cannot be stopped it can only be survived
00:27Juliet whatever you're going to do do it now
00:31There's a new world coming and it's just around the bend
00:39The first thing I wanted to ask you because we had talked about thematics but the practical application of these
00:45things
00:45The aspect of responsibility and acceptance within the character
00:50I just don't want you to give too much away but that greater idea is very much part of him
00:55this season
00:56Yeah he has to undergo a radical transformation
01:00And it's based on what he discovers at the end of season 2
01:06What happens to a person when their entire world view is challenged?
01:10When everything that they thought was the truth turns out to be a lie
01:16And that you've based your entire existence on that lie
01:21And to sustain the injuries that he does at the end of season 2
01:26To survive that but also to have sustained even deeper injuries to the psyche
01:34And to the soul
01:37And then to go from the pits of hell
01:41And recover and move towards redemption
01:47It was such a gift as an actor to be asked to take this journey
01:53You know it's a rare one
01:56And I was really grateful to be able to be asked to do it
02:02You were in there for 3 minutes
02:073 minutes in a box of fire
02:15She's had no memories for 3 months
02:18Other than those you've given her
02:20I look at myself in the mirror
02:26And I don't even know who's looking back at me
02:33She doesn't remember anything except what they tell her
02:38You are the only one who has ever gone out
02:42And survived
02:45It's radically challenging I would believe
02:47Doing what you did
02:49The physical manifestation
02:50The emotional manifestation
02:52Everything
02:53I mean even the voice
02:54Unbelievable
02:55Could you talk about that process
02:57Of finding exactly how you wanted to play him
03:00In this scenario per se
03:03Well I figured that the injuries had to be
03:05Not only external but internal as well
03:08And that includes
03:10You know any kind of fire
03:11That might have gotten inside his larynx and voice
03:14And you know
03:19I remember
03:20You know
03:21The challenge of it was that
03:24It was
03:25Anytime the camera was rolling
03:27I had to be in extreme amount of pain
03:32Physical pain
03:33Physical pain
03:33And
03:35You know
03:36When you're in pain
03:39Your ambition is to control that pain
03:42But it doesn't mean it isn't there
03:46So obviously I couldn't be screaming the whole time
03:49But inside the body is saying
03:52Scream
03:53And you can't
03:56Because you don't have the energy to do that
03:58So it internalizes into a constant pain
04:03And
04:04It was exhausting to do that
04:07I've learned over the course of my career
04:10How to
04:12Maintain the energy throughout the day
04:16But I was exhausted
04:17It was you know
04:20But well worth it
04:21Because it was telling a story that I wanted to tell
04:26The truth does not come without cause
04:29The amount of panic
04:31If people found out
04:34Found out what?
04:39How much time we have left
04:43I get splendors of memories
04:48Have the founders cared so much
04:50Why do they need to kill Asylum?
04:54The questions she's asking will get us killed
04:58But it's also what's interesting seeing Bernard
05:00From you know obviously first season
05:03As it progresses through this season
05:05Is his perspective and perception
05:07How that has to shift
05:09Based on how he understands the world
05:12And it's wonderful how you do that
05:14But it's also these little
05:15Whiffs of humor
05:17That you bring in
05:18You know in these scenes
05:19Because he understands the gravity
05:22But yet he can make
05:24You find a way as an actor
05:25I think to find those moments
05:27Could you talk about the power of that?
05:30But the power of perspective and perception
05:31With Bernard at this moment in his life
05:36Well obviously a new perspective
05:39Obviously
05:41You know it's difficult in life
05:44To say I was wrong
05:47It's a huge thing
05:51Particularly if you're older
05:54And you know you're moving into an age
05:56Where you're supposed to be the sage
05:58That knows everything
06:00And I've had the great good fortune
06:05To have mentors in my life
06:08That modeled a different kind of behavior
06:13Behavior of humility
06:17People like Robert Altman
06:18And Harry Belafonte
06:21And Dario Foe
06:25I remember being in Altman's office
06:28During pre-production on The Player
06:31And various department heads would come in
06:34And say Bob
06:36What do you think about this
06:37And this and this and this
06:38And Bob's answer would be
06:40I don't know
06:42What do you think?
06:45And they would tell him what they thought
06:48And he'd go
06:49Well let's think about it
06:52And then
06:53They would leave the office
06:55And I'd say
06:55Bob you know what you want
06:57Right?
06:58And he said
06:59Yeah I know what I want
07:00But why would I
07:02Cheat myself of a better idea?
07:06And the journey
07:06Wow
07:24Hello?
07:38Hello
07:38Jillian
07:42And that
07:43You know
07:45This guy
07:46I viewed as a genius
07:47And
07:48You know
07:49Someone that made me want to start making movies
07:52And there he was
07:54Showing humility
07:56And
07:58The spirit of a student
08:02And the mischief
08:04That he also had
08:06You know
08:07In approaching
08:08The work that he did
08:09And approaching his life
08:12That's where
08:13That's where growth lives
08:15Is in
08:17The I don't know
08:19The unknown
08:22Then you can discover
08:24If you're always
08:26If you're always the expert
08:28You're not learning anymore
08:31And
08:32That seems like a really boring life
08:37There's something I have to do
08:38To protect everyone
08:43You made your choice
08:45You'll die
08:48You're friends
08:49As well
08:50What are you afraid we'll find?
08:57We do not know why we are here
09:00We do not know when it will be safe
09:02To go outside
09:06We only know that day
09:08Is not this day
09:10We do not know when it will be safe
09:11We do not know when it will be safe
09:14We do not know when it will be safe
09:21We do not know when it will be safe
09:22We do not know when it will be safe
09:22We do not know when it will be safe
09:22We do not know when it will be safe
09:24We do not know when it will be safe
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