00:00Lee and Lee Sr. have an extremely complicated relationship that they both realize they might be more similar to each
00:06other in how they approach parenting and their lives.
00:09Ethan, do you feel like the introduction of Lee Sr. helped you understand your character on a deeper level?
00:15And did it impact how you approach the role this season?
00:17I think it's a fantastic question, but I think that the whole idea that season two was going to open
00:26with Lee's father set a tone of very, lined up dominoes in a very positive way for the whole scene.
00:37Because when you finish season one, there is an aspect of the audience, me when I'm watching, I think, what
00:42makes this guy tick?
00:44How did he become this way?
00:45And so you start the next chapter, it's a book, you flip volume two, and all right, we're going to
00:52meet who is, what is the block from which this young, this man is chipped, you know, and you meet
01:00him and you realize like, oh, this is a very fascinating character.
01:04And you understand Lee's, all of Lee's hangups start to come into focus in not a superficial way.
01:10You start thinking about it, you start thinking about it in a deeper context, and his desires to grow up
01:16and stop being such a child, they lift to the top and, of course, create a lot of problems.
01:22Episode six sees a turning point for Lee and Lee Sr., but then Lee Sr. dies at the very end.
01:29Hey, Dad, rise and shine, huh?
01:32I'm not driving to Tulsa alone.
01:37How do you both feel about where their relationships stood before his passing?
01:41You'll see a lot of this in the last two episodes, which I think are, if I may say, I
01:46think our finest.
01:47You'll see a lot of the answers to your question will be revealed in the last two episodes.
01:54But I think sometimes even when people have complicated relationships, they don't need to heal everything.
02:00Sometimes they just need to be near each other and that actions speak louder than words.
02:05And the fact that these men are choosing to be near each other says a lot.
02:09Tommy Lee, I loved the scenes you shared with Ryan Kira Armstrong this season.
02:14They were so sweet, and I loved seeing him embrace being a grandfather.
02:18Can you tell me about shooting these scenes and delving into the softer side of your character?
02:22It was, you know, it felt good.
02:28It was almost like a rare privilege to have that much fun at work.
02:37She's a wonderful kid and a fine young actress.
02:42Ethan, I loved getting to see Lee get sort of a partner in crime in Ginger.
02:47What was it like working alongside Betty Gilpin this season?
02:50Well, I had a lot of last season, I had a lot of interesting scenes with a lot of amazing
02:54women, but they weren't women that Lee was falling in love with and watching Lee lose his balance and lose
03:03discernment.
03:04And because he just wants to be, wants this woman to like him, put my character in a different context
03:12that made it really, really fun to play.
03:15The combination of these two, Betty and Tommy Lee, made the job so effortless for me.
03:21It really did.
03:22The combination of these two, Betty and Tommy Lee, made the job so effortless for me to make the job
03:22so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me
03:22to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job
03:22so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me
03:22to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job
03:22so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me
03:22to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job
03:22so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me
03:22to make the job so effortless for me to make the job so effortless for me to make the job.
