William H. Macy Talks THE SURROGATE and SHAMELESS Season 2 at Sundance 2012
Led by a truly remarkable performance by John Hawkes, writer-director Ben Lewin's The Surrogate blew me away at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The film's based on the true story of Mark O’Brien, a 36-year-old poet and journalist with an iron lung, who decides that he no longer wants to be a virgin. With the help of his priest (William H. Macy) and a professional sex surrogate (Helen Hunt), we follow on his amazing journey. Trust me, The Surrogates is great on so many levels (which explains why there was a bidding war; Fox Searchlight won), and it's definitely going to be a contender at the 2013 Academy Awards. For more on the film, here's Matt's review.
Shortly after seeing the film, I sat down with William H. Macy for an extended interview. We talked about being at Sundance, his reaction to seeing the film with an audience for the first time, how he prepared for The Surrogate, his philosophy as an actor, karaoke, and a lot more. In addition, with Macy currently starring on the hit Showtime series Shameless, we talked about what's coming up on the second season, how he wrote the sixth episode, the writers room, how the second season is completely different than the BBC version, and what do people always want to talk to him about when they meet him. Hit the jump to watch.
As usual, I've time indexed the interview so you can watch the parts that interest you. The Surrogate will be released later ...
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