Redoing the classics is always risky.
Below are select transcripts of the conversation (edited for clarity).
And you might watch our full edited roundtable at the top of this post.
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But it turned into exactly the opposite.
MATT BOMER (DONALD):We knew our characters.
There’s a fever pitch… [and] ugliness that comes with that.
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It’s a genius journey through humanity.
[All laugh] There were no pages on the set!
We just kind of got to launch back into what we did.
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ZACHARY QUINTO (HAROLD):The film is so much [more] rooted in the period.
The wardrobe process [showed me] just how much fun we were going to have.
Some of the lines were taken away that were in the Broadway show, replaced with glances or nuances.
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On Getting a Second Take
ROBIN DE JESUS (EMORY):It is totally bizarre!
There’s one thing on set that Jim said to me.
PARSONS:Oh God.
On the Story’s Claustrophobia
QUINTO:We filmed chronologically.
The doors were all closed.
HUTCHISON:Everyone hates my character.
So I definitely felt it.
WATKINS:It felt like we were all on a submarine.
DE JESUS:I remember after a couple days being like, “Get me out!”
But I trusted these men so much.
Being gay in 1968 was hell.
We need to know and see our history.
RANNELLS:[Charlie’s] not that young!
PARSONS:No, he’s not.
The second half, you get in touch with their pain.
It helps us empathize.
So yeah, it’s powerful stuff.
QUINTO:There was something so full-circle about this [film] experience.
MANTELLO:He really approached [his cameo] like he was the 10th cast member.
He talked about his character being a professor at NYU!
He took it so seriously.
I love that he’s forever a part of this film.
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