Behind the Scenes - Des - Part 3Featuring behind-the-scenes David Tennant, who isn’t as creepy as Te
Behind the Scenes - Des - Part 3Featuring behind-the-scenes David Tennant, who isn’t as creepy as Tennant-playing-DesExcerpt from a BBC America Interview with Daniel Mays, who plays Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay:Interviewer: As soon as you watch YouTube footage of Nilsen, you realize how chillingly spot-on David Tennant’s performance really is. What was the reaction you had when you were acting opposite him?Daniel Mays: Well, I remember we had this brilliant read-through, and David was one of the last actors to arrive. And even in the read-through, you could tell that he was kind of channeling something. It was incredibly thorough and he sounded exactly like the real Dennis Nilsen. But then when we came to film the interrogation scene in the first episode, and Nilsen goes into this description of dissecting bodies, it was something I’ve only experienced very occasionally in my 20-plus years of acting. Sometimes when you’re across from such a master of their craft, you kind of just come out of it a bit. And certainly when they were shooting that scene and I was off-camera feeding him lines and just watching him deliver that monologue, it was one of those moments. I just came away from it thinking: ‘This is clearly one of the most eerie but brilliant and captivating performances I’ve ever sat across from.’Featuring photos from the Twitter/Instagram accounts from Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Lewis Arnold, photographer Robert Viglasky, etcLink to [ part 1 ] [ part 2 ] -- source link
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