And I think hes been ahead of that game by two decades. It was definitely the two of us, and we recorded it. I wanted to say, Thanks, American Express, for supporting the Tonys and thanks, Mastercard, for supporting my career, he says. There is an incredible amount of joy that can be garnered from playing a person who seemingly has nothing to lose and isnt concerned with other peoples value judgment about how they make it through the day. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. What are you talking about? In Season 2, though, Corys cracks seem designed to show. It really explored the grays., That dynamic is one of the reason viewers have come to enjoy The Morning Show, which was inspired by CNN anchor and chief media correspondent Brian Stelters 2013 non-fiction book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. (Stelter is a consulting producer on the series. I think its always been in the forefront of his mind to understand the sexual power dynamics and the workplace power dynamics, and how to separate them. They either cant find the exact right person, the person that they had isnt available or they drop out, says Crudup via Zoom from his apartment in New York, where hes been riding out the quarantine. This clip is from the first season of The Morning Show, episode 5. RELATED: From 'Ted Lasso' to 'Severance,' Here Are 10 Apple TV+ Shows You Must Watch. Without Limits covers the famous runner Steve Prefontaine's (Crudup) life from his early years in Oregon to the University of Oregon, where he worked with great coach Bill Bowerman (Donald Sutherland), subsequently to the Olympics in Munich, and his early death at the age of 24 in an accident. Jesus Son can seamlessly transition from one episode to the next; viewers barely notice that time has passed between them. He had had nothing but the thrill of his own imagination in real time. There was the pro poker player who would talk to you constantly to get information, doing social calculus and poker calculus at the same time, Crudup said. The 51-year-old actors The Morning Show casting wasnt much simpler. What you have to do is change the world., He continues, So its one thing to ascend to that point, but when you do ascend to that point, what youre going to see is that the dismantling youve done is really only changing the curtains. With respect to #MeToo, what were all trying to understandin addition to giving voice and agency to people who have been oppressedis, what do we do with a new power structure? But despite the joy he had playing Cory, it was a technical challenge, especially when it came to speaking as fast as his character does. In interviews about his role, Crudup often returns to this quality as one of two things essential to Corythis ability to, basically, read a room. All Rights Reserved. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. He gets to see all the things that happen behind the scenes, including the bad ones. He then creates a band in the hopes of finding catharsis after being astonished to learn of his sons hidden skill. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Crudup portrayed Teddy, one of OGradys cousins. Its a part of his life hes never directly commented on, though every once in a while he seems to hint at it. And I think thats the dilemma he finds himself in as hes also navigating such pedestrian things as caring about people, he says. Facts of Billy Crudup Relationship, Married life, Boyfriend/Girlfriend Billy Crudup's current relationship status is taken. & 2023 CBS Studios Inc. and CBS Interactive Inc., Paramount companies. GQ may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The fact that Zack Snyder did a terrific job of staying loyal to the original material is also beyond dispute. He's earned near universal acclaim ?for his supporting role on the Apple TV+ drama even though he had. What happens when the people you trust to tell the truth prove themselves to be dishonest? Once I saw Cory, I kind of blocked everybody else out, Crudup says over coffee in Manhattans Lower East Side, recalling what drew him to the character. Surely, there are other itches hed like to scratch someday, too perhaps writing or directing,as many of his peers have at this stage of their career? Did you encounter any technical issues? But as Bradley is confiding in Cory about how much she cares for Laura and doesnt want to lose her, its Cory who, in a rare moment, is left speechless. Thats how you see Cory do a sideways glance in the middle of something, checking to see if theres any information he needs to get to add to his ever-changing algorithm.. And I'm like, ready to nap. In Crudups own path to successful character actor, he caught a break early on when he secured a lucrative commercial contract with Mastercard as the voice of its Priceless campaign. Throughout The Morning Shows debut season, Cory is successful in large part because he is so unpredictable, both by nature and by careful self-design. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. So that ne-vah, that couldve come from my dad, that couldve come from John Sterling, who calls the games for the Yankees. But you dont seem very fulfilled by any of it. ", [This story contains spoilers from the sixth episode of the second season of Apples The Morning Show, A Private Person.]. Two major female celebrities are in a secret relationship: his own UBA anchors, Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) and Laura Peterson (Julianna Margulies). Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP "Everything is a bit strange at the moment," said Billy Crudup . His boss, Fred Micklen (Tom Irwin), isnt convinced. Still, he very much enjoyed the cushion until the gig ended in 2007, the same year he won the Tony (the awards show, oddly enough, was sponsored by American Express). In fact, since appearing in the Oscar-winning Spotlight, the actor had a string of roles in notable films like Jackie, 20th Century Women, Alien: Covenant, Justice League and Where'd You Go, Bernadette, as well as his first series regular role on TV in 2017s Gypsyopposite Naomi Watts. RELATED: Where to Watch Hello Tomorrow!' They want to focus and collaborate in such an ambitious way that its kick-a** to be a part of it, he continues. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Overall, the experience working on the series was fantastic, Crudup says, noting that he was in awe of Witherspoonand Anistons ownership of the material as stars and producers of the show. I always want to say, Man, Ive been working so fucking hard. In a series rich with talented actors, including reliable stars Aniston and Witherspoon and harried standouts like Mark Duplass, it is Crudup who makes for the most memorable scene partner in the first season, whether hes singing show tunes with (extremely Cory voice) Alex Leeeevy, or eating surreptitious falafel with Duplasss producer character Chip Black, or being the kind of dude who replies, when a cater waiter offers to take his coat at a party: Permission granted. In an interview with GQ in 2019, Crudup said he wasnt totally sure what possessed him to pronounce the word never with a random flourish during one of Corys lines about woke Twitter, but that it was possible that florid Yankees announcer John Sterling was an influence. Watching a beloved womans breakdown is timeless American entertainment, he adds. Everybody knew we were gonna fire her. Late in the first season of the Apple+ dramedy series The Morning Show, a cocky and slick-haired TV executive named Cory Ellison tells a colleague to maybe try smiling once in a while. That said, he adds, we tell ourselves stories about ourselves all the time to get through the day. This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Billy Crudup speaks at the "The Morning Show" panel during the Apple+ TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour. So the fact that I was given the opportunity to exploit the competence that I was feeling in my own acting and that it was received well at all is -- I'm old enough to know that its -- f**king great, he says of then getting to transition from Harry Clarke to The Morning Show, and for his performance to be recognized as much as it has. Until you are one of the ones who is a part of that discussion, and youre not going to be a part of that discussion if you cant accommodate some of those ideas which means you have to eat some of your own words, and it sucks.. Theyre just normal people who make shitty judgments and miss their buttons in their shirts, but theyre in charge of making enormously consequential decisions about peoples lives and livelihoods, and I think Cory finding himself in that place and we, as audience members, finding ourselves in the place of watching him go through it is somewhat agonizing.. Heres Everything You Need to Know About Apple TV+. Please enter a valid email and try again. He first heard about the flagship Apple TV+ drama shortly after Jennifer Aniston (with whom he shares a manager and an agent, as well as an old friend in her former husband Justin Theroux) went to see him in his one-man play Harry Clarke two years ago. Cory is a latter-day Littlefinger, hollering into a closing elevator that Chaos is the new cocaine! and orchestrating fresh havoc behind closed doors. No, I thought, Oh, theyll never use that one. And the truth is, sometimes I do shit and people are like, What? And then, No, no, no. So that stuff you wont see. Starring Billy Crudup. Your line readings are part of the reason Corys so fun to watch. But really were gonna let this nobody in to freshen the show, juice the ratings for sweeps, and finally push Alex Levy off the shelf for good when it is convenient for us, and when we dont have to look like the bad guys.. Billy Crudup. The level of ego that goes into them making those chess moves is super fascinating, he says, adding that he also could relate to the characters eccentric bent:I am a little bit of a weirdo just in the way that I am in the world, so I felt it was a perfect fit., But not everyone thought Crudup was right for the part. The crucial thing is: He understands the system as it is, and hes not afraid of the system as its changing because theres no evidence yet to support that he doesnt know how to figure it out.. And Jen and Reese, at a time in their careers when they could just be taking easy role after easy role and raking it in, have decided not only to take on these really difficult characters in this piece, but to produce it as well, which is an expression of the extent of the ambition. This season for Cory, the discussion became: What happens if the circumstances change wildly? Published Do you have a sense of where season two is headed and where Cory fits into that? He agreed to read the script, and when he did, he was captivated by one character in particular: Cory Ellison, a slick news executive with a keen understanding of the news medias social hierarchy and a genuine enthusiasm for upending it. Alex Levy, her sell-by date, it expired years ago, Cory tells his morally bankrupt boss while trying to spin Alexs sucker punch as a positive. Or is he purely an agent of chaos? To watch Crudup ham and zag is to feel like a character sitting in a meeting over which Cory is presiding: The observer is left captivated, and also left saying, Wait, what?!. Is he genuinely invested in making a good show? Want to get a head start on your Oscar predictions? He's earned near universal . 'Hello Tomorrow!' They were wildly successful, so they got to be the leads, but they were still character actors, he explains. Crudup plays the scheming station head, Cory Ellison, who recognized Bradley Jackson's (Reese Witherspoon) talent as the new co-host who takes Kessler's place. Based on the 2009 non-fiction book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial Systemand Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail covers the 2008 financial crisis, concentrating on the steps taken to limit the issues from August 2008 to October 13, 2008, by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (William Hurt) and Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Ben Bernanke (Paul Giamatti). You guys have all now solidified your place in this new world order. The answer was zero, he says with a smirk. One of the good things about getting older is youve seen a lot of the highs and lows, Crudup said of the overall response to season one. Which is too bad, because smiling? I dont think Cory thinks that at all. Fred [Corys boss on The Morning Show, played by Tom Irwin] sort of takes for granted that hes part of the white patriarchy and he can do whatever he wants, people should listen to him. 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