The Hollywood Reporter's drama actor roundtable is about to drop...and we're giving you a special preview. The episode marks the latest installment in our signature roundtable series, Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter. This time around, the stars sitting down at our iconic table are Walton Goggins, Cooper Koch, Diego Luna, Eddie Redmayne, Adam Scott and Jeffrey Wright.
00:00I mean, speaking of self-doubt, I just, I don't, I don't know if that will ever end.
00:04It's, I'm, I'm terrified.
00:08I think it will. I think that that self-doubt will end.
00:13The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actor Roundtable is about to drop,
00:17and we're giving you a special preview.
00:19The episode marks the latest installment in our signature roundtable series,
00:23Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter.
00:24On, um, years ago, on Theory of Everything, the, the, the first day we're shooting various different moments in Stephen Hawking's life,
00:33and the night before, I was so nervous that it got to, like, three in the morning, and four in the morning,
00:40and the pick-up's at five, and I'm like, no, no, no, this is day one, and I literally haven't, and I was being picked,
00:45you know, so I got in the bath at 4.30, and I was like, I can't believe this day is starting without sleep.
00:51And it got to the end of the day, the whole day was a blur, and the last scene I had to sort of do this moment of,
00:56of a, of a sort of breakdown.
00:58I was so fucking exhausting.
01:00They're like, the director just had to poke me, and I was like, yeah.
01:03This time around, the stars sitting down at our iconic table are,
01:07Walton Goggins, Cooper Koch, Diego Luna, Eddie Redmayne, Adam Scott, and Jeffrey Wright.
01:13When we did Angels in America.
01:14I'd get these calls, yeah, Al wants to rehearse, you know, on his own.
01:18You know, he's got a room over on 57th Street.
01:21He was like, yeah, sure, of course.
01:24This happened like a dozen times, and then ultimately we, you know, we, we did the piece, you know, we performed it.
01:33But it seemed to me that he was much more interested in the process of getting there than, than in the final outcome.
01:43During the hour-long sit-down moderated by THR's Lacey Rose, the six actors spoke about everything from their career journeys.
01:50When I go to Mexico, like, I've been acting since I'm seven.
01:53So I'm part of, like, I'm a piece of furniture of their houses, you know, like, I arrive and they just, they just go like, yeah, well, Diego, I mean, he's been around forever.
02:02Ever-present.
02:03You know, and you're like, yeah, okay, what's your name?
02:05Cool.
02:06I mean, and, and that's a different connection.
02:08And then I come to this country and it's like, shit, man, we didn't know that was possible.
02:13It's so nice to have you in a, in that film.
02:16Don't worry about what you feel you need to push yourself to be.
02:21What you have is already there.
02:24But at the same time, I feel like to a certain extent, that's something that is lived and that you have to come to in your, in your own way.
02:32And with age and with experience, you find yourself coming to a place of, of kind of accepting yourself and accepting what you have to offer.
02:43And, and I'm just so grateful that I didn't end up getting Scream 2 or I Know What You Did Last Summer or any of the stuff that I auditioned for at all.
02:56To the response to their latest projects.
02:59I don't know, like, episode seven of The White Lotus or whatever.
03:02And I was just kind of walking down the street.
03:05And it was the, the most surreal aspect of it was, it was like a dude, like on a fifth floor, he can walk a balcony.
03:15Goggins, come on, Rick.
03:16Like, make it Rick.
03:18And then somebody going by a car, Rick Hatchet.
03:20Like, just, you found peace, man, you found peace.
03:23Somebody on a bike, a dude kind of came out of a shop and you're just like, and it's like, Goggins.
03:27And I was like, you know, hey, what's up, man?
03:29I hope so.
03:29And it was, you know, for like block after block.
03:33And it was like, what a, it was no ego, right?
03:36It was just like, this is just something culture is participating kind of in this moment.
03:41And you just happen to be a part of it.
03:42Offscript with The Hollywood Reporter is known for bringing the entertainment industry's top creatives together for inspiring and insightful conversations.
03:49I had an acting teacher tell me I wasn't getting cast because I have a gay voice.
03:57Wow.
03:58Yeah.
03:58Jesus.
03:59No way.
03:59Yeah.
04:00What do you do with that?
04:01Does it propel you and inspire you in the way or motivate you?
04:04Not in that moment.
04:06No.
04:06No, I'm sure not.
04:07Yeah, I hated that.
04:09And, but it, and then it starts to make you question yourself.
04:12You have self-doubt.
04:13Catch the Drama Actor Roundtable when it airs at 9 p.m. Pacific, midnight Eastern on Friday, June 20th on IFC.
04:20It will be available to stream the same day on AMC+.
04:22The extended digital version will be posted on youtube.com slash hollywoodreporter and thr.com on Sunday, June 22nd.
04:29For the latest roundtable conversations and much more Emmys coverage, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
