Emmy nominee Finn Wittrock joins THR to talk about his nom for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace.’ | 9 August 2018
You Know Him As: David Madson in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (FX).
Breakthrough Roles: An undisclosed role in the final season of House of Cards (Netflix).
Role Models: “The divas of the daytime movies: Cher, Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett. I saw these women on my television as very antithetical to the culture I was growing up in.”
On Storytelling: “I think people have reached a point of gender-stereotype exhaustion. People are waking up. They no longer want to switch off; they actually want to get to the heart of the problem.”
Mantra: “Do it your way, as long as you’re true to it and own every aspect.”
IndieWire’s Screen Talk podcast brings back its bonus Emmy edition as this year’s race heats up. This week, IndieWire editor-at-large Anne Thompson and executive editor Michael Schneider look at the writing and directing categories in drama, comedy, limited series, variety, talk and nonfiction. | 8 August 2018
*Directing discussion at 8:47, writing discussion at 20:00
Bathrobes are my favorite, and usually I wear whatever they have in the hotels, but when my friend Aaron, who does PR for Versace, found out I was coming to Kansas City to shoot, he asked me what I might want from Versace, and I jokingly said a bathrobe. So he actually went and sent me a Versace bathrobe that is the loudest, gaudiest thing ever. I put it on and feel like I go full Wolf of Wall Street. I actually wear it more than anything else, though, especially with a pair of Adidas slides and a bathing suit to the pool — it feels very Ricky Martin in The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
This week, the Water Cooler gang looks at major races within the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy categories. Plus, is it too early to start talking about the 2019 Limited Series race? (Answer: No)
We’re returning to the 2018 Emmy cycle this week. Two weeks ago, we looked at some of our favorite categories – Main Title Theme and Main Title Design. This week, we look at a host of categories within the below-the-line 2018 Creative Arts Emmy categories. We predict Variety Special (Live), Drama, Comedy, and Limited Series Casting, Cinematography, Costumes, Reality Show Hosting, and Production Design. Looking at these categories sometimes gives Emmy watchers a hint at what could dominate in the main categories. Plus, we take a quick look at this weekend’s TCA award winners. | 6 August 2018
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