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The Actor Roundtable: Daniel Craig, Paul Mescal and Colman Domingo on Impostor Syndrome and the Dark Roles Women Love
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Scott Feinberg
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Acclaimed actors Daniel Craig, Paul Mescal, Colman Domingo, and more open up about the challenges of taking on complex, gritty roles in this year's awards contenders.
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- Daniel Craig, who played a gay American addict in 1950s Mexico in Queer, had no plan to work again after his Bond chapter, but director Luca Guadagnino convinced him to take on the role after being a fan of his work in the film Love Is the Devil.
- Sebastian Stan, who portrayed a disfigured actor in A Different Man and a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice, felt a personal connection to the American dream as an immigrant from Romania and wanted to explore the layers behind Trump's infamous persona without judgment.
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Daniel Craig, Paul Mescal, Colman Domingo, Sebastian Stan, Peter Sarsgaard, Adrien Brody, Marvel, Queer, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, A Different Man, The Apprentice, The Brutalist, September 5