Brian Tyree Henry and Paul Dano for Actors on Actors

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Brian Tyree Henry and Paul Dano for Actors on Actors

In their Actors on Actors conversation Paul Dano (The Fabelmans) and Bryan Tyree Henry (Causeway) discuss being known by three names and what it was like for Dano to play The Riddler in The Batman. Some light spoilers for each film in the talk, FYI.

  • This was the first time they met; both fans of each other’s work.

  • Three name connection: Brian Tyree Henry always went by Brian Henry, but he had to add the middle name because there was already an actor called Brian Henry. He also goes by BTH. Paul Dano used to go by Paul Franklin Dano, but dropped the middle name so he could fit on a film poster at age 17.

  • On theater acting: BTH went to Morehouse  – wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, but knew he wanted to go there. He was in a business class he hated when his friends told him there was an audition for Antigone at Morehouse’s sister school Spelman, so he left to do that and felt immediately at home. He was in the original Book of Mormon. Dano also loves stage acting.

  • On getting into character: BTH says that he has to relate to the characters that he plays, but he also has to be play them with precision so that he doesn’t get lost in the characters. Dano talks about his character in The Fabelmans as being an inherently decent guy who can fix a lot of technological things, but can’t fix his marriage.

  • On gray areas: Dano worked with writer Peter Craig on The Batman, and BTH asked him about that experience because he’s going to work with Craig on the upcoming series Sinking Spring. Dano talks about The Riddler existing in a gray area, where he’s not wrong about what’s going on in the world, but is going about addressing it the wrong way.

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