Yeah, that’s the way I do it. With John Lotter, I remember — ah the poor guy. He was on death row when we were going to do the movie, and he really wanted Christian Slater to play him. I remember having that in my head and going like, “Is that because he thinks he’s like Christian Slater? Should I be thinking about Christian Slater when I play John Lotter?” In the end, the John Lotter that I played more closely resembles a couple of people I knew in Oklahoma City when I lived there.
You performed with a cane in this film, and I’ve actually heard a few actors say that it can cause some pain after a while. Did you deal with any of that? I think there’s several possible explanations. One of them is he did have a child with a Russian woman that I think was his maid. And I think if he had been kicked out of the country, he would have lost his relationship with that child. If you want it to be, that’s sort of the sentimental version of what it might be. That’s one explanation that I saw in a book that I read. I think access is what he would’ve said. “I’ll lose my access and then we’ll have nothing.
I hate to be a cliche, but I have to ask you about Mr. Gil Colson. You’ve described him as a district attorney and politician who has trouble telling the truth. In the time since production was suspended, the actions/inactions of our civil and public servants have been rather illuminating to say the least.
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