'George & Tammy' Star Michael Shannon on Playing Country Music Icon George Jones: “The Epic-ness of This Man’s Journey Is Mind-Boggling”

“The tragic thing with these people is they give so much of themselves,” says Shannon about Jones, “and yet they don’t get to feel like it’s ever enough.”Nocturnal Animals

, Shannon now marks his first Emmy nomination. It was Chastain who passionately approached him about the role — “She knew that I like to sing,” Shannon notes — and convinced him to do it. Speaking just days before SAG-AFTRA would ultimately go on strike, Shannon’s focus is on the writers, as well as the possible threat of artificial intelligence on the industry.

“None of the people that are collecting multimillion-dollar salaries running these studios — they don’t have the slightest idea how to write a script,” the actor says. “Writing scripts is very difficult. And then they say maybe computers can just do it. I’m not convinced that’s a possibility.”

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