Having the empathy to understand is so much more powerful than looking the part. It’s not easy, because you leave everybody behind. When you move that much, you have to adjust quickly, and if you don’t know how long you’re going to be in that spot, sometimes you choose not to. I moved around a lot when I was younger: nine times before I was 13. When did you feel like you were an outsider? And no matter what he does or says it’s not good enough. John’s a good guy put in very shitty situations, and he’s trying to make the best of it. I just saw myself in Keene-what it was like to move to a new place and struggle to stay afloat in my personal life and in my family life. So what about the role made you go after it so hard? You know the look people give you when they’re wondering what you’re doing there, like you don’t belong? They had that etched on their faces, because they were all in character and I wasn't.Īmy Adams (Camille Preaker) and Taylor John Smith (John Keene) in Sharp Objects HBO You said you didn’t look like anyone else in the room-what was "the look"? I’ve got to read for this." So he kept calling and calling and calling until finally they were like, "Fine. I talked to my theatrical agent, and I was like, "Joey, you’ve got to get me in. I told my TV agent I really wanted to get in to read for and he ended up not being able to get me an audition because they had already picked their five, ten guys that they were set on. It’s actually kind of funny-I read the breakdown of the character and I had heard people talk about the role. Smith spoke to about the possibility of a second season, his shocking sex scene with Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) in the penultimate episode, and the surprising thing about John we might not have noticed.Ĭan you tell me a little bit about the audition process?
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