{"id":86806,"date":"2018-06-05T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/?p=86806"},"modified":"2018-06-05T14:15:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T21:15:56","slug":"giancarlo-esposito-creating-a-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/actor-tips\/giancarlo-esposito-creating-a-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Giancarlo Esposito on How He Creates a Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I get a [blank] book for every character that I do, and start to write out what some of his traits might be” – Giancarlo Esposito on Creating a Character<\/span><\/h3>\n

Breaking Bad<\/em> star Giancarlo Esposito<\/strong> appeared without prior announcement in season two of HBO’s Westworld<\/em> as El Lazo, a new version of the robotic character previously portrayed by Clifton Collins, Jr.<\/strong><\/a> In a conversation with Vulture<\/a>,\u00a0Esposito spoke about playing a non-human character who is created to pass as human, developing a character, and how he manages to leave his characters behind.<\/p>\n

It’s important to note that Esposito’s character on Westworld<\/em> isn’t human, which adds a layer of complexity to the role. He explains, “It is interesting to think about having to play an object that is completely electrocuted in a certain sense, taken from some other projection of what animation should be. My way, though, is always not to try, not to even think about it, not to be thinking about\u00a0playing<\/em>\u00a0a robot, because at this point in time and technology, we\u2019re able to mimic so closely and finely the human characteristics that you wouldn\u2019t know the difference anyway.”<\/p>\n

On Westworld<\/em>, several of the robotic characters have issues with letting their previous robot “lives” influence their current programming. Esposito looks at that as being similar to an actor whose previous roles relate to his or her current role. He says, “I think all of us, as actors, have a certain level of commitment to different characters in our lifetime, and my level is always deep. What happens is, some characters meld with who we are as people more than others. When that happens, you feel a deep retaining wall there, holding back all of the emotions that you would want to lend to the character, that you recognize are so sympathetic with yourself, so you have to be careful… There are many different characters who affected me like that. From\u00a0Do the Right Thing,\u00a0<\/em>Buggin\u2019 Out did that for me. And, of course, let\u2019s not forget Gus Fring<\/a>. I\u2019ve had a few of those connected-tissue characters, but they never come back to haunt me when I\u2019m working on another one.”<\/p>\n

In fact, Esposito points out that fans tend to remember more about his characters than he does. He explains, “People are smarter than me in the world. They can quote every line I ever said from ten different characters, where I can only remember maybe four, maybe three, depending on what I\u2019m doing, depending on where my attention span is. But that\u2019s okay, because that\u2019s what I do. I have to\u00a0become<\/em>. I\u2019ve had to become good at letting go.”<\/p>\n

When it comes to building a new character, Esposito likes to do a bit of homework to get into the character’s head. He reveals, “I get a [blank] book for every character that I do, and start to write out what some of his traits might be, and what some of his idiosyncrasies might be, and what his favorite colors might be. I do a lot of the same kind of work in trying to put myself into a position where I judge who I think the character is from the history of what\u2019s already been written about him, then add something that is not written, putting myself forward in a creative way. I\u2019m trying to add what spice I think the character might need from a completely different standpoint, and then mix it all in the pot.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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