Deadline Hollywood - Special Magazine - Emmy Gallery - 06/05/17

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EXCLUSIVE EMMY GALLERY RON HOWARD

Genius

ELISABETH MOSS

The Handmaid’s Tale

LEAH REMINI

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

IAN MCSHANE

American Gods

JOSHUA MICHAEL STERN

Graves

SANAA LATHAN

Shots Fired

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO

Better Call Saul

MICHELLE MONAGHAN

The Path

NORMAN LEAR

One Day at a Time

AISHA HINDS

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Peter Bart Anita Busch Anthony D’Alessandro Greg Evans Lisa de Moraes Patrick Hipes David Lieberman Diana Lodderhose Amanda N’Duka Dominic Patten Erik Pedersen Denise Petski David Robb Nancy Tartaglione V ID EO PRO D U C E RS

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FIRST TAKE A Breaking Bad reunion Rita Moreno is taking life One Day at a Time Bob Odenkirk on how an Emmy-winning writing career morphed into Better Call Saul Wendi McLendon-Covey on getting real in The Goldbergs

David Janove Andrew Merrill

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Craig Perreault

S E NIO R V IC E PRES ID E N T, FI NANCE

Ken DelAlcazar

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THE DIALOGUE: EMMY CONTENDERS GALLERY Ron Howard Elisabeth Moss Leah Remini Ian McShane Joshua Michael Stern Sanaa Lathan Giancarlo Esposito Michelle Monaghan Norman Lear Aisha Hinds

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ON THE COVER Elisabeth Moss photographed

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ON THIS PAGE Norman Lear photographed

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BAD BROTHERS: Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys event, which took place this year on April 9th, is only a couple of years old, but it’s already a star-studded meeting place for the greatest in television talent.

Look no further than Bryan Cranston and Jonathan Banks, the former Breaking Bad co-stars, who came to Contenders to rep their respective projects this year. For Cranston, it was Sneaky Pete, Amazon’s conman drama series, also starring Giovanni Ribisi. And for Banks, Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spin-off currently charging through an electric third season on AMC. The pair ran into each other at our backstage photo studio and couldn’t resist a reunion shot. Banks asked Cranston when his character, Walter White, might make an appearance on Better Call Saul. With a glint in his eye, Cranston laughed back: “I don’t do sequels.” (Our gallery of Contenders faces continues on page 12.)

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TAKING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME Rita Moreno on her EGOT wins, affairs with Brando & Elvis, diversity, and her return to television. BY PETE HAMMOND ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURES

of getting to do a video interview series like The Actor’s Side is sitting down with a certified legend like Rita Moreno, which is exactly what I got to do for a special twopart edition of our Emmy season crop of interviews. Just about everything this Oscar-, Emmy-, Tony- and Grammy-winning star said was pure gold.

At 85, she is still going strong and looks about 20 years younger (and she is the first to say that, by the way).

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Currently back on television as Lydia, the wise, loving and outrageously funny grandmother on Norman Lear’s Netflix reboot of his classic sitcom One Day at a Time, Moreno was in rare form when we sat down recently at our Deadline studio. Nothing was off-limits and we covered the waterfront, including the fact she was among the very first EGOT winners (in fact, she still holds the record for achieving that landmark showbiz mark in the shortest amount of time). She talked about winning the Oscar for West Side Story in 1962 and then not making another film for seven years due to lack of good roles. She talked about her own Golden Age of Hollywood musicals including roles in such iconic films as The King and I and her favorite, Singin’ in the Rain. She also talked candidly about other landmark movies in which she had a role, especially 1971’s Carnal Knowledge, in which she had a scene opposite Jack Nicholson, that was memorable to say the least.

We also discussed diversity and the difficulty she encountered trying to play something other than a Latina spitfire when she started out in movies; her TV work, including the children’s classic The Electric Company; and now her first project with Norman Lear and the great opportunity that it has brought her in the new world of binge TV. Oh, she also dishes on her affairs with both Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley; the latter, she says she dated just to make Brando mad. It worked. ★ Watch the videos at Deadline.com or YouTube.com/Deadline

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Bob Odenkirk on how an Emmy-winning writing career morphed into Better Call Saul.

BOB ODENKIRK DIDN’T SET OUT to be an actor at all, but instead was smitten at a young age with comedy writing. That was something he parlayed into a writing gig on Saturday Night Live, which as he explained, was a late-night show where he never really felt like a topdrawer contributor, despite being part of an Emmy-winning staff.

From SNL, he segued to co-creating and performing on HBO’s cult hit Mr. Show with Bob and David.

We discussed all of this, and his deep background in sketch comedy, before diving into more serious acting roles—particularly as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, which has now led to his successful stint in the prequel to that show, AMC/ Sony TV’s Better Call Saul. These two shows have made Odenkirk an internationally known star, and even he is continually surprised to be recognized around the globe. He’s been nominated for 11 Emmys— four as producer and lead comedy actor on Better Call Saul—and he’s won two, as a writer on SNL (1989, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program) and The Ben Stiller Show (1993, Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program). ★ Watch the video at Deadline.com or YouTube.com/Deadline

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“GILLIAN JACOBS REMAINS THE SHOW’S MVP.” “‘LOVE’ WORKS ITS MAGIC ON YOU, THANKS TO THE CHARMS OF ITS CAST AND SUITE OF DIRECTORS.”

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EXCELLENT IN THE '80s

WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY, one of the stars of ABC’s The Goldbergs—who has had much success in TV comedies like Reno 911!, Rules of Engagement and others—really connects as the reallife Beverly Goldberg, who is based on series creator Adam Goldberg’s actual mother. McLendonCovey talked about meeting her counterpart for the first time only after she had already shot several episodes, and she also described how great it is to return to the ’80s every week in this hit show. She’s been twice nominated for Critics’ Choice TV Awards in 2014 and 2016 for her turn as Beverly Goldberg.

But first, we discussed how she broke into the business, despite having no encouragement from her parents at the time; why she loves to go on auditions, even if the prospect of getting work is hopeless; her time in The Groundlings, and how it led to the part of Rita in the movie smash Bridesmaids (written for her by fellow Groundlings Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo); as well as taking on a real-life dramatic role in The Silent Man, the story of infamous Watergate “Deep Throat” Mark Felt, played, she says sensationally, by Liam Neeson. ★ Watch the video at Deadline.com or YouTube.com/Deadline

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Wendi McLendon-Covey on getting real in The Goldbergs and hitting the zeitgeist with Bridesmaids. BY PETE HAMMOND

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“From Norman Lear, the new

‘One Day at a Time’ is lively and full of voice.

A rare reboot that’s better than the original.”

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“Justina Machado is a sitcom star.”

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“Rita Moreno shines.”

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EMMY CONTENDERS 2017 P HOTO GRAP HS BY M ICHA E L B UCK N ER

Ron HOWARD Executive Producer Genius

Why were you interested in making a show about Albert Einstein?

Most enticing were the opportunities to delve into all these aspects of Einstein that you don’t know. As a young guy he was a free thinker—very bohemian, very romantic. This is not like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind; an introvert who hides out. Einstein loved his music, he loved women, he loved nature—and what is that? That’s physics, that’s the physical world, and his determination to understand just kept driving him. It was the epitome of curiosity that was driving him.

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Elisabeth MOSS

“Offred” The Handmaid’s Tale Did you have any worries about taking on such a dark role?

No, I love that shit. I’m always like, “More, more, more…” It’s my bread and butter, it’s what I enjoy the most. I get really bored doing things where I’m too happy.

And that was one of the huge draws—to be able to challenge myself, and to be able to do something where I felt I was going to be able to go to these darker places that I hadn’t been before.

For me, it’s just pretend.

I don’t actually feel the sadness, thank God!

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Leah REMINI

Executive Producer Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath As a former Scientologist, why did you want to make this documentary at this point in your career?

I wrote my book [Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology], and I thought that would be enough.

But I was sitting at home watching courageous survivors of Scientology tell their stories, and I saw the Church respond, and I thought, I need to not allow this bully tactic to continue. It started in the 1950s, when the church wrote these policies on how to attack its critics, and I just couldn’t sit by and watch it happen. I felt a responsibility to do something, and this is why the show was created.

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“Mr. Wednesday/Odin” American Gods How did you get involved with American Gods?

I’d worked with [producer] Michael Green before. We did a rather ill-fated project—or rather, NBC thought it was illfated—called Kings. When Michael and Bryan [Fuller] offered me this, I didn’t know Neil Gaiman’s book.

I read it and I thought, what a great foundation for these two to do their magic on—and what a great part to play.

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Joshua Michael STERN Showrunner Graves

Did you always see Graves as a vehicle for Nick Nolte?

I always envisaged Nick Nolte.

This is a case where the actor completely dictated the part.

Greg Shapiro, the producer, came to me and said, “There’s this idea about a retired president living out in the desert,” and for a couple of years, I just couldn’t see it. Because, inherently, ex-presidents are not very interesting. They sort of fade away and they’re a bit…dull, after their presidency. But Greg kept needling me, and I thought, what about Nolte? He’s this guy with a gruff, whisky-soaked voice—kind of a train wreck. Now, that’s an ex-president that I might want to see [Laughs].

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Sanaa LATHAN “Ashe Akino” Shots Fired

What attracted you to the role of expert investigator Ashe Akino?

It was a no-brainer.

Ashe is such a force of nature—it’s the kind of role you dream about. I come from the theater, and I’ve been craving this kind of opportunity to step outside the box I’ve had to be in in Hollywood. We call it a ten-hour film—there’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. The cast we have is a dream cast, and it’s epic.

You get a perspective from every seat at the table. It was so juicy for all of us.

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Giancarlo ESPOSITO “Gus Fring” Better Call Saul

After his explosive exit from Breaking Bad, how do you see Gus fitting into the world of Better Call Saul?

That was my big, big question.

I’m honored to be coming back, but, primarily, I’m thinking in a new way, about a Gus you’ve never seen before.

The difference for me is that I want to be a Gus that’s a little younger, a little more vulnerable, a little more finding his way to being the kingpin that you meet in Breaking Bad. Thanks to some incredible writing and directing, I have the opportunity to create a whole new character, which hopefully will guide you right up to the Gus that you meet in Breaking Bad.

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Michelle MONAGHAN

“Sarah Lane” The Path

What kind of research did you do into religious cults to prepare for your role in The Path?

What’s been most fascinating for me is all the people I’ve encountered. I’ve delved into fringe movements and selfhelp groups, and it’s been quite cathartic for some of them, I think, because these people are very open and vulnerable about telling their stories.

What the writers have done so well is that we’re not confined by any one idea, so I think it feels very traditional, in respect to faith and religion, but it also feels very contemporary, in terms of the way it handles different cultures. So I’m not surprised to see a lot of people identifying with it.

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Norman LEAR

Executive Producer One Day at a Time How did this reinvention of your classic ’70s sitcom come about?

It came to me the way a lot of ideas come to me. Somebody comes in and says, ‘Hey, what do you think about…?’ [Laughs] Brent Miller, who’s the executive producer, was talking to somebody and he said, “What do you think about a Latino version of One Day at a Time?” But [EPs] Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon Kellett are totally responsible for bringing it to life.

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Aisha HINDS

“Harriet Tubman” Underground

The real-life Harriet Tubman spied for the U.S. army and rescued many from slavery. Was it daunting to play her?

It was a rich responsibility to take on. The desire to honor her legacy was way more important than my own fears and anxieties, and so, over time, it was easy to begin to transcend what I felt were my challenges and just sort of surrender to her story— because as you see in the show, it is one that is so powerful and so necessary at this time, for this generation, for the now.

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