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"You understand that you are no different from that person you drive by on Seventh Avenue, who's standing there with tears streaming down their face, screaming at nothing" You understand that you are no different from that person you drive by on Seventh Avenue who's standing there with tears streaming down their face screaming at nothing. Once the cork comes out of that bottle, all bets are off. And this fantastical thing has happened where she appears to him and sits beside him and barks at him and yells at him and even physically abuses him at times. In season two, it's obviously very different, because he's haunted by this - to him - very real person whom he knows is dead, because he saw her die and buried her. He wasn't wanting to start over but wanting to bring things back to him that he had neglected or been ungrateful about. In the first season, he has concerns about where the percentage of the population went, but I think it was more about keeping his foxhole safe and protecting his daughter and his family, and also trying to reattach limbs, as far as his son is concerned and his ex-wife is concerned. JT: I've always considered him agnostic, if not an atheist. How have you built that journey from a man who was much more skeptical to someone who's much more open to that sort of belief? TV: So much of this character's journey is about being a rational man in a world that operates by fantastical logic. On his character's journey: "He's very good at living in his present, even though it's an uncomfortable present oftentimes" Kevin searches for some answers in a suddenly dry lakebed in this season of The Leftovers. Although I don't sing like Patti LaBelle, I can at least identify with her a little bit now.
When you see the great divas singing, tears streaming down their cheeks, like Patti LaBelle, you realize they're being really moved by the music and the words. When you're at a microphone, booming across a room, it's terrifying. When you're working across from another actor, it's a bit of a tennis match as far as just making sure the ball goes over the net to each other.
"When you're at a microphone, booming across a room, it's terrifying" JT: The one thing that I was surprised by was that I was able to connect to the music, which is very emotional. TV: What's different about tapping into your vulnerability in front of a crowd, instead of with just another actor?
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To do it in front of a room full of other actors, sitting at tables, was daunting to say the least. I've had to be vulnerable in the show, but it's usually opposite one other person, at tops two. (Yes, Justin, you're going to have to sing.)" So he knew he was pushing me as far out of my comfort zone as possible. Even in the script, he wrote, "Kevin steps to the microphone and begins to sing. , but being in the spotlight, being at a microphone, public speaking, and singing are probably my four top, least favorite things to do, and he made me do all of them. Justin Theroux: Sheer terror! Damon knows very well that not only do I not sing, which is evident in my performance. Todd VanDerWerff: What was your first thought when you realized your big emotional climax in the finale involved singing karaoke? On singing: "Although I don't sing like Patti LaBelle, I can at least identify with her a little bit now" Kevin would receive high marks from all three judges. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. In the wake of a finale that saw the character finally embrace the little town of Jarden, Texas, as his new home, I got on the phone with Theroux to ask him about singing in front of a crowd, Kevin's quest to rid himself of Patti, and just how he thinks Kevin probably deals with his slow descent into the seemingly supernatural. It was bold storytelling, and Theroux's work was emotionally open, almost nakedly vulnerable at times. But in season two, Kevin embraced the darker side of himself, pursuing his demons even to the (literal) end of all things.
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And solid, logical Kevin, who began the series as a seemingly well-adjusted police officer, might have been just the guy to do that explaining in the past.
Of course, one of the joys of The Leftovers is that this could all be explained rationally. Related What's it gonna take to get you to watch The Leftovers?