It was my response to the idea that I ‘dont get the joke.'"
“You have to go way out on that limb.”
He added, “I had no trouble taking the piss out of myself.
Jeremy Strong in ‘DunKings 2: The Movie’.Credit:Dunkin’/YouTube
Ive been accused of being this incredibly self-serious, pretentious person.
And I do take my work extremely seriously.
But I thought itd be good to have a laugh at this idea of being a method actor.”
Jeremy Strong and Ben Affleck.Dunkin'/YouTube
It doesnt really serve anything.
“I think I found a way in,” he tells Affleck.
“Youre from Boston.
Jeremy Strong in ‘Succession’.Max
Dunkin' is Boston.
Boston is Paul Revere.
One if by land, two if by sea.
The Redcoats are coming.
Max
“Ben sent me the script, which had Ben and Casey in tracksuits.
“I said no.
I wasnt interested in rehashing something Id done before.
I want to put distance between myself and that show and achieve escape velocity.”
“Its Ben Affleck.
Hes a great director and actor,” he noted.
“Hes somebody I greatly admire.
And so I thought about it and texted Ben saying, ‘Ive never done anything like this before.
This feels unnatural to me, but is there any latitude to create something?
Is there any freedom here?'”
This was its own form of risk, because its the Super Bowl.”
