As Paradise’s Gerald McRaney, James Marsden developed Bond on the screen

Paradise has Gerald Mcranes and James Marsden Face in the face of a father and son, which seemed somewhat easy to them.

“We just fell into it,” said McRaney, exclusively Us every week. “James is an incredibly good actor and we just raised each other’s vibration.” There was no special effort to obtain this chemistry. I often compare to working with such people with athletics. A great thing about working with a big athlete is that it ceases to be a chore and starts to be fun, even if it is brutally hard to do. ”

McRney compared sports with his own vessel and added, “It’s the same with playing. Acting can be brutally difficult. I was in things that were brutally hard, but when you work with really great people, you return to playing. ”

Paradisewhich premiered in January, it seemed that she initially became a calm and rich community forced to face the reality of shocking murder. In the typical creator of Dan Fogelman, however, fashion Twist at the end of the premiere In fact, the revealed paradise was in fact an underground bunker, which is the most important individual in the world after the apocalyptic event destroyed the rest of humanity.

Twists still came when Marsden, 51, was killed by minutes The first episode. While it has already been revealed Paradise It would be monitored by the investigation of Cal’s death with a high share and introduced the show to several suspects who could benefit from the murder of the former president.

“I knew it wasn’t me.” But you never know with Dan, ”Mcranes joked Our. “I was excited to be on this show because And fogelman is the genius and the things he writes (they are so good). The twists are one thing, but it seems amazing about his writing, his dialogue, his sense of drama, and his sense of humor. It all intertwines and it’s just great fun to play. ”

When Hulu released more episodes, the audience got A greater look into Cal A turbulent relationship with his father Kane. McRaney appreciated the chance to develop a complicated figure trying to push her son into a career he felt predetermined.

“The thing I had in mind – and I don’t know if Dan did or not – but Joseph P. Kennedy s. He had the same problems there. I don’t think his sons were as reluctant as Cal to watch these things, ”he said. “But I think Joe Kennedy had two things.” One was that he wanted power for Kennedy’s family, but the other thing was that he really believed that if you got great wealth, you have a great responsibility and you should do good in the world. ”

McRaney continued: “There is a bizarre combination of being a hungry force and being benevolent at the same time. So it’s a complicated thing in this business pushing your son to gain great power. ”

In addition to the tense relationship with your son, Kane is also dealing with dementia.

“Walking with this fine line when someone has dementia is that they also have moments – at least it was my experience – where the moments are absolute clarity.” Then it disappears back to such Netherworld dementia – the descending spiral, ”Mcranes explained. “But there are moments of clarity, and that is basically what I tried to do with this aware that it has.” These flashes of clarity can be scary and terrible for him. ”

The latest episode, which premiered on Tuesday, February 11, showed that Kane helped his grandson find out what led to Cal’s death. McRaney disrupted The justification of this decisionespecially because it gives it ParadiseThe greatest secret endangered.

“I have no idea where the character will go from here.” But I can tell you that the way I get closer is that I think quite often with dementia, returns childhood innocence, ”he shared. “It gets rid of all the walls you have built during your adult life and you are back to just want to be a nice guy again.”

New episodes Paradise They are issued on Hula every Tuesday.