Kevin Spacey

And so what he did was he took the best elements of theater and applied them to the process. So we rehearsed it like a play in a soundstage where everything was laid out like it would be in a play and this couch will be here. And yeah. He'd sent me a couple of tapes.

And so what he did was he took the best elements of theater and applied them to the process. So we rehearsed it like a play in a soundstage where everything was laid out like it would be in a play and this couch will be here. And yeah. He'd sent me a couple of tapes.

He'd sent me two cassette tapes, one that he'd like to call pre-Lester, before he begins to move in any direction, and then post-Lester. And they just were different songs. And then he said to me one day, and I always thought this was brilliant of Sam to use Lemon, knowing what Lemon meant to me. He said, when was the last time you watched The Apartment? I said, I don't know.

He'd sent me two cassette tapes, one that he'd like to call pre-Lester, before he begins to move in any direction, and then post-Lester. And they just were different songs. And then he said to me one day, and I always thought this was brilliant of Sam to use Lemon, knowing what Lemon meant to me. He said, when was the last time you watched The Apartment? I said, I don't know.

He'd sent me two cassette tapes, one that he'd like to call pre-Lester, before he begins to move in any direction, and then post-Lester. And they just were different songs. And then he said to me one day, and I always thought this was brilliant of Sam to use Lemon, knowing what Lemon meant to me. He said, when was the last time you watched The Apartment? I said, I don't know.

I mean, I love that movie so much. He goes, I want you to watch it again and then let's talk. So I went and I watched the movie again. And we sat down and Sam said, what Lemon does in that film is incredible because there is never a moment in the movie where we see him change.

I mean, I love that movie so much. He goes, I want you to watch it again and then let's talk. So I went and I watched the movie again. And we sat down and Sam said, what Lemon does in that film is incredible because there is never a moment in the movie where we see him change.

I mean, I love that movie so much. He goes, I want you to watch it again and then let's talk. So I went and I watched the movie again. And we sat down and Sam said, what Lemon does in that film is incredible because there is never a moment in the movie where we see him change.

And he becomes the man he becomes because of the experiences that he has through the course of the film. But there's this remarkable consistency in who he becomes. And that's what I need you to do as Lester. I don't want the audience to ever see him change. I want him to evolve. And so we did some, I mean, first of all, it was just a great direction.

And he becomes the man he becomes because of the experiences that he has through the course of the film. But there's this remarkable consistency in who he becomes. And that's what I need you to do as Lester. I don't want the audience to ever see him change. I want him to evolve. And so we did some, I mean, first of all, it was just a great direction.

And he becomes the man he becomes because of the experiences that he has through the course of the film. But there's this remarkable consistency in who he becomes. And that's what I need you to do as Lester. I don't want the audience to ever see him change. I want him to evolve. And so we did some, I mean, first of all, it was just a great direction.

And then second of all, we did some things that people don't know we did to aid that gradual shift of that man's character. First of all, I had to be in the best shape from the beginning of the movie because we didn't shoot it in sequence. So I was in this crazy shape. I had this wonderful trainer named Mike Torsha, who just was incredible.

And then second of all, we did some things that people don't know we did to aid that gradual shift of that man's character. First of all, I had to be in the best shape from the beginning of the movie because we didn't shoot it in sequence. So I was in this crazy shape. I had this wonderful trainer named Mike Torsha, who just was incredible.

And then second of all, we did some things that people don't know we did to aid that gradual shift of that man's character. First of all, I had to be in the best shape from the beginning of the movie because we didn't shoot it in sequence. So I was in this crazy shape. I had this wonderful trainer named Mike Torsha, who just was incredible.

But so what we did was, in order to then show this gradual shift, was I had three different hair pieces, I had three different kinds of costumes of different colors and sizes, and I had different makeup.

But so what we did was, in order to then show this gradual shift, was I had three different hair pieces, I had three different kinds of costumes of different colors and sizes, and I had different makeup.

But so what we did was, in order to then show this gradual shift, was I had three different hair pieces, I had three different kinds of costumes of different colors and sizes, and I had different makeup.

so in the beginning i was wearing a kind of drab dull slightly you know uninspired hair piece and my makeup was kind of gray and boring and i was a little bit there were times when i was like too much like this and sam would go kevin you look like walter math out would you please stand up a little bit we're sort of midway through at this point and

so in the beginning i was wearing a kind of drab dull slightly you know uninspired hair piece and my makeup was kind of gray and boring and i was a little bit there were times when i was like too much like this and sam would go kevin you look like walter math out would you please stand up a little bit we're sort of midway through at this point and

so in the beginning i was wearing a kind of drab dull slightly you know uninspired hair piece and my makeup was kind of gray and boring and i was a little bit there were times when i was like too much like this and sam would go kevin you look like walter math out would you please stand up a little bit we're sort of midway through at this point and