William H. Macy
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I went in to read for The Detective, which is a sweet role.
I didn't know Franny before that.
No, but you mean that was the role you read for?
No, The Detective, who goes to investigate, you know, he's got the big muff, and he says, yeah, these fellas came in, and he said, you know, what if we were to beat you up?
And he said, well, I wouldn't like that.
Oh, yeah.
And they go, front's coming in, and they all turn and look.
Great scene.
Oh, yeah.
You know...
In a strictly Aristotelian kind of way, I thought, what does this scene have to do with anything?
It doesn't move the plot.
You could take it out and nothing would happen.
But I realized, psychologically, it really shaped the world as Franny saw it.
That it's just going to pieces.
She says it at the end.
All of this for a little money?
I just don't understand.
Yeah.
it gave her and us an insight into the fact that people are desperate.