He looks like Orson Welles, smokes like Albert Einstein and wants to be Ernest Hemingway. Michael Gladis was born to play bohemian ad man, Paul Kinsey.
Q: Your character is compared to Orson Welles. You've played Orson on stage. Is this an ongoing theme?
A: I remember at like six-years-old my grandmother saying you look like a young Orson Welles and I had no idea who that was. I had to turn to my mother and be like is that a good thing or a bad thing? She said no sweetie it's a very good thing. My whole life there has been comparisons drawn. I was cast to play Orson in a film that didn't get made and I was heartbroken.
Q: Did that have anything to do with casting you as Paul?
A: That came up in the audition. Matt Weiner, at the beginning of the season (I think referencing our conversation in the audition room) said some time this season someone is going to make note of your resemblance to Orson Welles. Mark my words. And I never heard anything else about it. I'd see every script and there was nothing there. Finally, Joan makes the reference in Episode 12 and Matt says see you thought I forgot didn't you? He stuck it in.
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Posted by Christine Fall
April 9, 2008 1:51pm
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Tags: michael gladis, paul kinsey
"She's just like me," thought Alison Brie when she first read the part of Trudy, Pete Campbell's wife. In an amctv.com exclusive, the actress talks about her character's up-dos and the downside of pitching magazine stories for your husband.
Q: What was your audition for Trudy like?
A: When I first read the script, I loved the role and thought, "She's just like me, I'll be great." But a ton of people read for Trudy, and plenty of girls were called back. A week went by, and I didn't hear from the producers. I was crushed. Fortunately, a few days later I got the part. It turned out the casting people had screened another whole group of girls and still felt they hadn't found Trudy. Matt Weiner likes to tell me that he told them, "Get that girl Brie. Something Brie." Something about me said "Trudy" to him.
Q: After you got the part, did he give you clues about how to play Trudy?
A: "Just remember you love your husband and just be yourself," he said. "She's just like you." I remember thinking, "Fantastic," because that's what I was planning to do. Later, I'd get calls from people saying, "Your character is such a spoiled brat, such a bitch." And I'd think, "Great, the only notes I had were be myself." When you're playing a part, you're so on your character's side that her demands don't seem unreasonable.
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Posted by Daniel Mangin
April 8, 2008 9:30am
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Tags: Alison Brie, Trudy Campbell
