CBS’s Juan Fernandez is a journalist who’s not afraid to ask the difficult questions and pulls no punches.
Sitting down with Garrett Clayton, Fernandez grilled the actor about his latest role in God Looked Away, in which he plays one of Tennessee Williams’ boytoys; a teenage runaway named Luke. (The playwright is played by noted scenery-chomper Al Pacino.)
“Many actors and actresses have to bear it all to get into character,” Fernandez begins, “and that’s literally true for Garrett Clayton in the new stage production God Looked Away…”
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“You’re in your underwear a lot,” Fernandez notes, roughly a minute and a half into the interview. “What’s that like? I mean, I know that on a movie set it’s a little different, but on stage, the audience is there…? What’s it like for you?”
“I think it would be a bit more of a struggle if I wasn’t comfortable with myself,” Clayton giggles. “But I’m fine with it; everybody has a body and I’m just in my underwear on stage, it’s fine.”
“Why is Luke in his underwear?”
“Why? Oh… I don’t want to give away the plot. Maybe in the first act, a joke happens, or… in the second act, it’s plot-driven a lot more, but I’m worried about giving too much away.”
So there you have it.
Later on, Clayton talks about his actorly “process” and what it’s like to work with Pacino. (It’s an honor.)
You can watch the slightly peculiar interview here.
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Xzamilloh
Look at that body… why does he stay in his underwear is a better question. Lord knows his acting isn’t the drawing factor.
Chevelter
Be sure to see him in the movie King Cobra, a movie I was prepared not to like and liked a lot. And if you’re watching on the Blu Ray check out the out-takes.
Bob LaBlah
King Cobra must have been a real stinker since pay-per-view has passed on it.
Billy Budd
It is an absurd that they put him in his undies all the time. He should have been COMPLETELY naked.
Sluggo2007
I’m surprised that he wasn’t completely naked. This is the stage, after all, and nudity is acceptable and sells tickets.
Ogre Magi
Did they even have underwear like that back then?
bobbibubbi
How about some basic background info like WHERE, WHAT, WHEN is this happening? Or at least a link to another article that addresses it. What kind of writing is this??
Uppity
Garrett Clayton was the best thing about King Cobra, playing the camp, calculating twink porn star Brent Corrigan. He did the best he could with an underwritten part. Ultimately the movie was scripted and directed uninspiringly. But it really could have been something, because the actual story is so dark and sensational.
Brian
The recent live version of “Hairspray” had its faults, but Garrett Clayton was one of the shining lights. He’s multi-talented, fun, interesting… after that, he really won me over.
Herman75
I thought he was awesome in King Cobra as well.
MR
Oh, please, he was TERRIBLE in “Hairspray.” He can’t act, his singing was so bad they took a song away from his character and gave it to Derek Hough, a DANCER, and the idea of him playing any straight character is laughable.
Herman75
I saw the interview. It was OK. Just good publicity, eh? Gotta put your fat azz in dem seats.