Get a sneak peek at the thriller, which hits Apple TV+ July 8.
Sun’s out, fun’s out!
Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall in ‘Black Bird’.Courtesy of Apple
So we don’t get into the ooey-gooey, ‘let me show you the gory detail’ stuff.
To pull it off, Hauser first had to physically transform into Hall.
So do his various unsettling mannerisms including a giggle that is pure nightmare fuel.
Crafting all of that was a little trickier than the physical transformation.
“Larry’s real voice is, from what I heard, pretty wildly high-pitched and distracting.
All of that was a cakewalk compared to having to inhabit the mind of a killer for six months.
No method acting here, however.
Hauser says he shook off his character as much as possible at the end of the day.
So I have to get as close as I can to those feelings in those moments.
And that’s not fun at all.
“I take a stab at bond with all my cast members.
That’s just how I am,” Hauser explains.
“Let me cook you dinner.
Let’s go do Top Golf.
Let’s see a movie during the day, whatever.
And I think it adds to the work,” he admits.
He hit it off withRichardJewellcostarSam RockwellandI, TonyacostarSebastian Stan, he shares as examples.
We’ve got to ensure that we give of ourselves to give on screen.”
Might those videos ever be offered up, too?
Says Hauser, “We’ll see.
Got to get that beautiful Brit’s permission.”
In addition to Egerton and Hauser,Black BirdstarsGreg Kinnear,Ray Liotta, and Sepideh Moafi.
The first two episodes hit Apple TV+ July 8, with the final four airing weekly afterwards.
