Tim Blake Nelson
Has any modern character actor built a resume as belovedor as eclecticasTim Blake Nelson?
Even now, he says, he still has a soft spot for the gregarious criminal.
He also credits costarJon Voight(who played criminal counselor Mr. Sir) with helping shape his performance.
Tim Blake Nelson.Netflix; Mark Hill/HBO; Everett Collection
That’s what you have to bring to every project.'
Don’t ever coast.
I watched Jon bring that through the course ofHoles,and it made all of us better.
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’.Everett Collection
It changed me, and it changed my approach."
“Even the people who represent me said, ‘What are you thinking?'”
“‘This makes no sense.
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘Holes’.Everett Collection
No, this doesn’t work.’
And I said, ‘There’s got to be a reason that Anne and Jason Sudeikis are doing this.
I want to do this one.’
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘Colossal’.Everett Collection
And I’m incredibly grateful I did.
“I don’t ever want to repeat myself.”
“I thought that was so funny because people started recognizing me, and I thought, ‘How?
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’.Netflix
I’m not that famous,'” Nelson says with a laugh.
“I mean, that’s ridiculous.
My wife likes to say I’m minorly famous, and I think that’s accurate.”
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘Watchmen’.Mark Hill/HBO
“He was the on-set dresser, so he was always around,” Nelson says.
“He’s a fantastically generous human being, and that comes through in his movies.
He’s always deeply political.
Tim Blake Nelson in ‘Old Henry’.Shout! Factory
He’s the most eloquent antifascist I know.”
Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) meets Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett) in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’.Kerry Hayes/Searchlight Pictures
