“July 15, The Day Owen Cooper Became The Yongest-Aver Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Limited Series after the Final Bell Rang for the nominations to be announced at 8:30 am on the west coast in the”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“I WAS JUST IN MY LIVING ROOM AND THEN EVERYONONE RUNG ME AND SAID THAT I’D BEEN NOMINATED,“ The 15-YEAR-ELD British Actor Told The Hollywood Reporter The Morning of, Having Not Yet Had A Chance to Watch the News for HimSelf. “IT GOT SPOILED FOR ME.… WHICH IS A BIT ANNOYING.”
Cooper’s Emmy Nomination Came for His Portrayal of 13-Year-Old Jamie Miller, A Schoolboy Who Develops An Extreme Aggression Toward Women TaMen Thorne- and Stephen graham-creted Netflix series. Jamie, Viewers Later Learn in Episode Three’s Tense Standoff Between the Teen and Child Psychologist Briony Ariston Influence of Red-Pill Podcasts and Other Misogynistic Digital Media, Develops A Strong Aggression Toward Women.
Cooper Chatted with Thr About his schoolmates’ reaction to the Series, ittsaways for parents-Particularly in the Final Scene of Episode Four-and the a-Listers He’s Looking Forward to Meeting.
What’s It Been Like Going Back to School While Promoting the Series?
WELL, My Friends Haven’t Changed, But The First Day Back [after it premiered] Was Just Madness, Really. It’s Perfectly Fine Now, But There’s Still A FEW IDIOTS IN YEAR EIGHT… The Kids Who Like Three Years Below Me, They’re Just Annoying.
What Have You Heard from Your Peers About the Series and Its Commentary on Young Boys and How they Influented by Online Culture?
I Obviously Knew about Young Lads Going Out and Stabbing People, But I Didn’t Know It To that Extent – and the Bullying Online. I’m Very Lucky to Never Have Been Bullied Online and I DON’T BULLY Anyone Online. I’ve Never Come Across That at My School, Not In My Year Group. … Everyone is aware of Knife Crime in the UK, and WHEN Adalescence Came Out, It Hit A Lot of Homes.
WHAT DID PREPARATION LOOK LIKE CACK
WHEN [Philip Barantini, the director] said that it was all shot in one shot, i thoUGHTHHTH WAS JUST TALKING About One Scene or One Episode, But Hent All Four Episodes Wuld be Shot in One Shot, and I Just Felt Really Really. I was so excited about doing [the series]and then whoh said that, i was so nervous. As Soon As I Got The Script, I Went Up in My Room, Highlighted It All All, And Ten Stayed Up Until About 1 in the Morning [rehearsing] it. I Didn’t Want to Be that Person That Messed It Up and Made US Start Over From The Beginning, WHICH I’M SO VERY LUCKY Never Happened. I didn’t prepare mentally for the role; I Prepared the Script.
I was nervoous about not being abll it out of offl because we filmed episode throt FIRST, AND I WAS GOING THRUGH The Script, and I Was Waiting for My Lines to End Bee. I ALMOST CRIGED THAT I HAD THAT MANY LINES. (Laughs.) Mentally, I strugmed with it a Lot Because, Obviously, I’M NOWERE Near Jamie at all. And the bit WHERE I’M STANDING OVER ERIN SAYING, “WHAT WAS THAT, WHAT WAS THAT?” in rehearsals, i just couldn’t bring myself to do that. I HATED EVERY Second of It. It Just Wasn’t in My Comfort Zone Whatver, But I Got Used to It By The End.
WHEN FILMING ENDED, DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO Let This Role Go or Did Jamie Stay with You For A Little While?
No, Jamie Didn’t. I’m glad that he didn’t stay with me because he’s not the best person. Before “Action” and after “Cut,” I was back to myself. Stephen Was Telling me That It Takes Him About Five Minutes to Get Back to His Normal Self, But With Me, In Episode Three Whos /m Banging on The Window And Tht. Standing there with a bottle of wather. In episode one, it was a little bit Different Because who i’m in the cell and the camera’s not on me, I Stay in the Character All The Way from Action to Cut, Buter Cut, Im Perfect.
What do you make of the ending of Adalescence and How Things Turn Out for Jamie and His Family?
I was only in a small bit of that, but that’s my favorite episode. If i was to watch the show, i would just watch episode four because i love everything about it. The Very Last Scene [when Jamie’s dad tucks his teddy bear in to his bed]i so sad, but that’s my Favorite Scene in the Whole Show. I Think Stephen and Christine [Tremarco] and amélie [Pease] Were Just Amazing. The ending was brilliant and everything that led up to it. I Think [the series] Was Formatted Really Well, Whore The First Episode Was About the Arrest, and then the Second Episode was the Impact It Had on the School. The Third Episode was the Impact It Had on Jamie, and then the Fourth Episode was the Impact It Had on the Family. I Think The Fourth Episode Was MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT Shows Parentts that they need to talk to their kids; DON’T MAKE THEM LONEELY.
What has your team told you to prepare for Durying the emmy Campaign?
WELL, we ONLY SPOKE VERY SHORTLY BEFORE THIS [interview]so i don’t Really Know What to Prepare for. I just know that i go in there, Meet Loads of People, Eat Loads of Food and Have A Good Night, Really. I Genuinely Can’t Wait to Go Meet All Those People.
Anyone in particular you’re hoping to meet?
Jake Gyllenhaal – He’s My Favorite Actor of All Time – Pedro Pascal, Gary Oldman. There’s Loads of Names.
What sorts of roles are you interested in waste after it?
I don’t Really focus on Certain roles that i’d like to do. I Just Want to Work with Brilliant Accurs and Directors. People like tom Holland and the Big, Famus Actors, Like Leonardo Dicaprio, Brad Pitt, Jake Gyllenhaal – Obvioously – Hugh Jackman, Those Sorts of People.
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