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The sixth episode of Matthew WeinersThe Romanoffsis a story about misconduct.
He has sketchy friends.
Tell me about how you prepared to shoot this episode.
When did you get the script?
When did you shoot it?I got the script a few months before we started shooting.
We shot this last January here in Los Angeles.
Really?Yeah, not my first time having to fake a musical instrument.
So on top of the acting and the storytelling, that added an extra level of danger.
But hopefully it all turned out.
When somebody plays piano and it looks fake, its terrible.
I cant have that happen, that cant be it.
Im glad that it came out okay.
I was excited by the challenge of playing someone who was hiding so much or potentially hiding so much.
It was a lot of layers to sort through, which was exciting.
And on a purely selfish level, I was really excited to work with Diane Lane.
I was interested in figuring out things like, why would you exaggerate something like this?
Why would you make up little details about your past?
For me, theyre all stemmed from insecurity.
Things that, you know, I was certainly guilty of that when I was a kid.
You would maybe exaggerate a vacation or toy you got.
And for a lot of adults, that continues into adulthood.
And then Diane Lanes character closes the door on the both of you.
She decides, I have not had any problems personally with this person.
My kid does not have any problems with this person.
Much the opposite in fact, he likes this guy.
So I guess that I just have to trust that its fine.
She does her own detective work, but in the end, you just have to trust your gut.
It turns out the story was true!
But did he still like the kid?
So it would just be business as usual for David.
Hes just being, you know, normal.
Thanks for catching that!
I wasnt sure how it would play.
I wanna keep it solely just to the episode questions.
Okay, let me ask a different question then.
He says, Bearing false witness is the worst crime that you commit.
Is that something you agree with?
I love that theres that scene between him and Katherine where he explains why he likes to teach.
Hes not a bad guy.
Hes just a little confused and very insecure, and unfortunately that all plays into this story.
Again, Ill be very curious to see how this lands with viewers.
