Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Last week at theGotham awards, Vulture heard that he was an avid awards-season watcher.
Is the rumor true?
So, knowing what happens at the awards is always kind of a gamble on a horse race.
Its always interesting predicting whos going to make it and who isnt.
I just never imagined that I might be part of that one day.
He talked to Vulture aboutCan You Ever Forgive Me?and filming scenes in the iconic gay bar Julius.
This is a big morning for you.Thank you.
I never thought anything like this would happen in my life.
I cannot hide it.
Youve had a good awards season so far, right?Yes.
Tell me more about how youre feeling right now.
How did you hear about it?Im in the Cotswolds in the countryside in England.
I was having lunch with my wife and got a call from my agent in London.
I was discombobulated, I didnt know what was going on.
And then they said, Oh, youve been nominated for a Golden Globe.
My phone has not stopped pinging and messaging and tweeting and Instagramming since that call.
Its been an avalanche of good news, for which Im very grateful and astonished.
They filled in lots of the background of him.
So I thought that was a good handle or key into how to play Jack.
Jack and Lee have this funny, oddball chemistry.
They feel like an odd couple.Yes.
They are, exactly.
The friendships that form in that circumstance, where its not the glossy version of Manhattan.
That made it interesting and gave it great texture.
I also loved that the reconciliation scene happened in Julius.
Its one of my favorite places in New York.Yeah.
And the oldest gay bar in New York, too.
The fact that no judgment on that, fair dues to them for allowing it to shoot there.
I felt like these two wouldnt be at Stonewall, or somewhere that felt more trendy.
Julius was like the perfect place.Yeah.
