Kauj ruam ib nyob rau hauv kev npaj mus ua si qhov antichrist? Kawm tau li cas hais txog.
“Kuv tsis paub yuav ua li cas mus ua si tus ua cim tshwj tsis yog tias kuv hlub nws,” Cody Fern qhia ET ntawm nws lub luag hauj lwm raws li Michael Langdon, lub antichrist, rau American Ntshai heev zaj dabneeg: Apocalypse. “Kuv tsis pom lub siab phem. Nws tsis yog pab tau rau kuv… koj yuav tsis ua si phem. Yuav ua li cas yuav kuv ua si phem?”
Fern los zoo nkauj darn ze rau lub FX series, uas yog, remarkably, tsuas nws thib peb TV qhia tau tias. Raws li cov Australian actor sau ntawv, nws tsuas yeej tau nyob rau hauv lub lag luam rau tsib lub xyoos. Tom qab honing nws tsuas nyob rau hauv Australian yeeb yam, nws tuaj txog nyob rau hauv Los Angeles mus nrhiav nws Hollywood kev npau suav, tab sis ho tsis ua hauj lwm rau peb thiab ib nrab “brutal” xyoo. Txhua yam hloov nrog Ryan Murphy.
Lub super-tsim nrum Fern li David Madson nyob rau hauv nws lwm yam FX series, American ua txhaum zaj dabneeg: Cov kev tua nom ntawm Gianni Versace. “Nws yog kuv thawj tiag tiag kev ua hauj lwm,” Fern hais tias ntawm lub gig. Tab sis yog nws hu nws ib tug “dog dig me yuav txhawb tau lub luag hauj lwm,” nws yog txaus kom impress Murphy, uas tau muab nws ib tug breakout ib feem nyob rau hauv lub tshiab phuv ntawm AHS. Fern, uas kuj hnub qub rau lub caij ntuj tshiab ntawm lub tsev ntawm phaib, tau ua hauj lwm tsis tshee puas tau txij li thaum.
Raws li rau nws lub luag hauj lwm raws li Michael, 30-xyoo-laus actor lees hais tias kev nyeem ntawv lub Dabntxwnyoog phau Vajlugkub yog ib tug ntawm nthuav ntau txoj kev nws npaj mus rau kauj ruam mus rau hauv lub cim — tab sis tsis yog lub tseem ceeb tshaj plaws.
“Cov tib neeg lub, uas yog raws nraim li kuv tau mus rau, vim hais tias yuav ua li cas muaj peev xwm koj ua si lub antichrist? rau kuv, Kuv yuav tsis ua si ib ua piv txwv qhia los yog ib lub cim. Kuv yuav tsum tau mus ua si ib tug tib neeg, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau mus ua si ib tug tib neeg uas yog ib yam li tej lwm, uas muaj longing, uas muaj kev tu ncua, uas raug mob, leej twg hlub thiab xav tau kev pab kev hlub, thiab hais tias yog yuav ua li cas kuv mus txog mus thiab tau txais mus rau cov tub ntxhais uas nws yog,” Fern piav, pom hais tias nws coj kev tshoov siab los ntawm yuav ua li cas poj huab tais Elizabeth II lub neej twb portrayed nyob rau hauv Netflix Lub Crown.
“Xav txog tej yam ua kom peb yug los rau hauv ib yam dab tsi uas supposedly ua hauj lwm pab ib tug ntau dua lub hom phiaj,” nws hais tias. “Qhov ntawd yog yuav ua li cas kuv txoj kev Michael npau taws, thawj thiab foremost, hais tias nws tau yug los rau ib yam dab tsi uas nws tsis to taub, hais tias nws tsis xaiv. Hais tias nws yuav tsum mus txog molding nws tus kheej mus rau hauv, uas lwm tus neeg yog pheej nias mus rau nws, hais tias muaj tag nrho cov kev ntshaw thiab cov tes taw hnyav li thiab nws muaj cov impulses hais tias nws tsis to taub, hais tias nws yog xwb enacting.”
Xeem lub lim tiam rov pom Michael tus tsis meej pem tuaj mus rau ib lub taub hau, nyob rau hauv ib tug vicious scene nyob rau hauv uas nws murders ib tug tshis uas yog “mocking” nws, Fern piav. “Kuv loj hlob nyob rau hauv ib thaj chaw uas cov neeg yuav mus nyob ib ncig ntawm thiab tua yam, thiab kuv heev npaum li cas yog tsis hais txog tias,” the actor admits of his childhood, though says his personal views didn’t come into play while filming the scene.
“That whole scene is the reverse temptation of Christ, koj paub. So that didn’t bother me at all,” he says with a laugh. “It’s certainly not playing myself. There are elements of myself in the role, but then I have to kind of let all of that go. And you’re imagining things. That’s the wonder of it. You get to play in this different realm where you are not you, ces yeej ib txwm lub barrier. Thiab koj paub, Kuv tsis tua ib tug tiag tiag tshis, li ntawd kuv thiaj yog xwb.”
Nrog ob lub sijhawm uas nws sab laug ntawm lub caij, Fern teases kiv cua yeej yuav tau txais ntau tshaj ntawm cov Apocalypse lus. “Peb twb tuaj kawm nws tsis yog ib tug general tshaj plaws uas Michael yog nqa tawm, tab sis, theej ib tug heev tus kheej nres tawm tsam ib tug pab pawg neeg ntawm cov neeg. Thiab tseem muaj ntau hais, tiv thaiv Cordelia,” nws sau ntawv, hinting muaj yog ib tug yav tom ntej uas yuav zam tsis. “Yog li ntawd hais tias yuav yeej pub mus rau hauv dab tsi peb yog hais txog mus saib, thiab Michael lub siab ntawm kev ncaj ncees mus rau pem suab txog yuav ua li cas nws yuav rov qab los rau Cordelia. Kuv yuav tsis muab ntau dhau lawm tam sim ntawd.”
Fern qhwv ntau lawm rau AHS lub lim tiam, lees txim hais tias tawm hauv lub cim qab muaj li “ib tug cleaving ntawm tus ntsuj plig.” “Kuv zoo ntawm rov qab los cia rau lub ntiaj teb, thiab nws mus yuav ib tug txheej txheem, koj paub? Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim hais tias kuv hlub ua si Michael thiab kuv hlub ua nyob rau hauv nws daim tawv nqaij. Yog li ntawd nws yog tawv,” nws hais tias. “Tab sis koj paub, Kuv yuav hais, I’ve had the most extraordinary year of my life. And I’m so grateful for it, and I’m so overwhelmed by it.”
“saib, if Ryan asked me back, I would be thrilled. kuv txhais li cas, Ryan is such an exceptional artist and human being. I want to work with him again and again and again and again, so if I had that opportunity, I 100 percent will jump, but I’m focusing on the present,” Fern muses. “Whereas normally I would be worrying about what the future is going to bring, I’m just bathing in this moment right now, thiab nws tau lub feem ntau glorious lub caij ntawm kuv lub neej. Yog li ntawd kuv incredibly hmoo thiab xwb thiaj li xav thov ua tsaug.”