![]() That was really fun I hadn’t dug in to a part like that before.LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 09: Jason Butler Harner attends the Los Angeles Season 2 Premiere of HBO Max’s “Hacks” at DGA Theater Complex on in Los Angeles, California. When I did The Green with Cheyenne Jackson, I was the lead of a film for the first time. But now that it’s not happening, there are other plays I might do here, and I’d like to do more film. But TV is a very different beast and a different form of collaboration. And I was blessed to work with a wonderful company of actors. It was nice to be in Vancouver and I went on some fantastic walks. TM: Your TV series, Alcatraz, wasn’t renewed for a second season. He was too classy to ever say “we did it like this in England.” He’s a real actor’s director and a real collaborator, and he was hellbent on our finding our own way. Apropos of nothing, I went up and told him how amazing he is. I met him during the time he was directing Top Girls at MTC. TM: What can you tell me about working with your director, James Macdonald? He’s almost too much fun to act opposite I’m trying hard not to crack up on stage. And Cory, who plays John, is like a tall, gangly puppy. She fits “W” very well she’s very smart and very pragmatic. And he’s very generous both as an actor and a person - he’s interested in your craft. Cotter Smith, who plays “F,” is so economical and effortless. I hadn’ t worked with any of them before. TM: Are you enjoying working with this cast? And in the end, the real question will be how much the audiences believe we’re in love. I’m excited to see this American cast doing this, but we all agreed it has to feel absolutely authentic. JBH: There are some ways the humor riffs on English humor, but there are very few references in the script to anything that will leave American audiences scratching their heads. TM: Do you think the play is particularly British, or will Americans get it? And I’m so grateful to be funny after being the go-to-bad guy on TV and film for the last few years. And there are so many things I love about this part he’s so opinionated, emotional, and scathing. JBH: Now that I’m 40, I knew I wasn’t going to pass for 25. TM: So, how do you feel about playing the “older man” in this relationship? My voice coaches from NYU are very prominent in my brain every night. ![]() There’s rarely any punctuation it’s a very rhythmic way of speaking. It’s sort of a Rubik’s cube for an actor. Being a true theater boy, I love this kind of writing. TM: What was your first reaction to the script? And while we never break the fourth wall, it’s voyeuristic. I like being this close to the audience, especially after doing Our Town at the Barrow Street Theatre. The space has been reconfigured to look like an arena - sort of a cockfight ring. And I have to say I love the spectator sport element of the production. JASON BUTLER HARNER: Mike says his original inspiration was seeing a cockfight in Mexico. THEATERMANIA: First things first, let’s talk about the title of the show, ok? Harner recently spoke to TheaterMania about the play. Now, he’s thrilling audiences again in Mike Bartlett’s provocatively titled Cock, at The Duke on 42nd Street, as “M,” whose relationship with his much younger boyfriend, John, gets thrown for a loop after John falls for a woman. Actor Jason Butler Harner has given many memorable performances in the theater, in such shows as Orange Flower Water, The Paris Letter, and The Gingerbread House. ![]()
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