Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening on When They'll Retire From Acting (Exclusive)
09.06.2022 - 01:57
/ etonline.com
Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening may play retirees in their upcoming film,, but don’t count on them to step away from the limelight anytime soon. “Right now, that's the way I feel. I feel more free than I ever have in the work,” Bening tells ET’s Matt Cohen about the future of her career. “I love the craft, I always have.
I loved all the training that I got to do way back. It kind of sort of sits on your shoulder. Any sort of training that you get, and the further I get away from it, the more free I feel.” She adds about the potential stopping point, “When I get to the point where it's not that sense of excitement, the same feeling that I had when I first started, of being in a room with a bunch of people who are starting the project together.
Actors, generally speaking, get really close really fast and I love that. I love that exchange. We all kinda jump in together because we know that's the job.
We're usually playing people who are deeply connected in some way -- that is the hit. That's the fun and that is still there. So, if that's not there, I wouldn't want to do it anymore. But as long as that's there, I wanna keep going.” Cranston echoed his co-star's sentiments, saying that as long as he’s happy, he’ll continue to act.
“Same with me,” he says. “I mean, as long as it brings joy, I’ll still be there. And then our job really is to commit to that childlike make believe and then the more you can just dive in and believe it yourself, the more it presents itself in others.” In the upcoming Paramount+ film,, Cranston and Bening play a couple, Jerry and Marge Selbee, who, after retiring, are seeking excitement.