You gotta love when a studio decides to take a bit of a risk when it comes to marketing a film. It’s always fun when you watch a trailer and realize that a marketing team has really felt inspired when they worked on something.
01.07.2023 - 15:11 / usmagazine.com
Platonic stars two of the biggest names in Hollywood — Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen — but Tre Hale says his colleagues were as down-to-earth as they could possibly be.
“I asked [Seth] and Rose so many questions on set,” Hale exclusively tells Us Weekly of Rogen, 41, and Byrne, 43. “And credit to them, they were so awesome — both of them — in really making a newcomer like me feel comfortable and feel open and feel confident in a lot of the choices that I made.”
Hale stars alongside the duo in the new Apple TV+ series, which debuted in May. Byrne and Rogen play Sylvia and Will, respectively, two childhood best friends who reconnect as adults, while Hale appears as Will’s friend and business partner, Andy.
Platonic isn’t Hale’s first TV role, but he still looked to his costars for tips. “I had asked Seth some good acting advice, just a basic general question,” Hale recalled. “And I remember, he said, ‘Do nothing,’ and at the time, I didn’t quite understand what that meant. Like, do nothing? You’ve got to do something in a scene.”
Rogen, however, explained that he meant newer actors sometimes “over-perform” in order to “capture attention” while they’re trying to make a name for themselves.
“It was something very small, and some actors might hear that and think another way,” Hale explained. “It gave me so much perspective and helped me so much. He gave me that on, like, episode 2 I think. He gave me that little gem. So, I was able to take that with me for the rest of the season. I was very lucky.”
As for Byrne, Hale said that she was a “leader” during production, setting the standard for everyone else on set with her kindness.
“[She is] somebody who is genuinely nice to everybody and she conducts herself with just so much class,” Hale
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announced its plans to wrap up the dark comedy series with its third season in May, with Byrne and creator Annie Weisman promising that “Sheila’s three act saga of rebellion, recovery, and redemption comes to the satisfying conclusion that she and her fans so richly deserve.” Hailing from Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partnership), Weisman serves as creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer. Addition EPs for the series include Byrne, Stephanie Laing, who also directs the show, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Alissa Bachner for Tomorrow Studios. The third season of “Physical” premieres with two episodes on Wednesday, Aug.
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