Cory Ellison is forging a brand new path for himself in Season 4 of The Morning Present, after being left with out a job at UBA on the finish of the third season, Billy Crudup says.
The actor teased his character’s upcoming destiny on the heels of his Emmy win on Sunday night time, telling reporters backstage: “I by no means imagined him with out a job or with out succeeding.”
“I assumed that was one of many issues that was most fulfilling about taking part in [the character]. He by no means bought down on himself, as a result of he at all times had the arrogance that he would, ultimately, prevail very fast in his maneuvering,” Crudup continued. “So to face the daunting activity of what comes subsequent, I’ve left that to the writers, they usually have delivered one thing very attention-grabbing. We’re in the midst of taking pictures it now, so I can’t disclose it, nevertheless it’s new terrain for Cory, and it’s thrilling to play.”
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Crudup took house the golden statuette for Greatest Actor in a Drama Collection on the 76th Emmy Awards for his efficiency in Season 3 of the Apple TV+ drama. Within the press room, he additionally praised the present’s writers for giving him “loads to do final 12 months, which was actually rewarding and fairly daunting.”
He mentioned he particularly loved the chance to play Cory going considerably off the rails in Season 3, as he goes toe-to-toe with savvy tech mogul Paul Marks (Jon Hamm).
“Having performed a personality who’s tremendous cool on a regular basis, to get to have some type of bodily expression of anger fairly enjoyable,” he mentioned.
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As Crudup talked about, Season 4 of The Morning Present is at the moment in manufacturing. The collection obtained an early renewal for a fourth season earlier than Season 3 even premiered. On the time of this announcement, a fifth season was additionally in consideration.
Up to now, Season 4 doesn’t have a premiere date. Learn the whole lot we all know concerning the upcoming installment right here.
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