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BOM Questionnaire: Emmett Scanlan
Killer questions for the Irish actor Emmett Scanlan, currently in 'Butterfly' and 'Women on the Verge' Warning: becoming friends with this guy may expose you to some expert pranks.
What can we see you in next?
Right now I’m in ‘Lore’ which is an Amazon Prime series. I play William Burke, Scotland’s most infamous serial killer, then there’s the incredible Sharon Horgan and her new show called ‘Women On The Verge’. I play a right dickhead in that one. And finally, the beautiful ‘Butterfly’ for ITV. Which is a family drama about the fractured, acrimonious relationship between parents played by myself and Anna Friel and their division of opinion on how best to raise their child (Callum Booth) who is identifying as a girl. A child who believes, who knows, who feels with all of his being, all of his fibre, that he is trapped in the wrong body. That he is a she. It’s penned beautifully by BAFTA winning writer Tony Marchant.
What was your first ever performance like?
My first performance was a school musical, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’. Still remember my lines from that. My first TV performance was in a show that got absolutely slated in Ireland. It was called ‘THE BIG BOW WOW’. Don’t get me wrong It was a great experience, I met some great people, but I was ****ing shocking in that. There’s nothing like a bit of nationwide humiliation to keep one’s feet firmly on the ground. That’s something no acting school can teach you… I promised myself I’d never be that shit again. Now I’ve broken that promise from time to time, but the times of shitness are becoming less and less.
What’s the best line you’ve ever delivered?
“I do” when I got married to my beautiful wife 3 years ago.
What do you love about acting?
I call it the Peter Pan syndrome. When I was a child I would play cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, I’d live inside my imagination where I was the hero, I was the villain, where I was anything I wanted to be… acting is figuring out how to do all that and get paid for it. Peter Pan syndrome means never growing up. It means constantly finding the magic in things and it’s a beautiful place to be
Who’s the funniest person you’ve ever worked with?
No idea. I have a good laugh with most people. The most recent was, I think, the lovely Yasmine Akram on ‘Women On The Verge’. We corpsed a good few times, killing every scene we were in. Also, director Anthony Byrne. I did Butterfly with him. And I’m shooting his new show right now. That ****er makes me laugh all the time. Such a dry sense of humour, I love him.
Do you learn your lines or tape them to furniture?
I know my stuff so well that it becomes unimportant. Magic is found not only in the lines, but in-between the lines. So if you can have the material and homework done before you step on set, you allow yourself to go to places not scripted. I don’t mean make up the lines I mean living in-between them. I try not to have any pre-conceived notion of what to play or how to play. I want to be effected in the moment. And you can only do that if you know your shit. You allow yourself to play, to dance. Friel was a great partner when it came to that. In fact I’ve been blessed with some amazing dancing partners.
How well behaved are you behind the scenes?
I invest my life into work that will outlast it, so that time is very important to me. All I ever want is to play with a group of like-minded people to tell the best story we can….so I want to say I’m professional. But I also know I’m a ‘messer’, always up for a laugh. To be honest a lot of the time you need it. Especially when it’s dark material. In saying that I can also get intense. Really depends on the situation. I try to lose myself in whatever I’m doing, whether that’s in the scenes or in-between the scenes…
BOM Questionnaire: Emmett Scanlan
Killer questions for the Irish actor Emmett Scanlan, currently in 'Butterfly' and 'Women on the Verge' Warning: becoming friends with this guy may expose you to some expert pranks.
What can we see you in next?
Right now I’m in ‘Lore’ which is an Amazon Prime series. I play William Burke, Scotland’s most infamous serial killer, then there’s the incredible Sharon Horgan and her new show called ‘Women On The Verge’. I play a right dickhead in that one. And finally, the beautiful ‘Butterfly’ for ITV. Which is a family drama about the fractured, acrimonious relationship between parents played by myself and Anna Friel and their division of opinion on how best to raise their child (Callum Booth) who is identifying as a girl. A child who believes, who knows, who feels with all of his being, all of his fibre, that he is trapped in the wrong body. That he is a she. It’s penned beautifully by BAFTA winning writer Tony Marchant.
What was your first ever performance like?
My first performance was a school musical, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’. Still remember my lines from that. My first TV performance was in a show that got absolutely slated in Ireland. It was called ‘THE BIG BOW WOW’. Don’t get me wrong It was a great experience, I met some great people, but I was ****ing shocking in that. There’s nothing like a bit of nationwide humiliation to keep one’s feet firmly on the ground. That’s something no acting school can teach you… I promised myself I’d never be that shit again. Now I’ve broken that promise from time to time, but the times of shitness are becoming less and less.
What’s the best line you’ve ever delivered?
“I do” when I got married to my beautiful wife 3 years ago.
What do you love about acting?
I call it the Peter Pan syndrome. When I was a child I would play cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, I’d live inside my imagination where I was the hero, I was the villain, where I was anything I wanted to be… acting is figuring out how to do all that and get paid for it. Peter Pan syndrome means never growing up. It means constantly finding the magic in things and it’s a beautiful place to be
Who’s the funniest person you’ve ever worked with?
No idea. I have a good laugh with most people. The most recent was, I think, the lovely Yasmine Akram on ‘Women On The Verge’. We corpsed a good few times, killing every scene we were in. Also, director Anthony Byrne. I did Butterfly with him. And I’m shooting his new show right now. That ****er makes me laugh all the time. Such a dry sense of humour, I love him.
Do you learn your lines or tape them to furniture?
I know my stuff so well that it becomes unimportant. Magic is found not only in the lines, but in-between the lines. So if you can have the material and homework done before you step on set, you allow yourself to go to places not scripted. I don’t mean make up the lines I mean living in-between them. I try not to have any pre-conceived notion of what to play or how to play. I want to be effected in the moment. And you can only do that if you know your shit. You allow yourself to play, to dance. Friel was a great partner when it came to that. In fact I’ve been blessed with some amazing dancing partners.
How well behaved are you behind the scenes?
I invest my life into work that will outlast it, so that time is very important to me. All I ever want is to play with a group of like-minded people to tell the best story we can….so I want to say I’m professional. But I also know I’m a ‘messer’, always up for a laugh. To be honest a lot of the time you need it. Especially when it’s dark material. In saying that I can also get intense. Really depends on the situation. I try to lose myself in whatever I’m doing, whether that’s in the scenes or in-between the scenes…
