Charles Melton is crediting his time on 'Riverdale' for his performance in 'May December'. The actor is gaining serious Oscar buzz for his supporting performance in the Todd Haynes film and spoke to THR about how the CW series prepared him. "That experience alone, and working with nearly 100 directors on that show, really gave me this confidence and this foundation — as, like, my acting school in a way — to really be able to come to a set like Todd Haynes’ and just completely let go."
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00:00 Charles Melton is crediting his time on Riverdale for his performance in May/December.
00:04 The actor is gaining serious Oscar buzz for his supporting performance in the Todd Haynes film
00:11 and spoke to THR about how the CW series prepared him.
00:15 "That experience alone and working with nearly 100 directors on that show
00:19 really gave me this confidence and this foundation as like my acting school in a way
00:24 to really be able to come to a set like Todd Haynes' and just completely let go."
00:29 Melton was an unfamiliar face to Haynes when the actor auditioned for the role of Joe,
00:33 a suburban dad who, when he was just 13 years old,
00:36 became sexually involved with a married mother of three, Gracie, played by Julianne Moore.
00:41 In pulling together his audition, he self-taped for six hours,
00:45 "I have to completely exhaust myself and give every fiber of my being
00:49 just so I could look back and be like, 'OK, I gave everything I've got there.'"
00:52 Melton also discussed gaining 40 pounds for the role,
00:55 as well as how he would decompress after filming such heavy material,
00:59 such as acupuncture, as well as watching Abbott Elementary,
01:02 Football on Sundays and the Japanese anime television series Demon Slayer.
01:06 He noted, "I really felt like that six-week process was the best experience in my career
01:12 because I really learned how I wanted to work and how deep I wanted to go when it
01:15 came to preparing to play characters like this, which was invigorating."
01:19 For more on this interview, head to THR.com.
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