“I feel so fortunate.
Here’s the untold truth of Carrie Coon.
As Coon toldInterview magazine, she saw her first play at age 10 and became captivated.
She auditioned, and she wound up playing the lead role.
I auditioned and I got the role of Titania in ‘Midsummer’ as a freshman,” she explained.
mounted by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater, and it ultimately ran on Broadway.
After that, she added, “it was off to the races.”
I was kind of a little freak."
Eventually, that explanation no longer flew.
“We don’t know when it’s happening.”
For reasons she still doesn’t comprehend, as a child she prepared for the world to end."
She’s noticed some key differences when it comes to stage vs. screen acting.
Even after finding success onstage, she would work there every so often.
“I loved that place,” she said.
Making her television debut, Coon played Bunny Doris Hall.
As she explained in an interview withPeople TV, squeezing into that Bunny costume was no easy feat.
“They basically paint them on,” Coon joked.
“You’re fit within an inch of your life.”
The gig ultimately landed her aTony nomination.
“The idea was never to get famous,” she explained.
She added, “I could afford my life.
I was content.”
“Carrie was the first person we hired,” he said.
changed Carrie Coon’s life was by introducing her to co-star Tracy Letts.
Letts is a theater and screen actor with anextensive list of credits.
He’s appeared in films such as “Lady Bird” and “The Post.”
During their time working together on “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
“It was a little bit messy,” Coon admitted toVulture.
Coon toldThe Guardian, “I have a healthy, happy marriage.”
“The only thing David and I shared [was] we were perfectionists,” she added.
In an interview with theIndependent, Coon described the experience as attending “David Fincher film school.”
According to Coon, there was a lot to learn.
Luckily, Fincher and Affleck were there to fill her in.
Since then, Coon feels that her ability to act for the camera has improved immensely.
“When I watch ‘Gone Girl,’ I see my learning process.
I see myself learning,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
“I haven’t been overly attached to this particular journey of being an actor.
I’ve just been open to the possibility of being an actor,” she explained.
“Possibility is much more interesting,” said Coon.
For Carrie Coon, that inspiration often comes from books.
“My husband and I are huge bibliophiles,” she revealed toInterview magazine.
She toldVulturethat reading has helped her creatively.
Coon explained, “It became a totem, almost like a meditation.”
She would pick up the book on the set and open it to a random page, she explained.
However, Coon wasn’t the first actor cast in the role.
AsTHRnoted, “The Gilded Age” had a long and complicated journey to the screen.
“That affects where my little boy goes to school.
“Ten actresses have to retire before I even make the list,” she explained.
She stated that’s she’s enjoyed parts in great on-screen projects.
As she toldIndieWire, that was largely behind her casting in “The Sinner.”
It’s just not something I’m very plugged into.”
