Timothy Simons has a well-earned reputation as a funny guy.
In this exclusive interview, Simons talks about the challenges of his role and the evolution of his character.
That’s the first thing that draws me to it.
In all seriousness, Robin [Veith]’s writing is incredible.
The balance of tones that she has is amazing and my own personal taste.
She did such an amazing job putting all those things together.
That’s what really drew me to the project in general.
Before we started shooting, absolutely.
There was a lot of research done, but it wasn’t about presenting the real life.
It was about presenting this interpretation of the story.
(Specific to the characters), I thought it was fascinating.
When is Pat going to wise up?
When’s Pat going to get out of there?
What was it about him?
What was it about Candy?
What was it about their life that made him think, ‘Staying here is better than leaving?'"
That was something that I thought was very interesting, character specific.
You always think that’s how that story’s going to go.
What can you share about the relationship between Pat and Candy Montgomery?
Everything is going great.
That might not be the case from Candy’s side, as we find out.
Just to elaborate, your feeling was he was oblivious the whole time.
Everything’s amazing for him.
There were a couple things, [like] the period [specifically].
That was really challenging.
Other than that, sometimes [it’s difficult] wearing a wig on a hot day.
What other things were interesting about playing in a period piece like this?
