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On Wednesday night, Jeff Daniels attended the LA premiere of the new Netflix series A Man in Full, directed by David E. Kelley.
Extra’s Melvin Robert spoke to Jeff, who plays an Atlanta real estate mogul who faces bankruptcy and must battle business and political enemies to hang on to his empire.
Daniels had a lot of fun playing his “larger-than-life” character, Charlie Crocker. he said: “You just go in there with the biggest Southern accent you can think of. It was fun.”
Some people have pointed out the similarities with Donald Trump, but the former president was not the first thing that crossed Jeff’s mind as he prepared for the role.
He quipped, “I didn’t even think about Trump. The less I think about Trump, the happier I am.”
Daniels points out seriously: “Tom Wolfe wrote this book in the ’90s and based it on a couple of guys who were real estate agents in Atlanta, and they modeled it after them.”
The series gave Jeff the opportunity to work with Shania Twain, and she even sang along with the character. He said: “That was the moment I emailed David E. Kelley. I said, ‘When you stand there like this as Charlie Crocker and Shania Twain sings the song.’ I emailed him and said, “I found Charlie Crocker.” Only Charlie Crocker would stand there and let Shania Twain sing on his 60th birthday. ”
Daniels praised Twain, calling him a “professional.” He said, “Behind the scenes, [she] It couldn’t have been better. good. I’m glad she did it. ”
Speaking about working with Regina King, who directed the pilot, Jeff said: “She’s having the Oscars sitting next to me…As an actor, she knows what’s in my head and she knows what I’m doing, so that helps a lot.” Everything I was trying to do and everything else…she had my back. ”
“A Man in Full” will be available on Netflix on May 2nd.
