Killing Lincoln

[MaddieM]

(02-19-2013 01:33 AM)Josh M Wrote:  Hi guys, some have messaged me here about my preparation so I will drop a quick note for everyone....I had 3 main sources:

1. Betty's (and a some others) historical work. I didn't have a chance to get her book in time but read everything she's posted online and listened to her interviews, to get a feel for people's observation of him.
2. The photos. The whole character arc is headed toward those fateful mugshots. I kept them on my phone, and looked at them everychance I got. I felt like I could see his whole personality speaking from his eyes. I also developed my method of movement from his posture in the photos. I see him as this lumbering freight train, but a train that's never in a rush.
3. The dialect. I haven't played a southerner before but I found a recording of 'my guy' who was from rural Georgia and lived in Alabama...it seemed to fit. I listened to the recording incessantly for weeks until I could drawl in my sleep. Then, retrofitted it to the archaic dialogue of the time.

Other than that I simply relied on Erik's script for the aspects of his character that needed to be in the film!

I live in the UK, so haven't had a chance to see KL yet, or your performance, but it's wonderful to hear you cared so much about getting him right, and doing him justice, so to speak.