If you want to watch great acting, watch AMC channel's Breaking Bad. Some would say it's the greatest show of all time (and some would be wrong, The Shield is). Check out an excerpt of this interview of one of the stars of Breaking Bad, Mark Margolis aka Tio Salamanca:
Q: Tell me about the scene at Don Eladio's house in Episode 8, "Hermanos." It must have been somewhat of a reunion: You acted with Steven Bauer in Scarface, and Giancarlo Esposito said the three of you had been in a play together.
A: Yeah, we were all in a gorgeous production of Balm in Gilead, around 1984 at a theater in Greenwich Village. And it was directed by John Malkovitch, and had people like Gary Sinise in it and Laurie Metcalf and on and on. At that time Giancarlo Esposito was a very young actor -- I'd never seen him in my life. He played this street kid that hung out in this alleyway that my character had to pass through, and he would come at me with a real knife. He scared the s--t out of me because I couldn't tell whether this was a terrific actor, or some crazy who they put in the play.
Q: What was it like being reunited with Steven Bauer?
A: When I came out to New Mexico to do the episode they said they had a surprise for me -- it turned out to be Steven Bauer. He did some great things on set. All the lines were in Spanish but he stuck in the words when he said something about methamphetamines. He said that's the stuff that's used by "Heelbeeelies and Bikers." Instead of Spanish, he stuck in the English, which was very witty.
Read the rest of the interview here.
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