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‘May December’s Breakout Star Charles Melton On Walking The Red Carpet In Cannes, ‘Riverdale,’ And The Secret Of Making Good Kimchi


Charles Melton has had a good year; although saying farewell to Riverdale hit him hard, he went head-to-head with Natasha Lyonne for an episode of Poker Face and earned a Golden Globe nomination fo…

Charles Melton has had a good year; although saying farewell to Riverdale hit him hard, he went head-to-head with Natasha Lyonne for an episode of Poker Face and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Todd Haynes ’ May December. Melton brings a diffident grace to the part, which is crucial to the film’s unfolding when actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman) turns up. I think maybe when I got into my 2009 Ford Focus and drove to Los Angeles with my dad, I didn’t know what was going to happen, but I just knew that I was walking into something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and that was to be an actor.

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Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore rock plaid looks as they're joined by May December co-star Charles Melton at SiriusXM's Town Hall in LA