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‘People yell ‘Cousin!’ at me all day’: Ebon Moss-Bachrach on thirsty fans, food porn and The Bear

From Girls to Andor to The Dropout, he is one of the best character actors around – now with the Emmy to prove it. He discusses stress, fantasy and why he will happily work until he keels over

Photograph: APSo far, he’s been spared the fate of his co-star, Jeremy Allen White, who has been dubbed the latest “internet boyfriend”, regularly the subject of social media thirst. Over the course of a week, Richie trains at a high-end Chicago restaurant and transforms from chip-on-his-shoulder loser, angry that he’s stuck polishing forks, to a man who finally feels some semblance of self-worth. I tell him he sounds a lot like White’s character Carmy, in season two of The Bear, when he describes the moment he was told his restaurant had retained its third star: a brief flash of joy followed by panic at the thought of losing it.

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