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‘The Gilded Age’ Star Morgan Spector on Playing a Robber Baron and Introducing Conflict to the Show’s Happiest Marriage: ‘I Wanted It to Be Over’


Awards Circuit Podcast: Also on this episode, 'After Midnight' host Taylor Tomlinson on balancing TV and standup.

George Russell, one of the most prominent characters in HBO’s sprawling period ensemble “ The Gilded Age,” is many things: a self-made man; a loving husband; a titan of industry. Closer to home, George faced an even tougher — and more unlikely — adversary: his own wife, Bertha (Carrie Coon), with whom he previously formed the show’s most loving and mutually respectful relationship. Outside his work on the show, Spector has also been outspoken on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, signing an open letter in support of “The Zone of Interest” director Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Oscar acceptance speech and wearing an “Artists for Ceasefire” pin to our interview.

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