Actor Richard Jenkins on 'Kajillionaire' and 'The Last Shift'

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Actor Richard Jenkins joins guest host Jordan Morris on Bullseye this week. Among his many roles, Richard is perhaps best known for his supporting actor roles on critically acclaimed TV shows like Six Feet Under and movies like The Shape of Water. He joins us to talk about his new films, Kajillionaire and The Last Shift, the show he saw as a kid that sparked his interest in theatre, and what it's like to act with improv comedians like Will Ferrell. Plus, he tells us about his first job at a pizza joint!

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:14.0	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:22.0	First up this week, Richard Jenkins.
0:24.0	He's being interviewed by my friend and Jordan Jesse Goe co-host Jordan Morris.
0:29.0	Richard Jenkins is, of course, an actor. He works a lot, mostly in supporting roles.
0:34.0	He played the dead Patriarch on six feet under, maybe you know him from there.
0:38.0	He's also had wonderful parts and burn after reading, stepbrothers, and the shape of water.
0:43.0	He was nominated for a best supporting actor at the Oscars for the last one.
0:47.0	I guess if you wanted to find a common thread in his roles, it's that he usually plays dads,
0:53.0	or at least fatherly types.
0:56.0	That's in part because he started acting on screen later in life.
0:59.0	He got his first TV roles in his late 20s. He didn't show up on film until his late 30s.
1:05.0	He also has a very beautiful voice and a kind of reassuring presence.
1:09.0	I mean, what could possibly go wrong with Richard Jenkins as your gentle guide?
1:14.0	And so it is with Cajillionaire, his new film. It's directed by Miranda July.
1:18.0	Like a lot of Miranda July movies, it's distinctive.
1:22.0	It focuses on a family of grifters and con artists.
1:25.0	There is of course the father played by our guest Richard Jenkins. His name is Robert.
1:30.0	The mother Teresa, played by Deborah Winger, and their daughter, who they call old Dolly-O,
1:35.0	played by Evan Rachel Wood.
1:38.0	Robert, played by Richard Jenkins, is very, very good at what he does,
1:43.0	even when it comes to avoiding paying rent.
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