How Billy Crudup Plays 19 People in a One-Man Show | Acting Class

Billy Crudup explains how he becomes 19 characters in David Cale’s play “Harry Clarke,” which follows a shy Midwesterner as he reinvents himself as a Cockney Englishman.
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[@katalinbonyar1806]

After the Morning Show he is my new favourite actor 🥰 He is amazing! His accent and voice is extremely seductive!

[@Screwsandrods]

As always he’s brilliant at his craft! 🙏🏼

[@atlantaguitar9689]

The section from 0:55 - 1:05 is a very Robin Williams type of thing - which, in my view, is a compliment since RW was basically 19 people in one alot of times!

[@rachelchandran6631]

Me when I try to speak to the casher 0:01

[@daveycameron5743]

I’m in love with him as I write this and on my husbands account 😅😅

[@bpbk546]

I’m sure he’ll understand, it’s Billy Crudup🤣🥺

[@eugenia-alanamitsanas3469]

Billy you were AH-MAZING!! Saw Harry Clarke during its first week. I still think about it every day.

[@michaelrutchik9906]

Just saw you at Berkeley Rep this afternoon. Astonishing! Thank you.

[@aliaaltaie8968]

He is amazing!!!

[@zserfvgyhn]

Amaaaaaazing

[@bbbfffds8]

Just watched him in the Berkeley revival he's doing and he was amazing!

[@BreMontez]

Billy 🙌🏼😍

[@RonakSinghal]

The female's voice is on point!!💯

[@JonesJr876]

Hey, I just want to say that your acting and teaching is brilliant, and you are cute.

[@toni_wood]

👍

[@meatmyhomenowatthis]

I have heard high praise for his performance - that is not an English accent - not even close ... it just sounds like his regular American voice.

[@jon_low]

meatmyhomenowatthis And if you had seen the show, you’d know that that is intentional.

[@meatmyhomenowatthis]

But I saw him on an interview where he did do a weird English accent - I would have loved to see the performance - by the time it gets to our neighbourhood no one is involved from the original performance - sad but true - no one in the coasts will come to the middle'

[@LuxPsy]

But this is exactly what the character is - an American Midwesterner trying to fake an English personality. So of course it can't be a genuine English accent.

[@parinaz1991]

wide eye pupils? why?!

[@monkeysbum999]

This is English?

[@superclaytonable]

Wtf?

[@dan7plus3]

This is hilarious! His English accent is utterly rubbish!! Sounds like something from family guy!

[@simiralentertainment6934]

If the actor plays a woman very deeply and penetratingly and even it seems to him that he is becoming like her, it is very funny, but he still can never feel what she feels - including in a bed filled with love ...

[@minutemotivation5477]

This is so cringe.

[@reekreeker3375]

This is just awful. No skill. Pretty sure anyone could take his place and be just as good or better in a month.

[@auzrielle]

Reek Reeker that’s not very nice. he is very talented.