What I didn’t expect was that he was so buoyant and funny and entertaining and I hadn’t seen that in his work like that where he was, you know, almost Robin Williams-esque in his vibrancy.
I really thought he would bring empathy, and he did do that.
I expected a craftsman, a theater trained actor so he could handle the commitment, and I expected a very empathic actor who would bring humanity to each of the parts, to the female, to the child, to the animal, to everyone.