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Yahoo
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- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The White Lotus' Walton Goggins on Public Perception: ‘Who Gives a F—‘
actor Walton Goggins recently gave his opinion on the public's perception of actors' performances at an actor roundtable. Goggins launched his acting career in the early 2000s. However, he only experienced a significant rise in fame in recent years. This fame came via scene-stealing performances in shows such as The White Lotus, Fallout, and The Righteous Gemstones. The White Lotus star Walton Goggins recently appeared on The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actor Roundtable. Cooper Koch, Diego Luna, Eddie Redmayne, Jeffrey Wright, and Adam Scott also featured in this roundtable. During their discussion, the actors were asked if there was anything they wished they had known earlier in their careers. This led to Goggins sharing his story on public perception. Goggins said that he had to 'constantly check' his 'ego.' He stressed how an actor had to take on work of 'a certain caliber,' or risk being seen by the public in a particular way. 'Who gives a f— what other people think?' Goggins asked. 'At the end of the day, go to work.' Goggins subsequently emphasized that actors shouldn't 'manage' or 'try to dictate' what their acting experience will be like. Additionally, Goggins explained how fan interactions panned out for him. He noted how people, upon meeting him, felt like they knew him, wanted to share a drink, or simply 'hang out' with him. He also mentioned that he had gotten into disagreements with fans during discussions about episodes of projects he was involved in. Elaborating, when asked about the disagreements, Goggins said, 'Well, yeah. I mean, if they're sharing an idea, like, 'This is what I think.' I'll say, well, it's interesting that it hit you that way. I think you're wrong.' However, Goggins acknowledged liking the conversations he had with fans. Understanding that what he said next would 'sound weird,' he shared that every time he was 'stopped on he street,' he felt that he could 'provide for' his family. 'Like, it's a blessing, not a curse,' he added. The post The White Lotus' Walton Goggins on Public Perception: 'Who Gives a F—' appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Monsters' Star Cooper Koch Read His One-Take Episode Script ‘Almost Every Day' for Eight Months: ‘I Would Write Out All of the Words'
Episode 5 of Netflix's 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' was shot in one take. It's one of several standout episodes in this Emmy season that are delivered as a 'one-take' or a 'oner.' Netflix's nine-part series follows the real-life events of the Menendez brothers, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch), who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989. 'The Hurt Man' episode was written by the show's co-creator, Ian Brennan, and focuses on Erik. In the episode, Erik sits in an interview room with his defense attorney Leslie Abramson, played by Ari Graynor, and details the abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents, Jose (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny). More from Variety 'Monsters' Star Cooper Koch Says He Spoke With Erik Menendez After Life Sentence Reduction: He Wants to Make 'A Lot of Change in the Prison System' Joey King, Cooper Koch Set to Announce This Year's SAG Awards Nominations 'Monsters' Star Cooper Koch, Kim Kardashian Praise D.A.'s Call for Menendez Brothers' Resentencing: 'I Hope to See Erik and Lyle Free From All This' Sitting down for Variety's Anatomy of a Character Panel, Koch explained the episode was written as a oner and recalled when showrunner Ryan Murphy first told him about the episode. 'When Ryan told me that I got the job, I was just so thrilled and excited that I didn't really get emotional. It felt right, and I was just so relieved that I got it. And then right after, and he goes, 'Also, you're going to have your own episode that's one shot, it's one scene, so you're basically going to do an episode that's like a play.'' With access to the scripts in advance, Koch read that script 'almost every day' for eight months. Koch said, 'I wrote it out a lot. I would just write all of the words. And I think over time, it just starts to seep into your subconscious. And I would do the same thing, of just reading those stories and memories that he recounts, and I just tried to get them as specific as possible so that when I went to go and tell them on the day that they would feel real and they would fuel me emotionally.' Koch was joined by casting director Tiffany Little Canfield, who said she felt huge pride for Koch and Chavez. Her initial reaction to hearing that there would be a oner was, 'We need trained actors. They just can't look like them. They need to have training.' But Murphy wanted fresh faces to play the part. Canfield watched thousands of audition tapes to find those fresh faces, and was mindful of her perimeters since 'we were casting real people.' With casting returning to in-person sessions, Canfield was able to meet Koch. 'I knew his resume, but working together in person was so much fun. I felt like it was a beautiful day. It felt very Menendez,' she said. 'We were at a house, I was house-sitting. It was all very strange, but I felt like Cooper just was really ready to play.' Later, she said, 'We got so lucky that the two best, honest, raw performances happened to also come from two actors that had come from training in a way that made me feel completely confident that they had the tools they needed.' Since the show was based on a true story, Matthew Flood Ferguson, the show's production designer, discussed how he spent hours sourcing crime scene photos. However, he noted one thing: all the photographs were 'mainly looking in one direction, and we didn't have much looking in the opposite direction. And I had maybe one bedroom photo and a photo of Kitty Menendez in the kitchen. So I had sort of an idea of the house and certainly the exterior.' Even though the show was filmed in Los Angeles, the landscape of the city had changed since 1989. When designing how the house would look, Ferguson looked at the era and what was happening culturally. 'It was a decade of materialism and decadence and grandeur and shows like Robin Leach's, 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' and 'Entertainment Tonight' celebrated that excess here in Beverly Hills.' So he drew on that. The house ended up being three different locations. While the interior was on a stage, the exterior was a home within a gated community in Hancock Park, the pool was also at a house in Hancock Park. But the tennis court where the family plays tennis proved to be a challenge. 'In 2005, the National Tennis Association decided to change tennis courts from green to blue, so we could not find any green tennis courts,' Ferguson said. At first, he thought he'd have to paint an existing tennis court, but in the end, he found a house in Sherman Oaks with the right court color. Koch recalled walking onto the set for the first time: I had done similar research. I knew exactly what that house looked like. I knew what the floors looked like. I knew what that bookshelf looked like. I knew what Eric's room looked like. So, walking in there was emotional and sort of like I was coming home for the first time, and it became my home.' As the series tracks multiple angles, it ultimately looks at how to define a monster. Erik and Lyle have maintained that after years of abuse, they were pushed to the extreme and did what they did out of fear for their lives. In playing Erik, Koch talked about what he had learned about himself in playing the part. 'I learned a lot of self-love, to accept yourself for what's happened to you, for whatever you are, whatever you like, whatever you don't like, accept the things that you can't control. I also learned a lot about trust. I was so scared every day that I went to work. And at the end of the day, I'd be like, 'Okay, I did it. Okay. I can trust myself.' The same thing would happen the next day. I was like, 'Oh, God. Now I have to do this scene, and I'm so terrified again.'' He explained the experience of playing Erik 'taught me to really trust myself. And if I can do that, then I can do anything. And then the last thing I'll say that I learned is to ultimately have, and to continue to have, the utmost gratitude and love for my family, and for the people that are closest to me.' He also hoped the show gave audiences a deeper understanding of what happened with the Menendez Brothers: 'If I in any way had anything to do with someone's perception being changed, then I did my job. That's what I set out to do in the first place was to have people who don't understand what happened get a really deep understanding of why it happened.' 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USA Today
11-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa basketball inside initial 2025-26 ESPN bracketology projection
Iowa basketball inside initial 2025-26 ESPN bracketology projection Iowa isn't done building its finalized roster for the 2025-26 men's college basketball season. But, ESPN has seen enough from first-year head coach Ben McCollum and the Hawkeyes' current additions to the roster to place Iowa within its initial bracketology. Iowa returns forward Cooper Koch and added Drake transfers Bennett Stirtz, Kael Combs, Isaia Howard, Tavion Banks and Cam Manyawu, Kansas State transfer Brendan Hausen and Robert Morris transfer Alvaro Folgueiras. Stirtz was honored as the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year after averaging 19.2 points, 5.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game on 49.8% field goal shooting and 39.5% 3-point shooting. Folgueiras was the Horizon League Player of the Year after posting averages of 14.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game on 54.8% field goal shooting and 41.3% from beyond the arc. Here's a look at ESPN's initial bracketology projection for the Hawkeyes. Iowa basketball initial ESPN bracketology projection Seed: No. 9 in the West Opponent: No. 8 Vanderbilt Iowa earns the No. 9 seed in the West Region and is slated to face No. 8 seed Vanderbilt. First- and second-round games would be played in Oklahoma City from inside the Paycom Center with the regional semifinals and regional final taking place in San Jose. Full West region No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Southeast Missouri State No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Iowa No. 5 Arkansas vs. No. 12 Yale No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 13 Charleston No. 6 Gonzaga vs. No. 11 VCU No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 McNeese No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 10 Miami No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 15 Youngstown State No. 1 seeds No. 1 seeds: Purdue, St. John's, Houston, Duke Conference bids breakdown SEC: 13 Big Ten: 12 Big 12: 8 ACC: 5 Big East: 4 Big Ten teams in the field of 68 No. 1 Purdue (top overall seed) No. 2 Michigan No. 4 UCLA No. 4 USC No. 4 Michigan State No. 5 Ohio State No. 6 Wisconsin No. 7 Illinois No. 8 Oregon No. 9 Iowa No. 10 Maryland No. 10 Indiana Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
South China Morning Post
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Payton Koch, twin brother of Netflix's Monsters star Cooper Koch: he's an Emmy Award-nominated film editor and is proudly supportive of his famous brother's acting work
After starring in Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story last year, Cooper Koch quickly became one of Hollywood's hottest men. Fans left and right can't seem to get enough of the charming 28-year-old actor, taking to X to share comments like, 'therapy is expensive but cooper koch's laugh is for free <3' and 'anyway cooper koch stays unproblematic and sexy'. Payton Koch (left) and twin brother Cooper Koch marked their 28th birthday in July 2024 with this picture. Photo: @paytonjkoch/Instagram Recently, after killers the Menendez brothers had their petition for a new trial rejected by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, Cooper Koch reiterated his support for the pair. 'It is still my firm belief that the Menendez brothers did not receive a fair second trial and all of the evidence that supported their claims of sexual, psychological, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their mother and father were not considered,' he said in a public statement. Advertisement The message was shared on Koch's behalf by his twin brother Payton. Here's everything to know about Cooper Koch's equally desirable twin brother, Payton Koch. He's an acclaimed film editor Payton Koch speaks at a press conference last August for Only Murders in the Building. Photo: @paytonjkoch/Instagram Payton may be less well known than his actor brother, but he's accomplished quite a bit behind the cameras of Hollywood. Payton has worked on several popular projects as a film editor, including series American Horror Story (2018-2021) andRatched (2020). His work on Hulu's TV comedy-drama Only Murders in the Building, which stars Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Tina Fey and Meryl Streep , earned him his first Primetime Emmy nomination, this year. Filmmaking is in his blood Twin brothers Cooper Koch (right) and Payton Koch are the grandsons of film producer Howard 'Hawk' Koch. Photos: @paytonjkoch/Instagram
Fox News
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Cooper Koch Attends Menendez Brothers Resentencing Hearing in Support of Erik and Lyle
Cooper Koch shows up in court to support the Menendez brothers' push for parole, Wendy Williams' lawyer rips a judge over a career-ending comment, and Benson Boone is bringing Queen's Brian May with him for a buzz-worthy Coachella debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
