Actor Billy Crudup

Fresh Air

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🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Billy Crudup stars in The Morning Show, now back for its third season. We also talk about going to rock star camp for his role in Almost Famous and his iconic Mastercard commercials.

Also, Justin Chang reviews A Haunting in Venice.

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0:00.0	This message comes from an PR sponsor, Mass Mutual.
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0:12.6	Feel comfortable about tomorrow.
0:15.0	This is Fresh Air, I'm Dave Davies.
0:17.7	Our guest today is Billy Crudup,
0:19.9	an actor you've probably seen more than you realize.
0:23.2	He won critical praise and an Emmy award
0:25.4	for his performance in the series The Morning Show
0:27.9	with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
0:30.8	Its third season just premiered on Apple TV Plus.
0:34.4	His film credits include Almost Famous, Sleepers,
0:37.8	Jesus' Son, 20th Century Women, and Watchmen,
0:41.5	where he played a DC universe superhero
0:44.1	who's bald and blue.
0:46.3	He's performed for years in theater,
0:48.6	earning four Tony nominations and winning once
0:51.4	for the Tom Stopper'd play The Coast of Utopia.
0:54.8	Crudup also stars in Hello Tomorrow,
0:57.4	a futuristic series on Apple TV Plus,
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