David Bowie
Gillian Anderson: It was a very different experience with each of the different characters, and how it felt like it was necessary to work with each of them and to what degree of Media herself shows up in each of the personifications. David Bowie was one of the biggest challenges but also figuring out that balance of how much is Media and how much is the character coming through. How much is it okay aspects of myself to come through so that it doesn’t become a caricature. There was quite a lot of sadness in David if you watch his interviews, a real melancholy to him. That’s one of the things I picked up on. In trying to find the rhythm of his voice without diving too much into it that it felt like it was false, finding the balance in his voice and with that melancholy and rhythm. I ended up spending more time with each of these real people than I had ever done before. I didn’t really know that much about any of them other than being a fan of David Bowie’s music or maybe seeing a Dick Cavett interview. It was very educational, and I found myself becoming very moved by David’s desire to be so specifically who he was and to be allowed to be who he was. He was an anarchist in a way.
AMERICAN GODS (Starz TV Series): Interview with Star Gillian Anderson | Emanuel Levy
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