Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong Go Deep on Immersive Acting and the Time He Couldn’t Stay Method

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In May, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway dazzled the Croisette as they appeared on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival to promote their roles in James Gray’s critically hailed new film “Armageddon Time.” Two weeks prior, though, they are together in New York discussing their small-screen work.

Strong has reached new heights of acting as Kendall Roy, the abandoned and confused scion of a media dynasty, on the third season of HBO’s “Succession.” (He already has an Emmy on the shelf for his work on the series.) Elsewhere in the universe of broken-spirited corporate animals, Hathaway played Rebekah Neumann, first lady of a doomed co-working company, on Apple TV+’s “WeCrashed.” The pair, who first met on the set of the 2019 film “Serenity,” launch right into conversation about shared memories and their mutual passion for the craft. JEREMY STRONG: We’ve never sat down and talked about acting.

Doing creative work and talking about creative work are separate universes.ANNE HATHAWAY: I find talking about creative work to be something that I’m still not entirely comfortable with.

I’m still in a place where I’m so focused on being an actor — getting the jobs, developing the material. Making the time to sit down and talk about the process, it feels intimate in a way that I’m still figuring out if I’m even comfortable doing.STRONG: Me too.HATHAWAY: So let’s figure it out together here.STRONG: Preparing for this, I went back and watched a lot of your body of work.HATHAWAY: I’m just trying to imagine you watching “The Princess Diaries.” STRONG: I didn’t rewatch “The Princess Diaries.”HATHAWAY: “Rewatch.” You’re good.STRONG: I think we both feel that the virtues of commitment and courage are ones to be aspired to.