Scott Huver The 1970s-set original movie “Uncle Frank” connected lead actor Paul Bettany more empathetically to his own father’s experience as a closeted gay man in that era.“I had a curated version of his life,” Bettany explains.
Immersing himself in the period gave Bettany “a clearer understanding of the pressure that he felt upon him, and a forgiveness for him, in that I never really got to know him in the way that I’m sure he also would have wanted me to, had he been less encumbered by the guilt and shame that he was feeling surrounding his sexuality.”While the way this Amazon Prime Video project shifted Bettany’s perception of his patriarch is specific, he is far from the only actor whose Emmy-eligible roles became deep-dive history.
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