Succession star Jeremy Strong reportedly “begged” director Aaron Sorkin to tear-gas him on set for the forthcoming film The Trial of the Chicago 7.
When filming riot scenes on location in Chicago’s Grant Park, Sorkin said that “Jeremy begged me to spray him with real tear gas”, before declining to do so.
In a Vanity Fair profile on the forthcoming Netflix drama, Sorkin spoke about Strong’s method acting.According to him, Strong also demanded that an ex-cop portraying a soldier in the film throw him to the ground before each take.
In the film, which also stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Strong plays the real-life civil rights activist Jerry Rubin.The Trial of the Chicago.
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