![]() ![]() It also gave me the opportunity to do something that people haven’t seen in my work, which is nice. I knew the story, and I wanted to work with David and George. Does it move you? Does it do something to your insides and make you go, “Yeah, I want to be a part of that”? For me, I’m looking for stories and working with people that I want to work with. I think the same things that sort of always lead you, which is just the story. What informs your decision to take on a project? You’ve seen it all and been through it all. Josh Charles sat down with AwardsWatch to talk about his career, and his unexpected turn in We Own This City. “As painful as this was, I think it’s still a very important story. The murder rate is not decreasing, and it seems like no matter what’s thrown at it, it’s just not improving,” said Charles. “This story is not one of the finest moments of the city. It’s a searing performance that showcases the actor’s expansive range.įor the Baltimore native, this story is personal, speaking passionately about it during our sit-down interview, noting that he followed the coverage during the early days of the Baltimore Sun’s reporting. Every step the actor takes as Hersl feels like a high-stakes moment, and it’s equally fascinating and jarring to see the ease with which Charles becomes Hersl. ![]() Based on the book “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption” by reporter Justin Fenton, the show tells the story of the corruption and abuse of power embedded in the Baltimore gun task force post-murder of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.Ĭharles plays the anti-Will Gardner, real-life disgraced officer Daniel Hersl, whose brutal reputation exemplifies the top to bottom corruption of the Baltimore gun task force. His latest ensemble piece is HBO’s limited series We Own This City, created by George Pelecanos and David Simon (of The Wire fame). For five seasons, he played Julianna Margulies’ on-again-off-again love interest and colleague Will Gardner. Later, the actor was launched into a different stratosphere and exposed to a larger audience with the hit series The Good Wife. In the late 90s, viewers got to see Charles all grown up in the cult favorite, albeit ill-fated show, Sports Night as sportscaster Dan Rydell. There’s also the undeniable classic Dead Poets Society, featuring Charles as the boyish, hopeless romantic. Some might know the pop culture gem the 1991 comedy Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, which featured a 20-year-old Charles riding around in a clown car. Actor Josh Charles has been in some of the most memorable ensemble pieces throughout his three-decade career. ![]()
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