Huge ‘Honor’ for Cranston
SET in New Orleans, Showtime’s 10-part thriller “Your Honor,” which premiered Sunday, is about a son whose tragedy causes his upstanding judge father, played by Bryan Cranston, to unravel.
Bryan: “If because of your son someone dies, life forever changes. When devastation allows no time to get off the pathway or make a decision, consequences can destroy a human being. Protecting your child is an animal instinct.
“Last year, doing ‘Network’ on Broadway, health, stamina and support system had different protocols. Emotional, draining, harder than shooting a film, it takes you through a wringer. But TV’s regulated. A car takes you. You do bits and pieces. Next day you’re off.
“I’ve been around the block, so I ask my colleagues, want your close-ups right away or you prefer to work up to it? My physical TV prep was 20 minutes. Up at 5, studio at 6. Harder for actresses who need more hair and makeup. Work your 13 hours, go home, study for the next day. Don’t think of partying.
“Watching this series with a critical eye, I sometimes learn something. Like one episode when my son confesses. He says what’s going on, what went wrong. His character’s 17. My real daughter, 27, hasn’t seen it yet. Any age will relate to the ethical reaction and sympathize — the severity of one mistake that informs the rest of your life.
“Imperfect human beings have foibles and prove anything’s within our nature. ‘Your Honor’ says, ‘Could happen to me. I could be in that position.’ Invested in this character, audiences think, ‘Thank God this is not my fault.’ The travesty of life is that we can all go through harrowing experiences.”
Cool Bryan once told me he proposed (to his now his longtime wife) while both were in a bathtub, so I asked: How’s he relax?
“Drain. Between COVID and this for a year, I need a week away. Let my body dictate what it wants. Allow myself to sleep a lot, run, swim, eat well. Rest. It’s been emotional. Reward myself.”
Happy holiday
WHITE House Xmas party. 7 to 10. No big gala. No big amount of bodies. Ravioli, vegetables, beef with spinach, shrimp with something, mac and cheese, salad, cranberries. No huge displays. Stand-up stations behind partitions. Roses. Yellow, white, pink. No appearance from Him or Her.
Star at Starbucks
MAY not come up in everyday conversation — but types who live in Nashville, Tenn., tell types who live in New York that Nicole Kidman’s a Starbucks regular. Her order is espresso topped with foam. And what she siphons off mostly is the foam. I share this info because — stuck at home with nothing to do — I figure this might fill up your silence during takeout dinner.
Georgia on minds
BIDEN grabbed 80 percent of Arizona’s 55,000 Navajo votes — 13,500 more than Hillary in 2016. He carried Arizona by 10,500 votes. And Donald’s favorite president is Andrew Jackson, who was responsible for the Trail of Tears — when the Cherokees were marched from their Georgia land to Oklahoma. Now: About 100,000 Cherokee and Muscogee voters still live in Georgia. Jan. 5 there’s an election for two Senate seats and everyone’s hustling to register the Native Americans. Hint for Georgia’s GOP: Jackson was a Democrat.
FROM the immortal Nostredamnit: “A good man nowadays is hard to find. And that is why we have to rely on politicians.”
NOT only in New York, kids, only in New York.