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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to David Costabile, the actor best known for his roles in Breaking Bad, The Wire, and Lincoln. David stars in Showtime’s latest series, Billions, as Mike “Wags” Wagner, the right hand man to Bobby “Axe” Axelrod. Today, Brian and David discuss the actor’s process and the importance of “assuming your own brilliance.” Plus, David talks about his fanboyish encounter with Bryan Cranston, a theater audition gone terribly wrong, and why he keeps creating rules for himself just to break them.
Topics mentioned:
- Billions
- Breaking Bad
- The Wire
- Tufts University
- Solitary Man
- The Moment with Tom McCarthy, Oct. 27, 2015
- Titanic the Musical
- Shubert Theatre
- A Chorus Line
- Spamalot
- The Mahabharata
- The Empty Space by Peter Brook
- Caroline, or Change
- Stripes
- Heat
- The Moment with Maggie Siff, Dec. 2, 2015
- Bloodline
People mentioned:
- David Costabile
- David Levien
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
Bryan Cranston - Peter O’Toole
- Tom McCarthy
- James Lapine
- Mike Nichols
- Bill Murray
- Hank Azaria
- Oliver Platt
- Antony Sher
- Tony Kushner
- Maggie Siff
- Glenn Kessler
This episode of The Moment is brought to you by Showtime’s new series Billions. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in this bold, original drama as two of New York’s most powerful titans locked in an epic battle of egos. And there is no line both men won’t cross to win. Billions—a new series, Sundays at 10 p.m.—only on Showtime.
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Twitter: @BrianKoppelman
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Podcast production by Jayson De Leon.
