Matthew Rhys Talks to Esquire

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Esquire EIC Michael Sebastian interviewed Perry Mason star Matthew Rhys, with photographer Sebastian Kim snapping some photos of him at a house in the Catskill Mountains.

Some highlights from the brief interview:

• Perry Mason wrapped filming in January, just before the pandemic hit, and premiered in the spring.

Comments

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Okay, so I mostly posted this because I am now free to google and twitter search The Americans and everyone on it without fear of spoilers, and I saw this was recent. I don't love the beard, tbh, but some of the pics are cool anyway.

I absolutely loved the show, and though S5 was a bit of a drag, S6 was as amazing as everyone said and I loved the finale! So great when a show sticks the landing.

Some spoiler-y thoughts:

[Spoiler (click to open)]- I always knew the show was gonna end like that, with Stan finding out even though I didn't want him to, but it was so well done. And now, having watched the episode, I get why Matthew Rhys got the Emmy (that garage speech!), but am bitter for Keri Russell because she was so consistently great. Stan really grew on me over the seasons, too

[sherrilina]

Yay for The Americans! Such a fantastic show. It is forever a crime that Keri didn't win an Emmy, and even moreso that the show itself was only even nominated for Best Drama once and never won, when it was better than most Best Drama nominees for its whole run.

Yes, I too was surprised by how much I grew to love Oleg, so many great characters on this show.

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Truly!! Gabriel, Martha, Claudia, Arkady, Nina... they were really quite good at giving the side characters depth and purpose.

[ohmylol]

I know the GG isn't an Emmy but I'm glad the show at least got that and for their last season, it showed how much hype and buzz that season had !

[youdontknowme]

Rhys, Keri Russell and their kids went to the Catskillls in March and stayed all summer

my in-laws live in a small town near the catskills and they've been overrun with people escaping the city, it's really fucked them over. their county gained an insane number of new permanent residents since the start of the pandemic, and they don't have the resources to support that influx of people even now several months later

[sherrilina]

Yeeesh, I normally find him very attractive, but not in that beard!

How lucky he got filming for Perry Mason out of the way in the nick of time...I wonder, is it worth watching if one isn't normally a "Law and Order" fan? I love Rhys, but not sure about the genre of this one.

[bellwetherr]

it doesn't feel like a procedural at all tbh

[sherrilina]

Good to know! I can deal with some proceduralness if the character drama is good.

[bellwetherr]

i'm not sure what s2 will be like but this season had one case throughout and it was deeply weird and engrossing and it was great

[neuers]

I love him so much!! 😍😍😍

[ladychips]

im mad that he gets to look like this