![]() ![]() It's fascinating to see Cusack inhabit the skin of sociopath one-percenters, not because it's counter to his popular image but because it echoes a real resentment towards a wealthy establishment. In 'Utopia,' a remake of a 2013 British series, geeky comic book fans discover a vast medical conspiracy ominously foretold in their favorite comic book. People who change the world for the better, sometimes they are sociopaths." He's one of those creatures of pure will. "Christie is someone facing global threats, of global warming and food and water shortages, and he is taking on the moral questions. "If people are recognizing existential threats, somebody is going to have to make moral choices that entail a lot of people suffering and dying for the greater good," he says. And it's a personality type that Cusack fears. "I was talking to Gillian, 'We need to put this in.' And so we did."Ĭusack says the question defines Kevin Christie as someone who believes the ends justifies every means, and that they are the only ones to take up that responsibility. You know, we gotta do it to stop communism," Cusack says. "The question was, 'How much evil do you have to do to do good?' People genuinely thought we were doing good carpet-bombing Cambodia. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, who played a huge role in the Vietnam War. In a roundtable interview Inverse participated in, Cusack said the question was inspired by former U.S. Kevin Christie, in the new Prime Video series 'Utopia.' Elizabeth Morris/Amazon Prime VideoĪ question asked by Cusack's Kevin Christine to other characters in Utopia goes like this: "What have you done to earn your place in this crowded world?" Initially inspiring cute responses from smiling children, the question is later asked again to someone with a trail of bodies behind them. The character is too human and fucked up." The mid-sized movie like High Fidelity, I don't know if a studio would make that today. "Movies are big tentpole movies, or they cannibalize each other to get awards. "The space I used to do films in, where moral ambiguity was the value, that space is now on TV," he says. As usual with Gillian's work, you can't imagine what's going to happen next."Ĭusack says television now occupies the same thematic space the films he starred in used to. "I looked up and it was night and I read the entire season. He read the entire show in one afternoon over two cups of coffee. "I thought it was incredible, imaginative, twisted and funny, scary and surreal," Cusack said of the script. The series, a remake of a cult 2013 British series, comes from acclaimed novelist Gillian Flynn ( Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) and streams September 25 on Amazon Prime Video. “The mid-sized movie like High Fidelity, I don't know if a studio would make that today.” - John Cusack Just how "influential" and "family-focused" he might be is slowly revealed throughout the season's eight episodes. Kevin Christie, an affluent and family-focused CEO of an influential pharmaceutical company. In Amazon's new conspiracy thriller Utopia, about a group of comic book fans who discover the medical conspiracy of the century is hidden in the pages of their favorite comic book, Cusack plays Dr. Even after several darker roles, like a hitman (in War, Inc.) or a cloaked Edgar Allen Poe (in The Raven), the image of Cusack bumping Peter Gabriel is preserved in amber.īut Cusack's next role, and his first as a TV series regular, might change that. where Cusack plays a boombox-holding Romeo, or the 2001 rom-com Serendipity where Cusack searches all of New York for Kate Beckinsale, Cusack built a career playing the everyman in love. ![]() And there's a specific warmth that comes to mind because of his wholesome roles. Practically everyone has a favorite John Cusack movie. ![]()
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