came to a close. How are you feeling, now that the dust has settled?: Sad. I’m very sad. I took Bill out for breakfast for his birthday. I saw Bill on Friday night because his child and my grandchild graduated from the fifth grade, and that was exhilarating. So, it is nice to see him, but I’m sad. I spoke to Stephen Root, I spoke to D’Arcy [Carden], Sarah [Goldberg], and I miss these people a lot.: We started in 2016, and it’s been one of the most wonderful adventures of my life.
DEADLINE: How do you feel about Gene Cousineau at the end of the day? He’s not always the easiest to root for, but you get the sense that he isn’t viewed in the universe of the show as comparable in corruption to Barry. And yet he ultimately goes down in part for Barry’s crimes.: Do you think I should take that personally? Bill says he’s a friend, and I had to really question [that].
DEADLINE: Part of what he’s charged for is the murder of Barry, a violent criminal who has intruded into his home. You’d think Gene’s attorney would be able to make a claim of self-defense and get the story straightened out.: Apparently that line of defense did not work. No one believed that it was self-defense. But [it was] shocking. There was never a lack of shock.
DEADLINE: What do you think was behind Gene’s decision to shoot Barry? You felt an anger there, to be sure, more so than fear. : The thing is that I was already in a state, and I had to be in a state in order to not have any idea where I was in time and space. I think I snapped in the scene in the hotel room when I thought it was going to be Mark Wahlberg, and all these people said, “Well, we don’t trust you. We don’t believe you, and you are a liar, and you did it.