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The parallel wasn't lost on anyone: the kid was Rocky. Najai (Nitro) Turpin, 23, was one of 16 boxers chosen for The Contender, an NBC reality show featuring Sylvester Stallone as a co-host. Like Sly's character, Turpin had come up against the odds in a rough part...
Many actors might play such a character with wicked intensity. McShane excels at bringing out Swearengen's contradictions, not just with bluster but also with "the slightest gesture and simple stare," in the words of Timothy Olyphant, who plays Seth Bullock, the town sheriff and Swearengen's headstrong counterweight. Swearengen...
Sitting down to a scrambled-egg breakfast at the Shutters on the Beach hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., McShane, 62, has the happy air of a man who has got away with something. The British character actor just won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV drama, and...
Just as a Shakespearean actor can make iambic pentameter sound natural, so McShane brings Milch's profane yet lofty dialogue to life. And he makes Swearengen the embodiment of the feral, vital greed that fueled a nation's growth. His character is loathsome but, McShane notes, also "the galvanizing force...
guy...and I think it shows great character that he was able to step forward and take that kind of action.”