Actor Oscar Isaac is ‘a vulture’ of his own life
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In Beef, Oscar plays Josh, the manager of an upscale Los Angeles country club. He's polished and charming, but underneath that smooth exterior, his life is falling apart because he's stealing from the club, and underneath the facade his marriage is also falling apart. Oscar said at first he had a hard time connecting to this character, but it helped when an acting coach told him to try to bring the character of Victor Frankenstein into the role. How would Victor feel being trapped inside of Josh's small life? This is exactly what Oscar needed to step into the character.
In this scene from the series, Josh and his wife, Lindsay, played by Carrie Mulligan, are home after spending the day at the country club. They get into an argument, which turns into a full blown fight, with both of them saying the worst things a married couple could say to each other. It's intense. You like doing that stuff. You like doing it.
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