Bryan Cranston believes America is in the midst of a “post-truth era”.
Bryan Cranston is starring on stage
The 70-year-old actor agrees that no-one can be wrong in their judgement of art, but he’s also sounded a note of caution for modern audiences.
Bryan – who is currently starring in a production of Arthur Miller’s 1947 drama All My Sons – told Sky News: “Post-truth era, it makes me shiver. But it’s true that the perception of the truth is even more powerful than the truth itself. And that’s a scary thing.”
Bryan plays the part of Joseph Keller in the play and he admits that there’s a lot of his own father in his portrayal of the character.
He shared: “I remember taking my father to therapy once. And he recited back to me and my siblings. We thought this was a great breakthrough [that we’d be] able to finally talk about his past and the war.
“It wasn’t that way. He was too closed down. He quoted Oedipus. I don’t think he realised it, but he did. He said: ‘I’d rather stick needles in my eyes than go through that again.’ It’s like, that’s how painful it was.”
Asked if his dad would be able to recognise himself in the character, Bryan replied: “I hope that he would be able to see it. But you know, it’s easier to see other people in someone else than it is yourself.”
Meanwhile, Bryan recently insisted that comedy is an “essential” part of life.
The actor observed that comedy has become particularly important because there’s so much negativity in the world at the moment.
He told the Guardian newspaper: “It’s not even important; it’s essential. Because it’s a break from the bombardment of nonstop information. People who have the news on 24 hours a day in their homes, I don’t think they realise the damage they’re doing. You might as well make a house full of asbestos or just have radiation constantly emitting through your house.”
