Kurt Russell on Taylor Sheridan's Appeal to the 'Silent Majority' and His Role in The Madison
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Stewart Clarke
Crisped on the outside, thoughtful enough on the inside.
Summary
Kurt Russell discusses receiving the Crystal Nymph award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival and his return to television after 50 years through Taylor Sheridan's series Monarch and The Madison. He explains that Sheridan's shows resonate with the "silent majority" and describes The Madison as an adult-themed series starring Michelle Pfeiffer, where he plays Preston Clyburn in flashback sequences. Russell notes the show's themes require life experience to fully appreciate.
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· 3 pulledI hadn't done any television for over 50 years when I did Monarch, and then The Madison.
It's really an adult-themed show, because you can't really appreciate [the story] until you have something like that happen to you at a certain time in your life.
I've never done any...
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