If you look at the show on paper, that shouldn’t work,” admits Stephen Root about “Barry.” He continues, “A hit man that wants to be an actor. That shouldn’t have been picked up. Fortunately (creators) Bill Hader and Alec Berg found the right tone for the show. It is just enough comedy but when you do the violence, you do the violence for reals.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Root above.

SEEEmmy Experts predict Best Comedy Actor 2019: Bill Hader (‘Barry’) should prepare another acceptance speech

The second season of “Barry” recently scored an impressive 17 Emmy nominations. This is up from last year’s 13, of which Hader and Henry Winkler won the two male acting races. For 2019, the dark HBO comedy has earned Root his first ever Emmy bid in a lengthy TV career. He states that “the best part was hearing from Bill that all the...