No matter how big of a movie star Lakeith Stanfield becomes, he’s likely never going to stop being asked questions about “Teddy Perkins.” As a cast member on Donald Glover’s acclaimed FX series “Atlanta,” Stanfield took centerstage in the iconic second season episode where his character, Darius, goes to pick up a free piano from an old mansion and encounters the home’s peculiar owner, Teddy Perkins. Glover starred as Teddy Perkins under layers of makeup and prosthetics and was so unrecognizable that Stanfield didn’t know he was acting opposite his co-star and creator.
“I was like, ‘Wow, this is a very interesting fellow,'” Stanfield said to THR this week while reflecting on Teddy Perkins. “I wanted to know more about [the actor], so I started asking him questions. And Donald had a whole history prepared. He was saying he’s been acting for a long time. And I was like,...
“I was like, ‘Wow, this is a very interesting fellow,'” Stanfield said to THR this week while reflecting on Teddy Perkins. “I wanted to know more about [the actor], so I started asking him questions. And Donald had a whole history prepared. He was saying he’s been acting for a long time. And I was like,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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