{"id":5727,"date":"2020-06-11T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/philip-ettingers-role-on-i-know-this-much-is-true-hits-close-to-home\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T01:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T22:32:00","slug":"philip-ettingers-role-on-i-know-this-much-is-true-hits-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/philip-ettingers-role-on-i-know-this-much-is-true-hits-close-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"#Philip Ettinger\u2019s role on \u2018I Know This Much Is True\u2019 hits close to home"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Philip Ettinger\u2019s role on \u2018I Know This Much Is True\u2019 hits close to home<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 10, 2020 |<\/span> 6:32pm <\/p>\n

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\n Philip Ettinger in “I Know This Much Is True.”<\/span>
\n Atsushi Nishijima\/HBO<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n Philip Ettinger\u2019s dual role in \u201cI Know This Much Is True\u201d hit very close to home.<\/p>\n

Ettinger, 34, plays teen\/college-age identical twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in the acclaimed HBO drama starring Mark Ruffalo (as the older brothers).<\/p>\n

As the series<\/a> progresses, Thomas\u2019 paranoid schizophrenia manifests itself when the brothers get to college; Dominick, who fiercely loves and protects his brother, can only look on helplessly.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother, who\u2019s 13 years older than me, started to get symptoms [of schizophrenia] when he was in his early 20s and I was around 9,\u201d says Ettinger, who grew up in nearby Fair Lawn, NJ. \u201cThe age gap what it was between us, I didn\u2019t understand what was happ<\/a>ening.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing great now and he\u2019s been watching [the series] and it\u2019s really moving him,\u201d he says. \u201cMy own dad, who\u2019s not the most outwardly emotional person, has called me after every episode and he\u2019s really emotional. He repressed a lot of his own feelings and related to Dominick\u2019s frustration and anger toward Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, Dominick can act like an a\u2013hole at times, but he\u2019s trying to cope with the skills and tools he has,\u201d he says. \u201cHe\u2019s got so much weight on his shoulders \u2014 and I\u2019m happy we didn\u2019t sugarcoat that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Philip Ettinger in \u201cI Know This Much Is True.\u201d<\/span>Atsushi Nishijima\/HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ettinger (\u201cOne Dollar,\u201d \u201cThe Evening Hour\u201d) says his personal history was his motivating factor in auditioning for the roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t to score a job with cool people,\u201d he says. \u201cI felt inspired to represent [the brothers] correctly and subtly and not do the crazy cliche thing, to find the nuance. When I got the audition, a good friend of mine, who had already auditioned for the young Dessa [Dominick\u2019s future wife], e-mailed me and said, \u2018You\u2019re going to get the role.\u2019 I felt that the universe was laying something out for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ettinger shot his dual roles while Ruffalo \u2014 who filmed his part as the 40-ish Dominick first \u2014 took time off to gain weight for his portrayal of the older, heavily medicated Thomas, who\u2019s spent two decades in Connecticut psychiatric facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the first one to play Thomas, so that was interesting,\u201d Ettinger says. \u201cMark and I had to collaborate on that. There was a great night where we met in a diner on the Upper West Side and walked all around the city. I kind of needed to get his blessing because I had this idea of how to play Thomas and luckily there were many kindred feelings between us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe joined forces on that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mark Ruffalo in \u201cI Know This Much Is True.\u201d<\/span>HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ettinger says that filming both roles simultaneously was extremely challenging.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried everything that first day,\u201d he says. \u201cWe had a double there and recorded his voice and played it back to me and that didn\u2019t work. I played Dominick first, to try to get the skeleton of the scene \u2014 I would do scenes that made me a little frustrated, angry and repressed \u2014 and then I would release that filter [for Thomas]. We ended up improvising a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ettinger says the scene that really helped him \u201cget\u201d the brothers\u2019 emotional essence is when Thomas asks Dominic what it\u2019s like to sleep with a woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got so emotional playing Thomas in that scene, where Dominick is telling him what sex is like and Thomas knows he\u2019ll never experience anything like that,\u201d he says. \u201cThat happened in the moment and it wasn\u2019t planned. Luckily they caught it on camera.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, Ettinger says, he\u2019s been hearing from people all around the world since the series premiered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response of people who\u2019ve dealt with these issues of survival and are struggling to keep their heads above water has been so special,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if people would tune out because it\u2019s too much to handle, but they\u2019re relating to it and connecting through the pain and emotion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cool to see.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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