The company you keep7/6/2023 ![]() It was just drawn from a different inspiration. I don’t even think I had to reach that much to find Jack. But for the most part, each one of these men that I play have their own identities, their own lives, their own fears, and it’s up to me-and a lot of times, the writers-to discover those things and then dive completely into them. Keeping myself out of the public eye when I can has been pretty important. Throughout the course of my career, I’ve tried to keep myself a bit of a blank slate, so that when I dive into a character, people wholeheartedly believe they’re not watching me playing dress-up as somebody else. When you’ve essentially played America’s TV dad on a show that is very much still part of the cultural zeitgeist, how do you go about creating a new character that helps your existing audience see you in a new light? In his Culture Diet interview, Ventimiglia opens up about his approach to playing a con artist disguised as an everyman, the eclectic playlist of songs he made for Charlie, and his desire to make a photo book that commemorates his time on This Is Us. I think he’s also a deeply emotional person who is looking for connectivity and loves the ones he’s around.” “He throws himself into his work as a con artist, strapping on different characters like I do as an actor. “Charlie, in a strange way, is similar to myself,” Ventimiglia, who also serves as an executive producer, tells W from his hotel room in New York City. But when Emma begins investigating the Irish crime syndicate that has been blackmailing Charlie’s family for a con gone wrong, the two lovers are put on a dangerous collision course that could ruin not only their burgeoning relationship but also the lives of their respective families. The two fall in love after meeting by chance at a bar, seemingly unaware of the other person’s profession. ![]() Inspired by the Korean series My Fellow Citizens!, Company follows Charlie Nicoletti (Ventimiglia), a charming con man from a Baltimore family of grifters, and Emma Hill (Catherine Haena Kim), an undercover CIA agent from an Asian-American political dynasty. In fact, two weeks after shooting his last scene on This Is Us, the actor was already back on the same Paramount lot with about 90 percent of the same crew members to shoot the pilot of The Company You Keep, the new ABC romantic crime drama that airs Sundays at 10/9c. After six seasons of playing the beloved patriarch on the NBC family drama This Is Us, Ventimiglia-who had risen to fame in the aughts as Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls and Peter Petrelli on Heroes-felt ready to push himself creatively. ![]() Milo Ventimiglia is ready to lay Jack Pearson to rest. ![]()
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