{"id":68172,"date":"2023-02-17T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/dexter-star-jack-alcott-on-defying-stereotypes-in-poker-face-hopes-for-more-new-blood\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:12:09","slug":"dexter-star-jack-alcott-on-defying-stereotypes-in-poker-face-hopes-for-more-new-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/dexter-star-jack-alcott-on-defying-stereotypes-in-poker-face-hopes-for-more-new-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dexter&#8217; Star Jack Alcott on Defying Stereotypes in &#8216;Poker Face&#8217; &#038; Hopes for More &#8216;New Blood&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for <i>Poker Face,<\/i> Season 1, Episode 7, \u201cThe Future of the Sport.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You could acknowledge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jack-alcott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Alcott<\/a> when his character Randy pops up within the newest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/peacock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peacock<\/a>\u2018s newly-renewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/poker-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Poker Face<\/em><\/a>, but it\u2019s comprehensible if it takes a second or two to position him. That\u2019s as a result of the actor appears to be like and sounds fairly completely different from when he was Harrison Morgan in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/showtime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Showtime<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/dexter-new-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dexter: New Blood<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, he\u2019s taking part in a go-kart observe worker who&#8217;s besties with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/charles-melton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Melton<\/a>\u2018s Davis McDowell, an up-and-coming racer who has a beef with seasoned vet Keith Owens (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/tim-blake-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Blake Nelson<\/a>). The feuding racers\u2019 battle finally results in devastating penalties when Keith\u2019s daughter Katy (Jasmine Aiyana Garvin) winds up severely injured after Davis permits her to drive his automobile, which was tampered with by Keith. The solely catch is, Davis knew the car wasn\u2019t working proper and additional incapacitated it earlier than inviting Katy to get behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Below, Alcott opens up about taking part in Davis\u2019 ride-or-die pal, the place his character would stand on Davis\u2019 actions, and hopes for a possible future as Harrison on newly-announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/dexter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dexter<\/em><\/a> spinoffs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1082090\" style=\"width: 868px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1082090\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1082090 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-858x570.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Alcott, Charles Melton, and Natasha Lyonne in 'Poker Face'\" width=\"858\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-858x570.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-435x289.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-570x379.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne-1014x674.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/poker-face-season-1-jack-alcott-charles-melton-natasha-lyonne.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1082090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: Phillip Caruso\/Peacock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How was the position launched to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Alcott: <\/strong>It got here [to me] as an audition packet, and with a job of that dimension, often there\u2019s simply not as a lot materials so that you can chew into, notably whenever you\u2019re auditioning. But on this case, I had a lot enjoyable with it. I keep in mind goofing round and sending it in simply feeling like I had had enjoyable, which isn\u2019t all the time the case with self-tape. The very last thing I did earlier than that was <em>Dexter: New Blood<\/em>, which that character couldn&#8217;t be extra completely different. I used to be very excited to strive one thing completely different. And the character\u2019s dialect was not famous within the script, I used to be simply pondering this feels southern and I say \u201cain\u2019t\u201d sufficient occasions within the script that I used to be like, \u201cyou know, let me just throw that in there.\u201d My mom\u2019s aspect of the household is from east Tennessee, so I simply thought, \u201cI\u2019m gonna just ratchet that up and see what happens.\u201d It simply ended up being a ton of enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of creating the position Southern, Randy may have simply been a caricature. Was it necessary to lean into stereotypes or do you assume he defies them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was actually enjoyable to lean into a number of the stereotypical qualities of Randy. I feel lots of people know any individual form of like that. But you realize, he\u2019s a very fantastic man and an excellent loyal good friend, he\u2019s simply not the sharpest software within the shed however would do something for those who he cares about. I feel when you\u2019re on set, and I\u2019m working with Iain MacDonald who is a superb director, we have been in a position to choose and select what to tone down as a result of we don\u2019t need him to be a stereotype.<\/p>\n<p>I really feel like a whole lot of Rian Johnson\u2019s tales, uh, and it\u2019s one of many issues that makes them so sensible is that they\u2019re, um, they\u2019re stylized and so they\u2019re distinctive, however they\u2019re not stereotypical and so they\u2019re not flat or one dimensional, they\u2019re tremendous nuanced. Once the digital camera\u2019s rolling, you\u2019re not fascinated by the alternatives you\u2019re making, I\u2019m listening to Charles, or I\u2019m listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/natasha-lyonne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natasha<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/natasha-lyonne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyonne<\/a>]. They\u2019re each such sensible performers all I have to do is bounce off them and it\u2019ll work out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy is ride-or-die mates with Davis. What was it like constructing that with Charles and do you assume Randy can be so ride-or-die if he knew Davis purposely harmed Katy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a troublesome one. I feel he&#8217;s somebody who would keep on with his weapons and his boys, um, beneath nearly any circumstances. Maybe if it have been any individual else, I may so think about Randy serving to Davis cover a physique. That can be hilarious, however not Katie\u2019s physique. I don\u2019t assume Randy may convey himself to be complicit within the homicide or intentional extreme damage is somebody who\u2019s completely harmless. And Charles, I knew who he was, however I didn\u2019t know a lot about him. And, he\u2019s such a bro, he\u2019s one of the best and simply couldn&#8217;t be nicer and extra beneficiant. There are some actors you&#8217;ll be able to simply nerd out with about performing and he was completely one in all them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the flipside, Randy helps piece collectively clues with Charlie. What was it like taking part in off of Natasha?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, she\u2019s Natasha. She\u2019s sensible and distinctive. Getting to share the display screen was so dope. She\u2019s so unbelievably spectacular watching her work as a result of the episode that was being shot after ours, she was directing. So in between each take she would really like run over to the DP of her episode and they&#8217;d be writing and brainstorming stuff about their episode. So she had her performing mind going, she had her producer mind, her director mind, and her author mind all working on the identical time and was in a position to execute all of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You talked about <\/strong><strong><i>Dexter: New Blood<\/i>. It\u2019s been revealed that Showtime is engaged on a number of spinoffs, together with one following your character. Do you hope to take part within the present once more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do know what everyone else is aware of. I do know that if it does transfer ahead, I couldn\u2019t be extra . What a loopy superior character to get to discover. So many sides, a lot happening, like a literal dream position. So yeah, very a lot into revisiting that. Until then, I\u2019m on the hunt for my subsequent journey and I\u2019m enthusiastic about that. So, we\u2019ll see what that&#8217;s, no matter it&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Poker Face<\/i>, New Episodes, Thursdays, Peacock<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Poker Face, Season 1, Episode 7, \u201cThe Future of the Sport.\u201d] You could acknowledge Jack Alcott when his character Randy pops up within the newest episode of Peacock\u2018s newly-renewed Poker Face, but it\u2019s comprehensible if it takes a second or two to position him. 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