No More Mr. Nice Guy

After a career playing gentle souls like the tech simp in Ex Machina and the eldest Weasley brother in the Harry Potterseries—and, okay, a wicked general in the latest Star Warstrilogy—Domhnall Gleeson found himself stretching for the new FX on Hulu series The Patient. The show, the premiere of which is now available, stars Gleeson as a serial killer who kidnaps a therapist (Steve Carell), hoping that the doctor can help him overcome his murderous impulses. As the titular patient, though, Gleeson also felt compelled to create a character who’s different from your typical criminal mastermind. On Little Gold Men this week, the Irish actor talks to David Canfield about what he’s looking for at this point in his career, and figuring out what he had in common with a killer. 

Elsewhere in HWD, Rachel Williams sues Netflix for making her look “horrible” in Inventing Anna; Chris Rock says he declined to host the Oscars again, post-slap; filming on a new Natalie Portman series hits an unusual snag; and we laud the best-dressed celebrities at Sunday’s Video Music Awards.

Killer Role

Domhnall Gleeson on breaking bad for The Patient, now out from FX on Hulu.

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Inventing Drama

Former VF staffer Rachel Williams, who was scammed out of $62,000 by Anna Sorokin (a.k.a. Anna Delvey), is suing Netflix over her depiction in Inventing Anna.

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No Thank You

During a set at the Arizona Financial Theatre, Rock revealed that he was asked to return to host the Oscars for a third time, post-slap.

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Charm City

Filming on Lady in the Lake, an Apple TV+ production, was suspended after a group of Baltimore locals attempted to extort $50,000 from the crew to stop filming—saying if they weren’t paid, they would “come back later this evening [and] shoot someone.”

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Best Dressed

From Taylor Swift to Lil Nas X, these stars and their over-the-top fashion made red-carpet history at Sunday’s VMAs.

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