Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'
5/11/202646 min
Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in Italy the second season of ‘The White Lotus.’ Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in the new STARZ limited TV series ‘Amadeus.’ He spoke with Fresh Air producer Ann Marie Baldonado about studying piano, acting opposite Kieran Culkin in ‘A Real Pain,’ and feeling like an outsider as a kid.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
This week on Up First, President Trump heads to China. On the agenda, Taiwan, AI, and the war with Iran, a close Chinese ally and trade partner. One big question: Will Trump ask China to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? We're reporting from Beijing on a week of major news that affects the world and your wallet on Up First. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ann Marie Baldonado· Host0:23
This is Fresh Air. I'm Ann Marie Baldonado, sitting in for Terry Gross, who's home sick today. Our guest is award-winning actor, writer, and director Will Sharpe. You may have first encountered him in the second season of The White Lotus, where he played Ethan, a newly wealthy tech founder whose marriage may be unraveling. For that role, he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. But Sharpe had been noticed for his work already. He's been nominated for numerous BAFTAs, that's the UK equivalent of the Oscars and Emmys, for writing and creating shows like Flowers, a comedy about a family struggling with depression, grief, and loneliness. He received a BAFTA for acting in the BBC Netflix series Giri/Haji. More recently, he's appeared in Lena Dunham's series Too Much and the Oscar-winning film A Real Pain. Now he stars as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a new limited series, Amadeus, adapted