Facebook Twitter Instagram
    • Services
    • Aircheck for Actors
    • Demo Reels
    • Audition Prep/Self-Tape Reader
    • Website Design
    • Mailing Labels
    • Contribute
    • Industry Links
    • Advertise
    Daily Actor
    • Acting Tips
      • Actors on Acting
      • Advice Columns
      • Acting Quotes
      • Audition Tapes
      • How To Become An Actor
      • How to Memorize Lines
    • Monologues
      • Monologues from Plays
      • Monologues from Movies
      • Monologues from Musicals
      • Comedic Monologues
      • Dramatic Monologues
      • One Minute Monologues
      • Monologues for Women
      • Monologues for Men
      • Monologues for Teens
      • Monologues for Kids
      • All Monologues
    • Acting Resources
      • Acting Resume
        • Acting Resume Template
      • Acting Classes
        • Los Angeles Acting Classes
        • Las Vegas Acting Classes
        • San Diego Acting Classes
      • Acting Schools and Colleges
        • Los Angeles
        • New York
        • BFA Acting Schools
      • Casting Websites
      • Headshot Photographers
        • Los Angeles
        • New York City
        • Headshot Printing
      • Acting Techniques
        • What is Method Acting?
      • Stage Directions
      • Demo Reels: Everything You Need to Know
    • Interviews
      Featured
      Jeremy Davis Olaf in Frozen Interview

      Interview: Jeremy Davis on Playing Olaf in ‘Frozen’, Costume Mishaps and Making the Role His Own

      Recent
      Jeremy Davis Olaf in Frozen Interview

      Interview: Jeremy Davis on Playing Olaf in ‘Frozen’, Costume Mishaps and Making the Role His Own

      January 19, 2023
      Casting Director Kim Coleman Interview

      Interview: Casting Director Kim Coleman on ‘Five Days at Memorial’, Self-Tape Tips and Portraying Real People

      January 11, 2023
      David Christopher Wells To Kill a Mockingbird Interview

      Interview: David Christopher Wells on His Role in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Being an Understudy and Getting His MFA

      December 27, 2022
    • Actor Blogs
    • Reviews
      • Movies
      • Theater
      • Books
      • Products
    • Actor Services
      • Airchecks
      • Demo Reels
      • Website Design
      • Mailing Labels
    Daily Actor
    Home » Actors on Acting » Josh Hartnett on His Return to Television: “It’s been a learning experience”
    Actors on Acting

    Josh Hartnett on His Return to Television: “It’s been a learning experience”

    Chris McKittrickBy Chris McKittrickMay 9, 2014Updated:September 16, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

    josh-hartnett-penny-dreadful

    The main problem with being considered a teen heartthrob actor is that the hearts of millions of teenagers stop throbbing at some point. In the early 2000s, Josh Hartnett was best known for playing the good looking guy in movies like The Virgin Suicides, Pearl Harbor, O, and 40 Days and 40 Nights. Although he also starred in critically acclaimed movies for maturer audiences like Black Hawk Down and Sin City, Hartnett’s profile has fallen as his days of being featured on teen magazine covers have passed. However, that doesn’t mean Hartnett hasn’t been working. Like many actors whose film careers have seen better days, he has made the move to premium cable television by starring in the Showtime horror series Penny Dreadful. He spoke to the Los Angeles Times about what he has been up to since his heartthrob heyday and how he’s coping with playing a character in a television series rather than a film.

    As for how Hartnett has felt about his work over the past decade, he explains, “Basically I grew and learned. For me, when people ask what happened to me, it’s a little weird, because I have been working this whole time. And the thing is, I feel like I spent a lot of time doing work that was worthy and good, but it’s a little frustrating when the stuff you care about isn’t seen because it isn’t high-profile.”

    Though Hartnett first got noticed on the short-lived television series Cracker, he admits that he found it difficult getting into character on Penny Dreadful because the series is open-ended and does not yet tell a complete story. He says, “I kept asking John [Logan, series creator and writer] where the character was coming from. I needed to know. He was like, ‘I don’t know yet. You kind of have to leave your options open or just choose something.’ It was something I couldn’t wrap my brain around. What if I choose the wrong thing? It’s been a learning experience.”

    Related

    Previous ArticleInterview: Actress Sarah Smick on Her Directorial Debut, ‘Friended to Death’
    Next Article Megan Hilty on the Failure of ‘Smash’: “I can only do so much”

    Related Posts

    Acting Teacher Terry Knickerbocker

    There’s No Such Thing As “Chemistry” In Acting

    January 26, 2023
    Jeremy Davis Olaf in Frozen Interview

    Interview: Jeremy Davis on Playing Olaf in ‘Frozen’, Costume Mishaps and Making the Role His Own

    January 19, 2023
    Casting Director Kim Coleman Interview

    Interview: Casting Director Kim Coleman on ‘Five Days at Memorial’, Self-Tape Tips and Portraying Real People

    January 11, 2023
    Add A Comment

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Daily Actor Facebook Daily Actor Twitter Daily Actor Instagram Daily Actor Pinterest Daily Actor YouTube Page
    Popular Pages
    Become An Actor | Acting Tips | Acting Quotes
    Acting Resume | Resume Template
    Headshot Photographers
    Los Angeles | New York
    Print Your Headshots
    Acting Schools & Colleges
    Los Angeles | New York
    Monologues
    Movies | Plays | Comedic | Dramatic
    Men | Women | Teens | Kids
    • Contact
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Resource Listings
    • Write A Column
    • Contribute
    • Privacy Policy

    Disclaimer: Daily Actor at times uses affiliate links to sites like Amazon.com, streaming services, and others. Affiliate links provides compensation to Daily Actor which helps us remain online, giving you the resources and information actors like you are looking for.

    © 2023 Daily Actor

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.