Morgan Spector is no stranger to intensity — whether navigating espionage in Homeland or high society scandal in The Gilded Age, he’s carved out a niche playing men under pressure. But in I Don’t Understand You, the pressure simmers under a different kind of surface: linguistic confusion, cultural disorientation, and a relationship teetering on the edge.
Reuniting with directors Brian Crano and David Craig for the first time since 2018’s Permission, Spector steps into the role of Massimo with a restrained kind of comedy — the kind that reveals itself slowly, uncomfortably, and all too relatably.
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In this conversation with Sari Cohen, he opens up about the art of quiet unraveling, emotional tourism, and why sometimes the hardest thing to play… is a man trying to hold it together.
I Don’t Understand You is in theaters now.
