Paul Giamatti doesn’t just enter the world of Black Mirror—he practically haunts it in “Eulogy,” a quietly devastating episode from the anthology’s seventh season. In a wide-ranging and deeply thoughtful conversation with Awards Buzz’s Sari Cohen, Giamatti opens up about the surreal experience of stepping into a script that, as he puts it, popped off the page, and the psychological depths it asked him to explore.
Known for his layered, human performances, Giamatti brings a complex vulnerability to the role of Philip—someone caught in a digital limbo where memory, regret, and reality blur in unsettling ways.
With trademark honesty and a hint of sideways humor (yes, that kind of sideways), Giamatti reflects on working with Charlie Brooker—who calls him a personal hero—the eerie use of real performers frozen in photos, and the emotional cost of confronting a younger version of yourself.
From his sci-fi dreams to his thoughts on digital identity, Giamatti delivers insight, warmth, and a few reality-check laughs.
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