Steven Yeun said in his speech,“Judgment and shame are lonely places, but compassion and grace are places where we can all meet” .
Steven Yeun, 2023 Beef Emmy Award winner, accepts cake.
The 40-year-old star Steven Yeun won the award for best performance in a miniseries or movie at the Netflix show on Monday.
This category includes Daniel Radcliffe for Strange, The Curious Case of Al Yankovic, Evan Peters for Monster.The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer, Kumail Nanjiani for Welcome to Chippendales and George and Tammy for George and Tammy, Michael Shannon and Taron Egerton for “Black Bird” ” were also nominated.
In his acceptance speech, Steven Yeun said, “I would like to thank you for this great honor and blessing. There are many people I would like to thank. I am grateful to the many people who watched me when I entered this business.” Ta “he said in his welcoming speech.”
“There were days when it was difficult to live in Danny’s shoes. Sometimes I wanted to criticize him and sometimes I wanted to laugh at him,” Steven Yeun said Beef photographer Andrew Cooper once told him. He reportedly told her: “You should never let him out on bail.” Oh Danny. »
“I express gratitude to Danny for imparting the lesson that judgment and shame create isolation, whereas compassion and grace provide a common ground for us all,” stated the former cast member of The Walking Dead.
In Beef, Steven Yeun plays Danny Cho, whose pent-up anger erupts after a street brawl with Amy Lau (Ali Wong) and the lives of two former strangers unexpectedly intertwine, setting the stage for an in-depth cultural exploration.
“There’s a lot going on,” Steven Yeun told about the creative process before and during production of the Netflix series. “I believe we’ll commence from a certain point and then delve further. That’s what I’m always looking for.”
At the time, the “No” star told NPR that the role reminded him of his youth.
“Playing Danny sometimes required me to return to parts of myself that I hadn’t encountered when I was younger,” Steven Yeun explained.
“With Danny, that in itself wasn’t cathartic. I’m tired of being angry for so long. Every day I would come on set and just say, “Danny is doing something.” “What today?” And I thought, “How can I justify this?” How can I not hate Danny? How can I love Danny? How can I not leave Danny? Because Danny is for all of us. And why can I never save what an ordinary person never saves?
Fellow nominee Radcliffe, 32, who played “Weird Al” Yankovic in the wild Roku Channel biopic, appeared on The View in March 2022 wearing a wig and revealed that he recreated the singer’s signature curly locks while playing the accordion. , the mustache was all his.
Radcliffe informed Ana Navarro, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Haines, and Sunny Hostin, stating, “Genuine mustache, artificial hair. Do your best to avoid fake beards if you can. Please stretch them.”
According to a press release, Radcliffe said the film “portrays every aspect of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat This’ and ‘Like a Surgeon.’ Love and the famous depraved lifestyle. »
Radcliffe said of making the film: “To be honest, it was an incredibly fast shoot, about 18 days. However, it ranked among the most enjoyable moments I’ve ever encountered in my life.”
Peters summoned his inner demons to play notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The Netflix series chronicles many of Dahmer’s crimes from the perspective of his victims. This is the latest in Ryan Murphy’s series of projects about the Dahmer murders. It was first announced in March 2021 and was helmed by American Horror Story alum Peters.
The 36-year-old latest Emmy winner opened up about what it’s like to embody a serial killer during a moderated panel discussion hosted by Netflix in October 2022.
“I brought a lot of darkness and negativity to the role because I wanted to give 120 percent throughout the whole process,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor was expected to focus on finishing the series. when he fought for Dahmer’s life.
Peter said he went back to watching some comedy films to take a break from the spooky events. “It’s just seeing the end goal and knowing when it’s going to end and finally being able to take a breath and let go and say, ‘Okay, now is the time to bring joy.’ and bring some lightness, watch comedy and romance, go back to St. Louis, see family and friends, and yes, watch Step Brothers.
“I wanted to give 120 percent to this role, so I brought a lot of darkness and negativity to it,” The Hollywood Reporter said. The actor decided to focus on finishing the series while he fought for Dahmer’s life.
In Hulu’s Welcome to Chippendales, Nanjiani plays Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who starts an all-male stripper empire.
Nanjiani told Vanity Fair in August 2022, “In terms of the length of the shoot, the content of the scenes, and the emotional complexity of the scenes, it’s unlike anything I’ve ever done. “This is one of the most difficult jobs. I once had.” I just jumped in and believed that along the way it would manifest itself, and it did.”
In an interview with PEOPLE in May of that year, Nanjiani delved deeper into Banerjee’s haunting fate. “People don’t know that the real story is really outlandish,” he added. “Some really amazing things have happened, and it’s amazing how few people know about them.”
Nanjiani noted that the series has “a lot of twists and turns” and elaborated that “the show itself spans 15 years, from its inception and all the [Chippendales] hype to the point where its popularity began to wane.” .
Shannon played the role of country legend George Jones in the Showtime series George and Tammy.
During that time, Jones and Tammy Wynette had 30 chart-topping hits and won the Mr. and Mrs. Country Music title several times. However, their tumultuous personal lives meant their passionate marriage ended in 1975 after just six years, leaving behind a string of hits and heartbreak.
Their complicated love story is told in a six-part miniseries starring Jessica Chastain and Shannon as Tammy, a bittersweet trip down memory lane for Georgette Jones-Lennon, the late couple’s only daughter.
“But the reason it’s therapeutic is because you start to remember things that you’ve buried for a long time, whether they’re painful memories or good memories.”
Egerton played the role of Jimmy Keene, a prisoner who tries to extract a confession from murder suspect Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) with an agreement that he will be released if he succeeds.
This story is based on James Keane and Hillel Levin’s acclaimed crime memoir, In Company with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption.
In addition to Egerton, Houser and Ray Liotta, who was nominated following his sudden death at age 67 in May 2022, were also nominated for this year’s Emmys.
Liotta Carsen’s daughter expressed her gratitude in a statement to PEOPLE last July. He’s incredibly proud of his performance in Blackbird and it meant a lot to him to be nominated alongside Claw and Paul.