Hamish Linklater Shares How Robin Williams Influenced His Career
The Midnight Mass actor plays Abraham Lincoln in the new series Manhunt, and recounted how Robin Williams shaped his acting.
Hamish Linklater is a fascinating actor who turned a lot of heads as the new priest in Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass, brought a lot of laughs alongside Julia-Louis Dreyfus in The New Adventures of Old Christine, and melted the hearts of indie film fans with The Future. From The Big Short to Legion, he has an extremely broad range and a disciplined, thoughtful disposition. So it's a bit surprising that the first advice and influence which came to Linklater's mind when MovieWeb recently interviewed him was Robin Williams. When discussing acting, Linklater brought up the beloved icon:
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