John Magaro sits down with Amon Warmann at the iconic Curzon Mayfair to discuss his role in the Academy Award-nominated film SEPTEMBER 5, the challenges of acting and watching Back to The Future every day for a year.
In SEPTEMBER 5, Magaro plays live broadcast producer Geoffrey S. Mason, whose team must adapt to covering the hostage situation involves athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
SEPTEMBER 5 is now showing at Curzon.
0:00 intro and John Magaro’s first experience on set
1:31 revisiting Munich before September 5
2:20 thoughts on reading a script before taking a role
3:10 Magaro’s first approach to September 5
4:30 core inspiration from shadowing in a live broadcast control room
6:50 lessons from extreme acting methods
9:02 cinema-going habits
10:00 watching Back to The Future & great cinema outside of comfort films
11:55 challenging roles as an actor
13:43 on actor-character relationships