With a career as long and diverse as Edward Herrmann’s there is much to discuss. When he died, I wrote a piece for Ebert, focusing on just one moment in Warren Beatty’s Reds, a moment that (in its small way) helps make the whole thing possible.
That’s the job of a character actor.
Just one line: Edward Herrmann, 1943-2014
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That’s such a great article.
Also, that line delivery you focus on, Eastman’s sadly sympathetic “Welcome home” when he meets Reed at customs, I thought of that at several point watching Oppenheimer. Some things stay the same.
Mike – hey! Yes – same vibe. the tide turns. Edward Herrmann had the heavy-lifting job to show us what happened in America the entire time John was away. we didn’t SEE any of it.