William H. Macy Would ‘Rather Do Some Bigger Films’ Than a Long-Running Series Like ‘Shameless’ Again: I Have a ‘Bucket List’
27.01.2023 - 18:49
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William H. Macy isn’t completely sold on doing another long-running TV series following his impressive 11-year stint on Shameless.
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“I don’t think so, but never say never. I have sort of a bucket list of things I’d like to do, and I’m concentrating on that,” the Emmy winner, 72, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “But if a series came along, it could happen. I would rather do some bigger films. I’d like to play the bad guy. I mean, a really bad guy. I’ve never done horror.”
Macy played Frank Gallagher on the beloved Showtime drama from 2011 to 2021. Since then, he’s appeared in Hulu’s The Dropout and currently stars alongside Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere in the romantic comedy Maybe I Do, which hits theaters on Friday, January 27.
“I did Shameless for 11 years. And unlike a big feature, one of those tent pole things where you spend most of the time in the trailer waiting for your tiny little bit, I mean, they’ll shoot a quarter of a page in a day. On Shameless we would shoot 11 pages in a day. Thank you very much,” he told Us, laughing. “I like that because as an actor, I was on set all the time. They got very good at scheduling it. And when I was there, I was acting. And that’s what I love to do the most. I like it when everyone gets quiet and it’s my turn. The part of waiting around, that gets a little clawing after a while.”
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Although he’s said goodbye to his fictional Chicago family, he still keeps track of them. “All the cast from Shameless, they’re all working. Jeremy [Allen White] is just killing it on his series The Bear. Oh my God, he’s magnificent on that,” he gushed. “Shanola’s [Hampton] going from one project to another.”
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