Bill Hader breaks out of the 'SNL' mold with HBO's 'Barry,' the story of a hit man with a dream
LOS ANGELES - Inside a dark soundstage in Culver City last year, Bill Hader stands at the corner of a stage. Dressed to the nondescript nines in a chambray shirt and khakis, he looks nervous, glancing at pages held tightly in his hands as his fellow actors debate a character's morality in a rehearsal for "Macbeth."
He's reticent but finally interjects in the familiar, Midwestern half-drawl he deployed for eight seasons on "Saturday Night Live. "I don't know, I think Shakespeare whiffed it." With increased aggravation, he builds a case from his own background that there's a possibility for redemption.
It's a strange conclusion, but in the context of HBO's "Barry" - a half-hour series featuring Hader
