My worst moment: ‘Barry’ star Stephen Root and the vomit bucket
As Monroe Fuches, the uncle and now former “manager” of the (initially reluctant) hitman played by Bill Hader on HBO’s “Barry,” Stephen Root said the show’s third season is now focused on “consequences and revenge. And that applies to all the characters, in terms of how bad Barry’s PTSD is getting.”
One of Fuches’ distinguishing characteristics early on was his matter-of-factness about being a hitman’s handler. “That’s an interesting story, because when we shot the pilot, and he was a very loud, screaming kind of guy,” said Root. “And the question was, where is this going to go if he’s already at 11? So we rethought it and reshot my part to play him as a very soft-spoken bad uncle: Hi, I’m going to
