But I don't think that should be a gauge as to one's relationship with the work that they've done, especially if they're committed to it and passionate about it. Whenever you do art, sometimes people react to it with this swell of enthusiasm and sometimes people don't, or you misalign. It's been wonderful because I'm glad that people are seeing what I saw in the writing and in the people that I was working with, but I'm finding I have to take moments to just step away from it just to keep balance. The last couple of things that I was on that had this kind of reaction, I didn't have social media. The audience reaction has matched all of those things. Then I got on set and was really excited about the people that I was working with, and I saw the finished and I was excited about what I saw. I read the script and was really excited about what I was reading, and then I was a bit nervous getting onto set.
It's been a little overwhelming, if I'm completely honest. What has the reaction to The Diplomat been like for you, now that it's out in the world? Over Zoom, Gyasi chatted with T&C all about the "overwhelming" reaction to the Netflix show, reveals what was said in that final scene, and shares why he wishes a politician like Dennison existed in real life. I just saw Ato reading it and he goes, 'No fucking way!' And I'm like, 'No, no, no, I'm not there yet!'" We were all reading it and I was like 10 pages behind. We all got on the same day and I was filming. " You are just hungry for the next script. "It's that intriguing and that good a script," he tells Town & Country over Zoom. Courtesy of Netflixįor actor David Gyasi, who has starred in Cloud Atlas, Interstellar, and Carnival Row, the final scene cements why he took on the role of Dennison in the first place. David Gyasi as Austin Dennison in The Diplomat, now streaming on Netflix.
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