Timothy Olyphant Talks ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and His Love of Music

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Daisy Jones & The Six.]Based mostly on the best-selling novel of the identical identify from Taylor Jenkins Reid, the Amazon Studios/Hi there Sunshine sequence Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of the meteoric rise and crash-and-burn implosion of the long-lasting Nineteen Seventies band, fronted by Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin). The 2 charismatic singers are introduced collectively to discover their shared love of music, however whereas their mixed artistry is magic, their personalities conflict, changing into poisonous for everybody round them and ultimately tearing them aside. As their story is recounted instantly by the band, via their private truths and the songs that outlined them, you’ll find out how need and dedication, and fame and success, can’t at all times overcome all of it.

Throughout this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Timothy Olyphant (who performs tour supervisor Rod Reyes) talked about how he ready to play the band’s tour supervisor, his personal love of music, what it’s wish to hook a giant fish within the music trade, loving every part concerning the wardrobe, the place there’s one thing interesting to an artist about by no means being certain what the subsequent gig or appearing position will likely be, and what it was wish to be there for the Soldier Subject live performance.

Collider: In doing a challenge like this, once you’re coping with a e book that individuals love and has this built-in fan base, does that turn out to be one thing of a bible for you, exterior the script, or does it work higher so that you can take a look at issues like bands and musicians, areas, and simply this entire period?

TIMOTHY OLYPHANT: The e book, for me, was only a nice learn. Even earlier than getting all of the scripts, it was only a cool e book. It’s at all times good once you learn some materials that’s actually nice, and then you definitely suppose, “Oh, I’d have the ability to be match into this in some way.” After that, you let go of it, apart from what you’ve sourced already, and it turns into a little bit of a leaping off level. The character of an adaptation implies that you’re taking it in its personal route. I did examine loads of tour managers. There have been some nice ones, and there have been some traditional interviews. Each of my brothers have been within the enterprise, and my older brother continues to be within the enterprise. I’ve been round it quite a bit. Regardless that it’s a unique decade, it’s roughly the identical gig and the identical struggles and the identical heartaches. I used to be round it quite a bit.

I’ve liked music my entire life, I’ve been a live performance photographer since I used to be 15, and I’ve labored instantly with loads of bands, and I’ve run into loads of guys like your character. He simply appeared so actual and genuine, in a approach that you would discover him with any variety of bands. even at present.

OLYPHANT: It’s no totally different from being in present enterprise. When you’re round sufficient First ADs, they begin to slim right down to a kind, to some extent. However that e book was well-researched. (Writer) Taylor [Jenkins Reid] knew what she was writing about, and (producer) Scott [Neustadter] isn’t any dummy both. I used to be in actually good fingers. After which, you placed on these outfits, and it’s straightforward after that.

Are you, personally, a music man? Are you somebody who has a connection to music, your self? Are there bands that you simply’re a fan of, that you simply’ve been curious concerning the private story of?

OLYPHANT: I like music. I haven’t thrown out my CD assortment. It was a giant deal, rising up with my brothers. It’s been a giant deal, my entire life, seeing music, listening to music, and speaking about music. I want it was one thing that got here straightforward to me. It’s not. I’ve discovered issues for work, but it surely’s simply not my language. However I like being round music, of every kind.

What do you suppose this man noticed on this band? This sort of job is a bit like herding cats. It’s onerous to maintain monitor of rock stars. So, what do you suppose made this band price it to him?

OLYPHANT: Nicely, it’s a very good job. If that’s what you do for a dwelling and should you can hook a giant fish that’s gonna carry you for some time, that’s fairly enormous. You’re so depending on the band’s success to take care of your job, to be a part of that household, and to not must preserve on the lookout for different bands. Even within the present, it’s such a wanted gig. This band is blowing up, and he’s fairly certain that there’s not gonna be any band that’s that profitable, that’s gonna be straightforward. what you’re moving into.

Due to the construction of the storytelling of this, we’re experiencing this story in its wildest moments, but in addition via reflection with every of those characters. What was it wish to construct your character in that approach?

OLYPHANT: We talked about the place we wished to see him go, and gave some trace of that. Quite a lot of it was within the e book already. Quite a lot of it was nearly the way you wanna look. I don’t know what these different actors are telling you, however the reality is that the majority of us spend our time eager about how we’re gonna look.

Did you get a say in his wardrobe? Was that collaborative, in any respect?

OLYPHANT: Yeah, however that work was so good. The whole lot [costume designer Denise Wingate] introduced me was wonderful. It was so good. It was probably the most satisfying fittings. I’m at all times making an attempt to wiggle out of fittings, however these have been fairly good. I’d present up, and there’d at all times be one thing, after I arrived in my trailer, with a word saying, “What do you suppose? Attempt it on, and let me know.” It was enjoyable. It was fairly cool.

There’s a second when your character is getting more and more pissed off with the band’s antics as a result of he is aware of it simply makes his job more durable. After which, Daisy asks him to image how boring his life can be with out her in it. Do you suppose that’s a part of the enchantment for him? Clearly, there’s the love of the music, however is being in it interesting to him, as effectively?

OLYPHANT: Yeah, after all it’s. It’s the identical factor with our job. Everyone spends a bunch of time speaking about how they’re apprehensive about not having their subsequent gig and saying, “Perhaps I gained’t work once more.” However the reality is, that’s a part of what we preferred about this entire factor, to start with. That not realizing, that drama, that pleasure, is a part of what makes it so enjoyable.

Do you simply get to some extent the place you need to come to phrases with that and settle for it, should you’re going to do that job?

OLYPHANT: Yeah. Someplace alongside the road, I bear in mind having a very good speaking with myself about, “Hey, that is what you signed up for. You knew it. There should have been one thing about that very factor you’re complaining about, that was so interesting to start with.” You may’t have it each methods.

What was it wish to be there for the large Soldier Subject live performance, and see the end result of what these actors did, as a band?

OLYPHANT: It was nice. It was only a enjoyable set to stroll onto. As a lot as we have now considerably of that way of life, it did actually really feel like we have been actually backstage, we have been actually going out on stage, they usually have been actually a band. It was enjoyable to indicate as much as a stadium as our set. And the trailers that we have been in, as actors, felt like our backstage. Watching that was simply cool. Getting up on the stage, it’s onerous not to consider all of the rock stars, and you actually can see their viewpoint. It’s a ridiculously highly effective feeling.

On the similar time, is there one thing that’s simply enjoyable about attending to react to the drama, reasonably than having to be absolutely in it?

OLYPHANT: Yeah. And people days have been additionally the times the place it felt actually particular and like this was an actual band. These individuals are actually proficient. It was actually enjoyable to look at them play. They’d play in between setups, which was tremendous cool. It was actually particular. It was a really particular set. It was actually enjoyable to be round them. They have been a cool group.

Daisy Jones & The Six is out there to stream at Prime Video.