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SPOILER ALERT:\u00a0<\/strong>The following interview contains spoilers from \u201cXV,\u201d the Season 2 finale of \u201cThe Old Man<\/a>,\u201d now streaming on Hulu.<\/em><\/p>\n There was no tying things up in a neat bow on Thursday\u2019s finale of FX\u2019s \u201cThe Old Man,\u201d which wrapped up the drama\u2019s thrilling second season with a cliffhanger hinting at things to come.<\/p>\n That doesn\u2019t mean there wasn\u2019t some resolution in \u201cXV,\u201d such as former CIA operative Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges<\/a>) escaping death after girlfriend Zoe (Amy Brenneman) reached him in time to administer an antidote needed to stop a deadly virus he\u2019d been exposed to earlier. Once in a safe house to recover with Zoe watching over him, Chase was also reunited with his presumed-dead daughter Emily (Alia Shawkat), who opened up the story for would make up the show\u2019s third season. (At press time, the Emmy-nominated series has yet to be officially renewed.)<\/p>\n As viewers wait for renewal news, Bridges talked to\u00a0Variety<\/em>\u00a0about Chase\u2019s complicated relationships with the surprising women in his life, how the Academy Award-winning actor managed the intense role while dealing with his own personal bout with stomach cancer and where he places \u201cThe Old Man\u201d in his well-versed acting career.<\/p>\n Oh, yeah, absolutely. It\u2019s fun, because unlike movies where there\u2019s a beginning, middle, and end with a show like this one, I don\u2019t know where it\u2019s gonna go. It\u2019s very much like life, and fortunately, we\u2019ve got a great guy at the helm with Jon Steinberg. But I have that same feeling when I\u2019m first reading the script that you have. I say, \u201cWhat? I gotta read that again! Oh my God!\u201d<\/p>\n It was kind of challenging trying to figure out what the effect of that drug would be. I looked into it a bit, and you take certain poetic licenses when you\u2019ve got long speeches but you think \u201cHow long ago did the guy inhale that stuff?\u201d So we went back and forth and tried to dial that in.<\/p>\n She\u2019s got some explaining to do with just everything she\u2019s been doing. You can imagine leading a secret life for so long and then you let somebody in to know \u2014 I was going to say \u201cto know who you are,\u201d but I don\u2019t even think Dan knows entirely who he is. But I think circumstances have led him to falling in love. This idea to not be authentic, he\u2019s very good at it. He makes his life at not being authentic. He longs for somebody to really see him and to understand him, and so he\u2019s fallen in love with her. That\u2019s my thoughts. I think Dan\u2019s surprised by some of the things that she does.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think so. He can only imagine \u2014 but no, he has no real idea what happened.<\/p>\n I think so. I don\u2019t think he wants to go. He\u2019s tries right up to the end to convince her otherwise, but it leaves it open for Dan\u2019s next move. You see those cars and the guys are going to take him immediately. It\u2019s not that he\u2019s going with her because he loves her at that point. He\u2019s kind of surprised. And he\u2019s pissed! I mean, I\u2019ve got three daughters; I know a little bit about that. I can be angry, but I still love them.<\/p>\n I think, some of the thoughts might be, \u201cWell, I taught her well. Now I\u2019m facing an opponent who knows all of my ins and outs.\u201d And Emily is so pissed off at me. She has a lot of resentment for me keeping all that truth from her.<\/p>\n There were a\u00a0lot<\/em>\u00a0of takes on that scene. We approached it in many different ways, but there were a lot of takes.<\/p>\n Definitely. I\u2019ve got questions, and I talked to Jon Steinberg. I still don\u2019t know the definitive answer of who that guy is and what he\u2019s done, but I\u2019ve got some inklings and some tips and it\u2019s quite fascinating. The plot really gets even thicker.<\/p>\n Well, we don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see in a few days, I think. Maybe they\u2019re waiting for that last show to give us the word. I don’t know.<\/p>\n Well, those health problems happened right in the middle of the whole thing. When I look at those fight scenes from the first few episodes, I wince, because little did I know that I had a nine-by-twelve-inch tumor in my stomach while I was getting punched. I got hit in the belly, and all that didn\u2019t hurt. But we\u2019ve got Tim Connolly as our stunt coordinator, and he\u2019s wonderful to work with. I enjoyed doing the fight scenes.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll report that to Jon Steinberg, and see if we can help you out in that way. But they\u2019re wonderful to work with. There\u2019s six of them all together, and my favorite is Freya. Very sweet. But for each task, they switch them around and make them up to look like cool dogs.<\/p>\n Oh, man, that\u2019s a tough question. I know that corny thing that actors say about each of their projects are like their kids. They love each one, so you get so involved and it becomes so intense. Being an old man myself, my memory kind of fades, so I\u2019m most into the one I\u2019m working on right at the moment, and that\u2019s \u201cThe Old Man.\u201d It\u2019s right up there with all my all my stuff. That\u2019s my current love.<\/p>\n View this article at Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SPOILER ALERT:\u00a0The following interview contains spoilers from \u201cXV,\u201d the Season 2 finale of \u201cThe Old Man,\u201d now streaming on Hulu. There was no tying things up in a neat bow on Thursday\u2019s finale of FX\u2019s \u201cThe Old Man,\u201d which wrapped up the drama\u2019s thrilling second season with a cliffhanger hinting at things to come. ThatThe whole season has been such a nail biter. Do you feel some of that when you\u2019re shooting, given every scene always comes with such high stakes?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
In<\/strong>\u00a0the scene in the penultimate episode, you\u2019re tied up as this airborne virus is slowly taking over your body. How were you able to convey so much while also having to remain very still?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
We\u2019ve seen Zoe step up in a big way in the finale by wielding a rifle pretty well, and saving Dan\u2019s life. How is Dan feeling about her at this point at the end of Season 2? He must have questions for her.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The scene in the finale where Dan sees his daughter Emily (a.k.a. Parwana) for the first time since he last saw her in Afghanistan, it\u2019s really emotionally packed. D<\/strong>oes Dan have any idea what she\u2019s gone through as far as her time in Afghanistan?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Is it because of his love for Emily that he\u2019s going to do what she\u2019s asking to help save Harold Harper (John Lithgow), who is being held by his ex-wife Marion (Janet McTeer)? He doesn\u2019t initially seem thrilled with her ask.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Emily\u2019s even holding herself differently in that scene, since she has a level of power and responsibility that she didn\u2019t have before given she now controls the valuable Meshbahar deposit.\u00a0<\/strong>How does Dan see her in this moment?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
How many takes did you get for that entire final scene with you, Amy and Alia?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
We hear Emily say that Dan\u2019s going to need Lou Barlow, and we realize it\u2019s not a past alias of Dan\u2019s that he enjoys inhabiting. Is it safe to say that\u2019s true?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Given the last scene sets up the third season with Dan agreeing to help rescue Harold, the third season renewal has to happen, right?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
This season you\u2019ve gone through a lot on the show, whether you\u2019re riding horses or physically taking out bad Russians. It\u2019s a very physical show for you. How have you held up through it all, with your health issues?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
My only request for Season 3 is we need more of the dogs, since they were not in enough of Season 2.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
In looking at your career, where does \u201cThe Old Man\u201d fall as far as being challenged and what you\u2019re proud of?<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\nThis interview has been edited and condensed.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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