"Which made you feel more seasick the sinking-ship stage set from the 2025 RSC production of Hamlet, in which you played Claudius, or HMS Terror from The Terror? Dr_JA_Zoidberg Definitely the RSC stage, because it moved throughout the production, so you'd suddenly find yourself losing your footing and wobbling. The set for The Terror was locked off, particularly when it was at that weird angle when the whole thing was tipping to the side."
"But his campaigns are taught in all the military academies around the world. Despite a pretty disastrous presidency, he still managed to [sign a] Civil Rights Act and he destroyed the Ku Klux Klan. When the civil war broke out he sold firewood by the side of the road to try to put food on the table for his family. Eight years later, he was president."
"Well, you drink sugar water, which is horrible. The cigarettes are herbal cigarettes, which are impossible to keep lit, which is why you see everyone puffing really hard. It makes everybody look like complete nicotine addicts."
The actor expresses interest in portraying Ulysses S. Grant, emphasizing Grant's military achievements, Civil Rights legislation, and role in dismantling the Ku Klux Klan despite harsh historical treatment. Grant rose from selling firewood at the Civil War outbreak to becoming president eight years later, illustrating a rags-to-riches trajectory. The actor performed as Claudius in the RSC's 2025 Hamlet and found the moving sinking-ship stage set more disorienting than the locked-off HMS Terror set. On Mad Men, the on-screen scotch is sugar water and the cigarettes are herbal and difficult to keep lit, creating exaggerated smoking appearances.
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