![]() ![]() “It was not a script that I read and went like, we really need to tell this story. CBS Photo ArchiveĮdwards himself was ambivalent about the movie at first. I was like, where in the script is that?”Ī major reason that you feel connected to Anthony Edwards, that you maybe even have the urge to protect him from zombies, is that you’ve seen him die a few times. “The studio really wanted a comedian for the role,” Edwards tells me, “and Tony Scott was like, ‘No, I want an actor.’” Tony Scott got his way, and Anthony Edwards got a message: “Just before shooting, I got a basket from Paramount, with a note on it: Goose may not be wise, but he is ALWAYS FUNNY, all caps, underlined. ![]() The movie suddenly gets serious, the stakes get higher, and it only works because you like Anthony Edwards so much. Most notably in the middle of Top Gun, breaking poor Meg Ryan’s heart, sending Tom Cruise down a guilt spiral only silhouetted love-making to the sounds of Berlin could set right, making even Iceman drop the mask for a moment. A major reason that you feel connected to Anthony Edwards, that you maybe even have the urge to protect him from zombies, is that you’ve seen him die a few times. Right now, he’s in Atlanta, shooting an episode of the upcoming anthology Tales of the Walking Dead. “After a while, you learn to use your tricks for good.” “My wife and I talk about this a lot,” he says. Processing his own trauma has also made him an activist through his non-profit organization 1 in 6, he can use his familiarity and charm to connect with and help heal fellow survivors of sexual abuse. “It's funny how this thing that gave me such joy when I was a kid, being in the theater and working with people has really been a through-line to help me through everything.” He’s back in a couple of timely projects: Inventing Anna, out today on Netflix, about the story of New York grifter Anna Delvey, and WeCrashed, AppleTV+'s take on the creators of WeWork. That process has led him back to the thing he’s known the longest, which is acting. And he has been gone for a while, indeed he stepped back in the early aughts to raise his kids, and then again a few years ago to heal from a trauma he’d endured in his youth, a situation he revealed publicly in 2017. Greene and Gilbert from Revenge of the Nerds all turn 60 this year. ![]() I get that classic thing of like, oh my God, my mom and dad used to watch you,” he says, laughing. “I took such a time out that the things that people know me for, Top Gun and ER and all that, those were a long time ago. “When I do get recognized,” he says, “it’s generally just a nod and a how are you doing.” He’s such a steady, reassuring presence, it’s easy to forget you actually haven’t seen him in a while. He’s familiar, a face who’s always been been there, a genial neighbor or a friend of an older brother who’s around the house a lot. ![]() It’s partly because he’s naturally charming and gracious, of course, but it’s more than that. You tend to start a talk with Anthony Edwards in the middle, like you’re picking up a conversation you’d left unfinished a day or two before. ![]()
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