During the run, Matthew Warchus kept insisting to us that their marriage was over - this is it, the ride’s done. I remember the day that James said the line, “I love you too, mom” angrily - he figured out that if he let his anger show, it was funny. It was so interesting watching him in rehearsal for the initial New York run - we were all figuring things out together. He was so completely generous and fair, a big teddy bear. I understand he was like that on The Sopranos, too - everyone has to benefit if he benefits. If James was getting something - a raise, for instance, a bonus - then he insisted we all had to have it. James was such a caretaker, he took care of all of us. The containment of that boxing arena, Jim was on one corner, we always had to balance that square - now there’s a hole there and so much energy is pouring out. Not one of us can talk about it now without feeling there’s an empty corner now.
The four of us in God of Carnage in the New York production (2009) were corners to the square. This story first appeared in the July 19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
