‘Beautiful Boy’ Cast on How the Actors and Filmmakers Created a Family on Set (Exclusive Video)
“I get a definite sense of commitment to everybody to the story and to the real-life people,” star Steve Carell says of real-life family addiction story
Trey Williams | January 7, 2019 @ 11:47 AM
Last Updated: January 7, 2019 @ 12:05 PM
“Beautiful Boy,” the Golden Globe-nominated true story of a family struggling with a son’s heroine addiction, is a heartbreaking portrayal of a family contending with crisis — but a family nonetheless.
While filming “Beautiful Boy,” the cast and filmmakers said in an exclusive featurette given to TheWrap that they created their own dedicated family on set to support each other, much like the real-life Sheff family on which the film is based.
“There was this incredible moment when the Sheffs visited us on set and saw the family we had recreated and there was this deep sense of love and a bond between everybody — Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan,” producer Jeremy Kleiner said in the exclusive clip.
Directed and co-written by Felix van Groeningen, “Beautiful Boy” is based on the best-selling pair of memoirs “Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy” and “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” from father and son, David and Nic Sheff. The film chronicles Nic’s survival, relapse and recovery, as his family copes with his addiction over many years.
In the featurette, the cast and filmmakers discuss the performances of the actresses portraying the pivotal women in Nic’s life – Tierney, who plays Nic’s stepmother, and Ryan, who plays his biological mother.
“Maura’s performance is extremely subtle and really beautiful,” Kleiner said. “You are aware there is a deep bond between Maura and Nic.”
Carell said of Tierney and Ryan, “Just love them. Terrific actors.”
Chalamet, who gushed about getting the opportunity to work with Ryan, who also worked for years with Carell on “The Office,” said they all became a team on set.
“I get a definite sense of commitment from everybody to the story and to the real-life people,” Carell said in the clip.
“Beautiful Boy” is now streaming on Prime Video.
Golden Globes 2019: See the Nominees (Photos)
Here is the full list of nominees in the 76th Annual Golden Globes for 2019 in all 25 categories. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 6.
20th Century Fox/Amazon/Disney/FX
Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Black Panther" “BlacKkKlansman”; “Bohemian Rhapsody”; “If Beale Street Could Talk”; “A Star Is Born” (pictured)
Warner Bros.
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born,”; Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”; Lucas Hedges, "Boy Erased" Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (pictured); John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"
20th Century Fox
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”; Glenn Close, “The Wife” (pictured); Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; Nicole Kidman, “Destroyer” Rosamund Pike, "A Private War"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” (pictured); Christian Bale, “Vice”; Robert Redford, “The Old Man and the Gun”; Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Mary Poppins Returns”; John C. Reilly, “Stan and Ollie”;
Universal
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”; Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy” (pictured); Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman" Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; Sam Rockwell, “Vice”
Amazon
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “Vice”; Claire Foy, "First Man"; Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”; Emma Stone, “The Favourite” (pictured); Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”;
Fox Searchlight
Best Director
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”; Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”; Peter Farrelly, "Green Book"; Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” (pictured); Adam McKay, "Vice"
Photographed by Tyler Mitchell for TheWrap
Best Screenplay
“The Favourite”; “Green Book”; “If Beale Street Could Talk” (pictured) "Roma"; "Vice"
Tatum Mangus/Annapurna Pictures
Best Original Score
"A Quiet Place," Marco Beltrami; "Isle of Dogs," Alexandre Desplat; “Black Panther," Ludvig Goransson; “First Man” Justin Hurwitz; (pictured) “Mary Poppins Returns," Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
TheWrap
Best Original Song
“All the Stars” from “Black Panther”; “The Girl in the Movies” from “Dumplin'”; “Requiem for A Private War” from “A Private War”; "Revelation" from "Boy Erased" “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” (pictured)
Warner Bros.
Best Motion Picture - Animated
“Incredibles 2” (pictured); “Isle of Dogs”; "Mirai"; “Ralph Breaks the Internet”; “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
“The Americans” (pictured); “The Bodyguard" “Homecoming”; “Killing Eve”; “Pose"
FX
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, "Ozark" (pictured); Stephan James, "Homecoming"; Richard Madden, "The Bodyguard"; Billy Porter, " "Pose"; Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”;
Paramount Network
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander" Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale" Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”; Julia Roberts, “Homecoming” (pictured); Keri Russell, “The Americans”;
Amazon
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (pictured); “Barry”; “The Good Place”; "Kidding"; “The Kominsky Method”
Amazon
Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, “The Good Place” (pictured); Candace Bergen, "Murphy Brown" Alison Brie, “GLOW”; Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Debra Messing, "Will & Grace"
NBC
Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Who Is America"; Jim Carrey, “Kidding”; Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”; Donald Glover, “Atlanta”; Bill Hader, “Barry” (pictured)
HBO
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"The Alienist" “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (pictured); "Escape at Dannemora" “Sharp Objects”; “A Very English Scandal”
Ray Mickshaw/FX
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Antonio Banderas – “Genius: Picasso” Daniel Bruhl – “The Alienist” Darren Criss – “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” Benedict Cumberbatch – “Patrick Melrose”; (pictured) Hugh Grant – “A Very English Scandal”
Ollie Upton/SHOWTIME
Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects” (pictured); Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”; Connie Britton, "Dirty John"; Laura Dern, “The Tale”; Regina King, “Seven Seconds”;
HBO
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”; Kieran Culkin, "Succession"; Edgar Ramirez, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”; Ben Whishaw, “A Very English Scandal”; Henry Winkler, “Barry” (pictured)
Amazon
Best Supporting Actress Series, Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”; Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”; Thandie Newton, “Westworld” (pictured); Yvonne Strahovski, "The Handmaid's Tale"
HBO
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Here are the nominees who might be accepting a Golden Globe on Jan. 6 at the 76th Annual Awards
Here is the full list of nominees in the 76th Annual Golden Globes for 2019 in all 25 categories. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 6.