Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.22.2009 He's in the ads and on the posters, standing upright on a roof, his arms elbowed out, fists on his waist, like some neurotic Clark Kent. There's a TV antenna behind him, and a lot of blue sky. The dark clouds are all in Michael Stuhlbarg's eyes. "Larry Gopnik discovers that life isn't what he expected," says the heretofore unknown movie star about the poor schmo he plays, the title character, in Joel and Ethan Coen's "A Serious Man." "He has this crisis of faith, this crisis of life." For Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated stage actor (for "The Pillowman") whose work on camera has been mostly confined to episodic TV and a few films, getting a role in a Coen Brothers project was a big deal, he says. And getting the lead? "Trepidatious," says Stuhlbarg, laughing, on the phone from San Francisco.... [read full story]
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