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Since its premiere in Park City and its subsequent screening at Cannes, Simmons’ performance has been courting Oscar buzz for Best Supporting Actor — and for good reason. As Fletcher, a psychotic music instructor who makes life a living hell for new student Andrew Nieman (Miles Teller), Simmons is total force. He’s also terrifying to watch.
Indiewire caught up with the actor by phone to discuss “Whiplash” and that Oscar buzz.
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Honestly I haven’t, I haven’t yet. And I asked that same question of my agent as this movie starts getting all this kind of buzz. And he’s like “You know what? You’ve got to wait until it comes out.” Listen, I’m blessed to be on anything. When I started to do this in summer stock in Bigfork, Montana in 1977, it never occurred to me that I’d live in New York or L.A. and be working with movie stars and make a comfortable living doing it. If this whole movie and this whole experience brings better scripts—more scripts, more opportunities my way that I might not otherwise get, then that’s gravy.
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