“If/Then” actor Anthony Rapp prefers his characters complex“I always try to find t

“If/Then” actor Anthony Rapp prefers his characters complex

“I always try to find the truth of the material, the truth of the moment,” the Illinois-born Rapp, 44, says by phone from an “If/Then” tour stop in St. Louis. “I don’t condescend to the characters I play. I try to find the humanity in them. And I don’t try to fall into the trap of trying to make them likable if they do despicable things.“

“So it’s been really cool to explore the nature of that on such a glandular level with this character and these lives. There are very, very different outcomes in both of the story lines for Lucas, so I feel like I get to eat a pretty full meal every night.”

And because Lucas was written specifically for him, Rapp got some insight into himself — and into how others perceive him.

“There are certainly things that are pretty directly resonant for me,” he acknowledges. “I tend to be pretty idealistic and passionate about the things I believe in. I feel like I’m less so as I’ve gotten older and mellower, but certainly when I was younger I was a lot more self-righteous about things and less forgiving of other people’s points of view. So I could identify with that aspect of Lucas.”

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