“You want me to do what with my Emmy?” — Matthew Rhys, probably. Photo: Netflix |
On September 14, Matthew Rhys made Emmys history twice, becoming the first person to win two awards for leading roles during the same ceremony and the first performer to win in all three leading categories. Building on his 2018 win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Americans, this year Rhys won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as a deluded mayor in the Apple TV series Widow’s Bay and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role as suspected wife killer Nile Jarvis in Netflix’s The Beast in Me. But a mere ten days later, on September 24, Netflix announced The Beast in Me would return for a surprise second season with Rhys’s co-star, Claire Danes, reprising her role as traumatized journalist Aggie Wiggs. Unfortunately, this announcement means The Beast in Me, much like the characters in The Beast in Me, carries a dark guilt at its core. Its Emmy success, and Rhys’s record-setting win along with it, is built on a foundation of deceit.
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