William Fichtner is one of those actors that you cannot help noticing in a scene, whether he is speaking a part or just standing around going through whatever emotion the scene requires. PB made an excellent move in banking on William Fichtner to...
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William Fichtner is one of those actors that you cannot help noticing in a scene, whether he is speaking a part or just standing around going through whatever emotion the scene requires. PB made an excellent move in banking on William Fichtner to pull off the character of Mahone. As many have said, you want to hate him, but you cannot. Fichtner plays Mahone in a realistic manner. He's was a good person, who got into a bad situation and he's not quite sure how to get out of it. Whenever another actor is in a scene with Fichtner, they have to raise their game another level. The scenes between him and Miller maybe short in sequence but leave you with a lasting impact for the entire episode. I forgot all about the head in the box after Fichtner's and Miller's scene in Good Fences. Even when Fichtner played on ATWT, he showed glimpse of brilliance. How else could fans sympathize with a rapist? I hope to continue to see the character of Mahone in more scenes and maybe one episode see the writers explore in a flashback what really did happen with Oscar Shales.