ItвЂ™s really being in the moment and being present, and really, thatвЂ™s the job of the actor, too. Because your job is to listen as a detective and observe behavior, whether that be the color of her eyes to her body language. I enjoyed it because thereвЂ™s something about playing a detective thatвЂ™s really helpful to the actor. But that was definitely a scene, especially after so much investigation, where it was nice to have Richard kind of crash head-first.Дid having to play him restrained for so much of the time create any unique challenges for you as a performer? And not just that scene, itвЂ™s kind of just the way it goes. And then some was on the day as we were shooting and working through it - and then some even more so in editing. And it was right because a lot of the stuff that was said was maybe more of his internal monologue and stuff that I could act with behavior. The scripts came in and then theyвЂ™d start tweaking things. And all of that was really informing to me.ДЄt what point were those lines cut? Was it just a matter of wanting to show something rather than say it?ДЄ little bit of everything. ThereвЂ™s still a line there вЂњI should have slept with ,вЂќ but there was more along the lines of how angry he was that he let himself get wrapped up - how stupid he felt, how embarrassed he felt. When I find her in the motel, there were lines in an early draft that were something along the lines of вЂњHow stupid am I?вЂќ He was really mad at himself. The confrontation with Camille after the arrest is the most emotional weвЂ™ve seen Richard. It sort of broke for her and then broke for him. I think had he not kicked down the motel door and seen her with Keene and her clothes off, he would have tried to continue and do it in the most delicate way possible. They were like this dynamic duo - they had this relationship growing romantically and they had this relationship growing as two people looking for the truth of the town. He wants to share with her, and I think had things turned out differently, I think there was some kind of hope from Richard that they would begin to team up and work together. And so, all of the stuff heвЂ™s finding out is complicated because itвЂ™s tying into Camille and Camille is tying into it. ItвЂ™s that blurred line of trying to solve the case and make a step forward as a detective to prove himself, and also his heart is now involved. And then that starts turning and building, and that gets ahead of Richard, and heвЂ™s not in control.Дo you feel heвЂ™s allowed his feelings for her to color the way he reacts and responds to news about her motherвЂ™s disease or even the way he arrests John Keene? NobodyвЂ™s talking to me, nobody wants me here, and youвЂ™re giving me the time of day.вЂќ combined with sheвЂ™s very attractive and very smart and has this edge that interested in, combined with a kind of вЂњIвЂ™ll show you mine if you show me yoursвЂќ manipulation. It was вЂњIвЂ™m an outsider here, youвЂ™ve made yourself an outsider here. I think itвЂ™s a little bit of all of it, as least when I was playing it. He understands pain and had his own share of it - maybe not the same extent or the same level that CamilleвЂ™s had at the moment, but it was important to me that he came to this town with a broken heart and that he was leading with that in getting to know Camille and in wanting attention or wanting to be seen or heard.Дo you feel like RichardвЂ™s past pain is why he connects so quickly with Camille, rather than he wants to get close to her to learn the secrets of her family? I really felt like he was the flip side of the coin that Camille was on. But atВ the end of the day, thereвЂ™s only so much about him in the books and in the scripts, really, so it was important for me to create a backstory and a world which could even complicate things more for him. And then the scripts, they started to flesh out andВ explore all of these characters in a more vast way, so I started to get a lot from the scripts we were given. There were great descriptions of Richard, and it was clear to me what the task was in playing him just from the source material. The book was terrific and very cinematic. What did you rely on most to understand Richard? Here, Messina talks with Variety about RichardвЂ™s backstory, CamilleвЂ™s betrayal, and keeping the audience on his side. вЂњHeвЂ™s gone off the beaten path of the investigation and really headstrong into the investigation of Camille.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t think until episode 7В heвЂ™s quite even aware of how deep heвЂ™s gone,вЂќ Messina says. As RichardвЂ™s time in Wind Gap went on, he should have been getting to the bottom of the case, but his complicated feelings for Camille (Amy Adams) caused lines to blur.

Sharp objects summary episode 7