Taylor Kitsch Talks Playing David Koresh in Waco

Taylor Kitsch talks about playing cult leader David Koresh in Waco, what Friday Night Lights fans always ask him and his love of Bruce Springsteen.
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[Stormlander-]

Taylor is absolutely amazing as david koresh in this series. You don't even think of him when he is playing this guy. You know he has done his homework when it comes to the mannerisms and psychology of koresh. My favorite show of 2018 thus far.

[tamsmd]

Just finished this show last night on Netflix. Taylor was amazing in this series. Well he’s amazing on every show he’s done!

[jillniemczynski]

It's so fascinating to me how actors can immerse themselves into another personality. I have the deepest respect

[LamborghiniGal]

Taylor Kitsch is a phenomenal actor, not to mention fine as hell.  LMAO!  I love the way he talks in Waco, with such a calming voice.  The transformation to DK was amazing.  He carried it so well.  He seems really down to earth and that's refreshing to see.  I wish him the best.  Beth

[syaimmaalia]

I really appreciate Seth in this interview, he let the interview to flow naturally. He didn't forcefully inject cheap comedy into the talk. I like being able to hear the guess talking a full sentence without getting interrupted by some snarky comment that's dryly funny.

[Ascendant]

He’s so good at playing the role, that I had to double-check to make sure he’s the same guy. He looks more like archival footage of David Koresh than he does...himself.

[mnicide]

Seth - “I was also 12 😏”

Audience - “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Me -

[matthudson]

Also Michael Shannon is a incredible actor

[JI-sguy]

Taylor did an amazing job in this series. I was 17 when this happened in 93. I watched it all on the news. Crazy it was 27 years ago

[ebonismith]

He played the heck out of that part! Amazing mini series

[Sir_p_herbert]

Taylor Kitsch is a GROSSLY underrated actor. Such a crying shame how Hollywood passed him up because of John Carter, which by the way wasn’t a terrible movie.

[joaquincortada]

Waco series is great. Played Koresch perfectly.

[yorkshire]

He killed this role! This interview made me like and appreciate him even more. Props

[liv]

It's always so nice to see actors who don't mind indulging us in talking about their hit shows. For the fans who still watch it all the time, we always wanna know more haha

[davidkoresh]

This guy really did a job playing me . God bless

[princessbuttercup]

I don't know if I can ever look at him the same after seeing him with a mullet! 😆😂

[isabellerozycki]

He did an excellent job. All the actors did. I was 18 when it happened I remember listening in on the news every day during the siege. I saw the series on Netflix three times already because it was so incredibly well done. Bravo to ALL the actors. For anyone who really wants to know more as to what had happened during that time I strongly recommend watching that series on Netflix.

[brikeibur]

He killed it in the Waco series on Netflix.

[ad_burner_sc]

this dude is doing a very good job of playing the part, bravo

[MarlonBrando]

Just an FYI. Musicians who don’t get on mtv don’t consider themselves “failed musicians”