Senior Entertainment Reporter, HuffPost He aggressively takes their phones, goes outside and tosses them in a wood chipper before beating up the campus landscaper. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements. “I was obsessed,” the 37-year-old actor told HuffPost of the crime-driven Netflix series during a phone call last week. And, of course, when he goes off his medication to be [intimate] with Ruth, these things all go through the roof. “It wasn’t until later that I understood the depth or the range of what that would require.”Get the latest on politics, news, community voices and lifestyle. For those who have never seen it, “Ozark” is a Netflix crime drama series following the lives of Martin “Marty” Byrde (played by Jason Bateman) and his wife Wendy (played by Laura Linney). You don’t need to be playing everything at all times, you know? Posted by. He begins bonding with his nephew, Jonah (Skylar Gaertner), and falling in love with the Byrdes’ loyal sidekick, Ruth Langmore (“Keep in mind, this is not about a portrayal, necessarily, of bipolar disorder because it doesn’t happen in a vacuum,” Pelphrey said. Ben is actually just telling the truth and doing the right thing, but in that world those qualities, those virtues, are not rewarded.”“I imagine there are days when it’s close. After a money laundering scheme for a Mexican drug cartel goes wrong, the Byrdes must make up for it by moving to the Lake of Ozarks region in Missouri to set up a bigger laundering operation. 7 hours ago. © While I sit here and obsess over how nice it is to feel seen, I’m also left obsessing over how horrible it is to Ben never wanted to admit he was sick, just like I never want to admit I am too. Soon enough, he’s embraced the lake life. Ben doesn’t know any of that. No matter what else is going on with him, he sees clearly and his intentions are good. Close. After questioning the teens, Ben’s pleasant mood completely shifts. In the morally compromised world of “Ozark,” the character of Ben tests the stigma of mental illness as he is branded the “unstable” one in a group of people who go to egregious lengths to protect their criminal identities.“Every now and then, you read something and you know that this character is someone you can really embody,” he said. I didn’t really know what to expect when I entered the lives of the Byrde family, but I found myself entangled in their mess and wondering how they could possibly get out of it. He is substitute teaching a high school class when cellphones start buzzing and ringing as an inappropriate photo of a student makes the rounds. Be a part of something that cares about who you are. Leigh Blickley
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Netflix He’s just looking for a place to crash. https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/ozark-season-3-ben-tom-pelphrey.html But as quickly as Ben came, he went, and Pelphrey has a feeling things are only going to get darker in his absence. 2020 Mighty Proud Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. It’s easy to see how the characters in a show like this could eventually showcase real issues such as denial and grief. 7. “The scenes are written in such a way that it will handle some of the complexity for you. The stress is too much to handle.” Pelphrey, known for his role in the Marvel series “Iron Fist,” as well as his Daytime Emmy-winning run as Jonathan Randall on “Guiding Light,” feels like anyone in a situation like that would crumble, mental illness or not. Ruth finds a way to get him released from the hospital, but it’s all in vain. He never understood why this was happening to him because he didn’t do anything wrong, just like I would feel during my highs where I It’s character moments like this that I hope continue to appear in more shows in the future. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Little did he know how cathartic the experience of playing someone with bipolar disorder would be. The next time we see him, he’s in the Ozarks at the Missouri Belle Casino, owned by his sister, Wendy Byrde, and brother-in-law, Marty (Jason Bateman), who covertly use their business to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel. That is the environment in which he is experiencing.