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How Tom Ellis Pulls Off Playing The Two Main Characters On This Season Of ‘Lucifer’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Fans of Netflix hit
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Speaker 1: show Lucifer have been waiting for the arrival of season
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Speaker 1: five to see exactly what Lucifer Morning stars evil twin
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Speaker 1: brother Michael is up to. It's a fun storyline for fans,
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Speaker 1: but it creates an incredibly challenging job for lead actor
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Speaker 1: Tom Ellis, who somehow seamlessly plays both characters and Lucifer.
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Speaker 1: Showrunner Ilde Motorovich says Tom deserves all the praise in
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Speaker 1: the world for pulling it off. She tells et in
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Speaker 1: the table reads, when Tom has to play Lucifer and Michael,
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Speaker 1: it's amazing you're staying with him because he grounds both performances.
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Speaker 1: He plays both characters with very different physical mannerisms and
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Speaker 1: speech patterns, so it's this weird back and forth where
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Speaker 1: he's having this crazy conversation with himself. He's brilliant. Season
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Speaker 1: five Lucifer, it's Netflix tomorrow, that's direct from Hollywood.