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Nicholas Hoult Reveals Why Everybody Roots For His ‘Monstrous’ Character On ‘The Great’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Every once in a while,
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Speaker 1: a great TV character comes along that you really like,
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Speaker 1: even though you probably shouldn't. They're just not very nice
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Speaker 1: or downright mean, or sometimes even evil, but you end
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Speaker 1: up rooting for them because they're just too charming, clever,
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Speaker 1: or fun and Nicholas Sultz, Emperor Peter the Third on
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Speaker 1: his hit Hulu Dramay The Great, is precisely one of
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Speaker 1: those characters. But when asked by e W if he
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Speaker 1: thinks it's okay to root for his character, he says,
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Speaker 1: it's not that simple, adding what's fun about the characters?
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Speaker 1: Even though his observations and musings are ridiculous at times
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Speaker 1: and horrible, they're very honest and truthful. That's why he's
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Speaker 1: quite a likable character. He has a stream of consciousness
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Speaker 1: in terms of what he says and believes in. You
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Speaker 1: always know where you stand with him. Part of him
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Speaker 1: is a monster, but when you peel away a few layers,
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Speaker 1: you realize there is a sweet kid underneath that praps
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Speaker 1: you can maybe not root for, but get behind in
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Speaker 1: a way. Season two of The Great is on Hulu
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