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Why White Lotus’ Heartthrob Leo Woodhall’s Charm Was a Problem on His New Show Prime Target · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Leo Woodhall became a breakout star of White Lotus's second
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Speaker 2: season for his portrayal of Jack thanks to oozing charm
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Speaker 2: despite being a highly questionable character. But on his new
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Speaker 2: show Prime Target, Leo has had his work cut out
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Speaker 2: for him because he was forced to put that natural
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Speaker 2: charm on the back burner. His character on the thriller
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Speaker 2: series is much more gifted mathematically than socially and isn't
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Speaker 2: at all personable Leo Tel's screen rand. Part of my
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Speaker 2: preparation period was getting familiar with the math itself, just
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Speaker 2: spending time with our genius math consultant. But I also
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Speaker 2: had to mentally start preparing because I'm someone who is
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Speaker 2: naturally friendly and decent with people. My character is not
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Speaker 2: like that. He doesn't care, He's not doing niceties for me.
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Speaker 2: Mentally prepared for that was hard. There was a lot
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Speaker 2: of times where I wanted to just smile at people
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Speaker 2: on set and I wasn't allowed. Leo Woodhall on the
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Speaker 2: complexity of starring on his new show Prime Target, now
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Speaker 2: streaming on Apple TV Plus That's
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