1986 alumnus and Murray native W. Earl Brown has been one of Hollywood's go-to character actors for more than three decades. With well-known roles in There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Deadwood, The Master, Scream, The Mandalorian and Boba Fett lining his resume, Earl has proven to be a genre-crossing shape-shifter in television and film. His latest project for Apple TV+, Five Days at Memorial, which premiered Friday, August 12, is based on tragic actual events that took place in the devastated New Orleans Memorial Hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Earl talks with us about his long and incredible career, what it was like playing Meatloaf in front of Meatloaf, why he once had to fight Joaquin Phoenix, seeing his Star Wars dream become a reality, his latest project and what's next.

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