The Irony of the Actor in the Good Lord Bird

William H. Macy plays abolitionist john brown in the good lord bird, a seven part show time series adapted from james mac bride's 20 13. You also wrote and directed the series. And one thing i felt in watching this performance is when indeed ethan hawk does essentially disappear as he does, and you become john Brown. There seemed to be so much confidence in you're embodying this character,. like your effortless kind of confidence in disappearing as ethan hawk.