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He's just a terrific person and a very, very talented director, and I was flattered. And it's got a beautiful message, and just the ending when he has to let go, it's very touching, I think. Public schools, small town, very conservative. So that's a pretty big mantle to try to take on, and so we sort of softened that a little bit and said he's more the spirit of Cary Grant – he's not exactly Cary Grant.
There've been occasions where I've met a few guys – bears, you know – and they've said, "Oh yeah, I've got this in my cellar." And it cracks me up!
I was at a gay bar once and they were showing "Showgirls" on all the TVs. When you shot that film, did you expect for it to live on in the LGBTQ community like it has?
And the director, Ian (Iqbal Rashid), whose story this actually was, was so lovely and I see him occasionally when I'm in London.
In 2017, you were honored with an acting award by GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, for "Twin Peaks: The Return," and in 2009, "Desperate Housewives" received Outstanding Comedy Series from GLAAD. Is there something special or distinct about having your work acknowledged by LGBTQ audiences and organizations?
Your role as the mayor of Portland in "Portlandia": Do you think that character would make a good mayor of Twin Peaks or Wisteria Lane?
Yeah, those stories, if they can speak to a community and there's a resonance there, that's the goal of this.
In this particular case, it's "hang on a second." He's sort of about turning the page: "Let's look at this and what's really happening here." I liked that.
He had a journey in this as well, which I liked. The darkly handsome actor made his feature film debut when he starred in the big-budget David Lynch adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1984), but only enjoyed real success after appearing in a second Lynch project, the moody and perverse classic, Blue Velvet (1986).
The following year saw MacLachlan appearing as an otherworldly FBI agent in the cult classic sci-fi film, The Hidden (1987).
For 2004's rom-com "Touch of Pink," what was special about portraying the ghost of Cary Grant who gives advice to a gay Muslim man? And why not? You know, the work just kind of comes, and it's one of those things where once it sort of filters through a little bit of whatever it does in Hollywood it finds its way into my inbox and you take a look at it.
Have there been gay roles you've turned down?
It's always about the quality of the material, so if it there was, it just wasn't worth telling.
Thematically it expected so much of the audience and it told a story that was so unusual and so true. Again, trying not to judge. “In most cases you either respond to something or you don’t, and then I take a look at the periphery, of course — all the other elements, people involved, the director, etcetera.”
MacLachlan plays a married father whose family is irrevocably altered after he leaves his wife (Maria Bello) for another man in Keith Behrman’s film, which presented both a challenge and an opportunity for the actor.
“I read it, and I liked the script very much — it was a significant departure from what I’d done on ‘Twin Peaks.’ He’s a father, he’s a caring father with integrity and strength and purpose, and I liked the message of the film.
In your spare time, you are a winemaker.