Southern Sass: The Deuce's Gary Carr on C.C.'s Swagger and What to Expect in Season Two

9.10.2018

The Deuce's Gary Carr on C.C.'s Swagger and What to Expect in Season Two

"If you can't show, what's the point?" C.C. (Gary Carr) asks another pimp, while getting his shoes shined on Sunday's season two opener of The Deuce. He's wearing a purple velvet suit and

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September 10, 2018

Talking with Gary Carr, the Most Magnetic Performer on The Deuce
The Actor on C.C.'s Swag and His Future in Season Two

"If you can't show, what's the point?" C.C. (Gary Carr) asks another pimp, while getting his shoes shined on Sunday's season two opener of The Deuce. He's wearing a purple velvet suit and wielding a bejeweled walking stick. His exaggerated gait seems propelled by the force of his swagger. When he walks, you half-expect him to break into a dance; when he talks, you half-expect him to rhyme. It might be said that the quintessence of C.C. is an innate performance of which he himself is the biggest fan, as if he's constantly aspiring to be the person he projects to everyone else.

"He does dream of having a house in a different city and investing himself in a different culture—something that isn't this pimp life," Carr tells me, of his character.