Why Michael Greyeyes Was “Low-Key Terrified” to Do Something Brand-New on ‘Rutherford Falls’

Don Draper of Mad Men; Leslie Knope of Parks and Recreation; Terry Thomas of Rutherford Falls: all are driven TV characters who end up as the center of gravity in whatever room they’re in. Terry, a casino CEO with big dreams played by Michael Greyeyes, is also part of a TV lineage that includes, according to Rutherford Falls cocreator and showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas, Designing Women’s Julia Sugarbaker. While working on the Peacock comedy’s first season, Ornelas watched Greyeyes deliver one of the character’s signature monologues that subtly paid tribute to Dixie Carter’s famously outspoken character—and, in the moment, reminded… Read Full Article