Charly Clive on ‘Rooster,’ Working With Steve Carell, and Finding Comedy in Vulnerability

It’s been nothing but positive feedback for Charly Clive since her show “Rooster” arrived on Apple TV. Fans have come to love the “relaxing” tone of the show, as well as the dynamic between Clive’s character Katie and her onscreen father, played by Steve Carell. But the biggest highlight?  “So many people will comment that they didn’t realize I was English,” Clive says, “which is such a compliment.” The Brit plays Katie Russo, a professor at a New England college whose husband, a fellow professor, cheats on her with a grad student. In light of her public embarrassment, her author father, Greg, accepts a position as a visiting lecturer on campus to be close to his daughter in her time of need.  “I’ve the benefit of having done most of my press with Steve and he knows what he’s doing and is beloved by everyone,” Clive says. “So you have the light of him shining on you and I feel like that felt very good.” The 33-year-old initially got an audition for an “untitled Steve Carell project” in her inbox and didn’t need any further information to get excited. “But you don’t think anything’s going to come of that, particularly when a big star is attached

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