Ral Esparza Reveals Why His Role In Candy Was So Challenging

At first glance, Raúl Esparza’s character, Don Crowder, appears to be a bit of a buffoon, fond of showboating and seemingly oblivious to the gravity of the case he’s involved in — and the long odds he’s facing. But Esparza found there was much more to him than meets the eye. “We know that Don Crowder himself had undiagnosed bipolar disorder, which, sometimes they say, in terms of manic episodes, it makes you feel invincible,” Esparza said. “[Don] thought he was invincible. The other side of that is a great deal of fear and sadness. That plays out in his life later, which isn’t anything the series gets into, though.”

Situating this unintentionally humorous, larger-than-life character in the context of a brutal murder trial was a challenge Esparza welcomed. “I liked Don’s bravado. I liked the humor in the piece. I liked the sickness of the piece, too,” the actor shared. “I also liked his 100% faith in his client, so that it allowed me to dive into the complete belief in the story and not ask any questions — [and] play someone who went 100% in one direction and then 100% in the other, within the span of a nanosecond.”

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