NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Fantastic Four: First Steps and The Naked Gun actor Paul Walter Hauser says Lefty, the character he plays in the contemporary western Americana, is a man out of time.
"If you look at a guy like me or any doughy actor from past or present, there are different assumptions or connotations that are kind of obvious," the 38-year-old Golden Globe- and Emmy-winner told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"When you're a bigger guy, there's a little bit of sadness," he said. "You probably don't feel the same about yourself as those who are maybe healthier or classically attractive in a different way and I think that that was something to connect on, but then, also, some people feel like they're born in the wrong time period and I feel like this guy would have thrived in the early 20th century and I don't think he thrives in 2025."
Hauser said he thinks there are probably a lot of people in rural America who will relate to Lefty.
He's charming and disarming. Paul Walter Hauser is Lefty Ledbetter in #AmericanaMovie - in theaters August 15. pic.twitter.com/DuK93X63Mv— lionsgate (@Lionsgate) July 28, 2025
