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Emory Cohen
Emory Isaac Cohen (born March 13, 1990) is an American actor best known for playing Debra Messing's son Leo on the NBC television series Smash, and Bradley Cooper's son AJ in the film The Place Beyond the Pines.








And so, you know I had Dane and all of a sudden Emory Cohen walks into the room and they were sitting in chairs next to each other. And they were like two young wolves, two alpha males sizing each other up, you know? It was kind of tense actually in the room, so I decided I’d throw in an ice-breaker question at em’ and I said “Who’s your favorite actor?”. And Emory said, “No question, Marlon Brando.”, and Dane says, “Well I always liked James Dean.” And then they started to argue for like ten minutes, who was better, Brando or Dean. And I was like, “This is perfect, this is exactly the dynamic between these two guys. I can trust this.” So anyway I said “Let’s agree to disagree guys, you like Brando, you like Dean, name someone else.” And Dane says, “Well I always like Al Pacino.” Then Emory shakes his head like, “DeNiro”. And I love that to me they’re cut from that cloth. Do you know what I mean? I felt like I found the next wave of great actors.
- Derek Cianfrace