Laurie Metcalf Talks Scott Rudin, Roseanne Barr And Falling Out With Steppenwolf In New Yorker Profile

Laurie Metcalf, currently starring in the hit Broadway revival Death of a Salesman co-starring Nathan Lane, speaks emotionally about the show’s producer (and her frequent collaborator) Scott Rudin in a lengthy New Yorker profile out today.

“It’s so touchy,” she tells writer Michael Schulman, who notes in the profile that Metcalf teared up when speaking about a rift with Chicago’s Steppenwolf theater company over her involvement with the controversial producer. “It’s so hard.”

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