Seeing double: Identical twins Donnie and Rocco Masihi on playing brothers in HBO series

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It isn’t easy to watch the dark tale framing HBO’s “I Know This Much is True.” The stunning six-part series, which is being streamed on HBO Go, is based on Wally Lamb’s 1998 novel

Each role in the show requires a tricky balancing act for actors because, as the story plays out, Dominick is often seen overcompensating for his guilt over his repressed resentment toward his brother by being overprotective of him. As a result of his dying mother’s wish to protect Thomas at all costs, Dominick’s relationship with the latter has outweighed any of his romantic pursuits.

“My brother started to get symptoms [of schizophrenia] when he was in his early 20s, and I was around 9,” Ettinger disclosed to New York Post last month. So Philip knows where all the fear and confusion of the characters are coming from.We imagine the difficulty of getting Rocco and Donnie to understand such sensitive themes and fully empathize with their characters.

Followers of fan fave “This Is Us” remember Donnie as the young Nicky Pearson in the acclaimed NBC drama series, starring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley. Asked about the kind of research they did about mental illness and child abuse to get them up to speed about the complexity of the lead characters they play, Rocco and Donnie told us that it was their mom and dad who initially explained those sensitive themes to them.“Our parents both talked to us about those issues,” they said.

 

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