Meet Uly Schlesinger, an exceptional pool player and star of hbomax's generationonmax.
star opens up about his character’s questionable choices, and providing an authentic portrayal of teen life on TV.There are only two things that Uly Schlesinger will say he is good at: acting and pool. Before the 24-year-old moved out to Los Angeles for his role on HBO Max’s, every day he would go to a dive bar near his Bushwick apartment to shoot pool against the brood of 40-year-old men that also enjoyed the cue sport.
"It's really important that we have real bisexual representation, that’s something that really struck me about Nathan. He was so unsure of everything else in his life except for this part,” Schlesinger said. “That is always the confusing thing in a character story, their sexuality. It’s always like ‘Oh, I don’t know. Am I? Aren’t I?’ It is a common experience and totally normal and good to see, but it’s also so important to see someone who’s so young and sure of that part of themselves.
The young actor went on to attend the New School in Manhattan for three years until he dropped out his junior year. He couldn’t afford college anymore and decided he wanted to throw himself into the real world, fully anticipating juggling jobs and doing community theater on the side until his big break. After a few months of working at the Union Square Barnes and Noble, Schlesinger decided he needed to make moves toward finding an agent.
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