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In just the past year, Sam Richardson has traveled through time to fight future aliens in The Tomorrow War, hosted little buff boys competitions on I Think You Should Leave, attempted to poach one of Ted Lasso’s best players, and now, in his most recent role as Aniq in Apple TV+’s The Afterparty, been accused of murder (gasp). It’s hard to believe the hopelessly romantic escape-room designer could be capable of such a thing, but The Afterparty requires its cast to present multiple versions of their characters in a Rashomon-style challenge, and Aniq bounces between romantic hero, lovable nerd, and drunken menace depending on which character’s head we’re in. Richardson relished the complexity of a…
