The theories go that Ozark's Marty Byrde is actually Arrested Development's Michael Bluth post-witness protection scheme. “I think they have similar blind spots," Bateman tells The Guardian. "Their arrogance and hubris leads to early decisions. Perhaps they should think a little bit longer about what they do.” If there’s another through-line, Bateman says, it’s that: “I’m not too far removed from a drama when I’m doing Arrested Development and I’m not too far from a comedy when I’m doing Ozark.” He reaches to describe some quintessence to his acting another way: “In a drama, I’m not the person with a knife, I’m the person getting chased. In a comedy, I’m not the person farting, I’m the person who smelled it.”
TOPICS: Jason Bateman, Arrested Development, Ozark