How Jack Huston Developed His Voice For ‘Boardwalk Empire’

If it sounds like it's uncomfortable for Jack Huston's character in “Boardwalk Empire,” Richard Harrow, to speak, that's because it is for real. He wears half a mask to cover the part of Harrow's face that was blown off during The Great War, as World War I was called. Huston says for his audition he wedged a wad of gauze in his mouth to pull his mouth to the side. He says he still does that under the mask “to make it uncomfortable to speak.” Huston also created that croaky voice, adding clucks and tics to his delivery because he says he “imagined that, along with being disfigured, he had his vocal cords damaged.” Jack Huston, 28, comes from a long line of serious show biz people. He's the nephew of Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston. His grandfather was director and actor John Huston.