John Magaro seems to have a penchant for playing nice guys. In last year’s “Past Lives” he was Arthur, the understanding husband to Nora (Greta Lee), when she reconnected with her first love, Hae Sung (Teo Yoo). A vulnerable speech Arthur gave was among the Oscar-nominated film’s most moving scenes.
Magaro also played mild-mannered Cookie in Kelly Reichardt’s gem of a Western, “First Cow.” Working with King Lu (Orion Lee), Cookie steals milk from a wealthy landowner (Toby Jones) to make and sell oily cakes, which eventually gets them into a bind.
