Mis yos de ficción

Just as he was beginning to make his mark in the theater, Kyle MacLachlan’s life was transformed when he was cast as Paul Atreides, the protagonist of "Dune"—a major production directed by a young David Lynch that, despite its scale, proved to be a resounding failure, leaving the actor’s future uncertain. It was Lynch again—who saw in MacLachlan a fictional alter ego—who brought him back to play Jeffrey Beaumont in the brilliant, timeless "Blue Velvet," and shortly thereafter, Special Agent Dale Cooper in "Twin Peaks," the television series that would redefine the genre and the history of the small screen. In "My Fictional Selves," MacLachlan recounts—with a style full of emotion, wit, and humor—the ins and outs of his life and work as an actor. He reflects on successes that were sometimes baffling, embarrassing failures (the swimming pool scene from "Showgirls" still haunts him), and the roles for which he is still recognized on the street—such as the Oedipal Trey MacDougal from "Sex and the City" or the twisted Orson Hodge from "Desperate Housewives." Along the way, he brings into his narrative several colleagues who have been part of his journey, including Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Ethan Hawke, Oliver Stone, and, above all, David Lynch—with whom he reunited to portray three distinct characters in the third and final season of "Twin Peaks," adding yet another twist to their collaboration.