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David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel Interview on Bones’ Final Season

By
Fred Topel
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Bones stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel from ‘Bones’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Unfortunately, Bones fans have to say goodbye to Booth and Brennan and the rest of the Bones gang. Fortunately, Fox gave the series a 12th and final season to wrap up storylines while providing viewers with a few more hours worth of entertainment. On what could be described as a farewell tour, the Bones cast appeared at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con where they thanked fans for their support while taking part in a Q&A. The stars of the series, including David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, also participated in interviews to talk about what’s in store for the upcoming final season of the popular series.

David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel Interview:

How do you feel going into the last season? Is your heart beating faster than usual starting up your final season?

Emily Deschanel: “I’m directing the first episode so my heart is definitely beating a little bit more, and this is the first time I’m directing. So, I’m excited about that but I also have tasks to focus on which is helpful. But coming here, you can’t help but think how this is our last Comic-Con, at least for Bones – or at least in this incarnation of Bones. You never know what could happen. It’s hard not to look back a bit on the show and where we’ve come and what we’ve been through and what we’ve experienced in this amazing journey. I feel so lucky for our fans. So, yeah, it’s exciting. We’ll be sad; we’ll go through the gamut of emotions in the next few months when we film the 12 episodes.”

David directed the season 11 finale and you’re directing the season 12 premiere, so did you discuss how to make those episodes really connect?

Emily Deschanel: “We have only talked a little bit about that but I’ve been watching his episode which he did an amazing job of. I really hope they replay it. I don’t know what happened on the East Coast but on the West Coast, the [Republican National] Convention postponed it and then it didn’t start at the beginning of the episode, it started 40 minutes in…”


David Boreanaz: “That’s a confusing episode.”

Emily Deschanel: “Don’t get me started!”

David Boreanaz: “The type of episode that is, you don’t want to go 40 minutes into. All of a sudden you just see a bad dream. Like, ‘What the hell is that?’ It’s just like a horror film.”

Emily Deschanel: “I kept thinking, ‘What are people thinking of this episode when they just come into it?’ It will make no sense coming 40 minutes in.”

David Boreanaz: “None. Zero.”

Emily Deschanel: “David did an amazing job so I’ve been studying his episode like a very good student and I’ve talked to all the crew and our cinematographer and gaffer – we have a new gaffer – to make sure that the look is very similar to what David did. Obviously it’s a continuation of the same story, so the story is very cohesive.”

David Boreanaz: “But there’s a lot of surprises though.”

Emily Deschanel: “There’s a lot of twists and turns.”

David Boreanaz: “Yeah, there are. It’s going to be good.”

It’s not like a two-parter, is it?

Emily Deschanel: “No, but it’s like a continuation of the season finale because it happens right after. Even in the way we talk about the days in this episode, we start on day three which is from his episode. It’s just a continuation of the same story. It’s a really fun episode I’m excited to direct. Lots of twists and turns.”

When you’re directing an episode and reading the script, do you look at your characters different than you do as an actor? Do you see different things in your character?

Emily Deschanel: “You’ve directed more than I have.”

David Boreanaz: “Yeah. I mean, given the circumstances of where the characters are in the story. You obviously kind of dive into it that way. For me, I just read the script over and over and over again, get a sense of where the characters are, and then relate it to if I can create a vision for them in order to see where my vision was going. So they kind of work hand-in-hand.”

Emily Deschanel: “It’s seeing the bigger picture more, too. I’ve experienced just prepping, you’re seeing things. You’re going to know the episode intimately so much more than we do when we film it because I’ll know all the scenes I’m not in as well as if I were doing everything with it. You just have to know every aspect of it and the broader picture of the story, so you think in that way. You think about it more, so you think about that in terms of your performance too. [Joking] But, then you have to work with difficult actors…”

What does Zack coming back mean for your characters?

David Boreanaz: “Booth’s relationship with Zack was always…he just kind of of bothered Booth. Booth kind of looked through that and didn’t want to deal with him. He’s a genius so they just came from two different worlds.”

Emily Deschanel: “But so did Booth and Brennan. He was even farther.”

David Boreanaz: “For Booth’s character, I think he’d be more interested in Brennan’s looks. I’m just saying, you had the whole package. That’s it. I do think that with Zack, we may see something in the first episode of this new season where maybe there’s a leap of faith from a character to give him some sense of identity. It’s kind of fun to see what happens with that. For me, for Booth’s character, I’ll see how that evolves. I don’t really feel like I have any with his character.”

Emily Deschanel: “There’s even dialogue about them not being friends before. It will be interesting how that goes. My character, he was my protege. I loved him and then he betrayed us, but at the same time we have such affection and such sadness. And then there’s betrayal again for what he’s done. He kidnaps me and is very likely killing these other people. So there’s a mix of emotions from the cast and the characters. It’s not just one emotion. There’s so many different things going on. It’s nice to see somebody that you care for and you haven’t seen for a long time, but at the same time there’s great betrayal and confusion so it’s a lot. Every emotion you can think of.”

Brennan is such a role model to young girls. What advice do you have for young women leaving college and getting started in the world?

Emily Deschanel: “Well, the best compliment that I have heard is young girls saying they want to become a scientist because of this show. There’s a lot of strong female intelligent characters on this show and that’s one reason why I wanted to do the show. I say keep studying and keep working hard. There’s no limit. Really, there isn’t a limit to what girls can achieve and I love that more girls and young women are going into sciences and math areas of study.”

Watch the Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz interview:





Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer Interview on ‘Lucifer’ Season 2 and the Devil’s Mom

By
Rebecca Murray
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Lucifer stars Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer
Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer from ‘Lucifer’ at the 2016 Comic-Con (Photos © Richard Chavez)

How popular is Fox’s Lucifer? So popular that the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con press room for the supernatural action/comedy/drama was standing room only, with not a single empty chair to be found. In fact, when series star Tom Ellis (‘Lucifer Morningstar’) and series newcomer Tricia Helfer (who plays the Devil’s mom) came to our table to be interviewed, only one chair was available for the two stars. I now have the distinction of having given up my chair to the mother of the Devil, something not many people can claim.

Lucifer will return for a second season on September 19, 2016 and will introduce Helfer as the mother of Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside) and Lucifer who has just escaped from a cell in Hell. Paired up together to discuss the series, Ellis and Helfer talked about what viewers can expect from the new season and from the introduction of this pivotal character.

Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer Interview:

How is the dynamic going to work between Lucifer and his mom?

Tom Ellis: “Well, I mean from the start even with our celestial characters in this show, we’ve tried to work under the notion of making it relatable, making it like a real family. There’s a lot of other things that go on within that family. But, so there’s some unresolved stuff between mom and her sons. But at the heart of it, she’s still their mom. We’ve not experienced that in the show yet where Lucifer experiences real love – unconditional love – which is a bit of a curveball for him.”

Tricia Helfer: “It definitely has, as mother’s do, has a tendency to bring out a side of their children that they don’t show sometimes to other people and how they relate to each other. There’s also going to be where you have a personal relationship, individual relationship with each one of your children as well. Meanwhile, still having a family one as well. So, it’s a fun dynamic to work with.

I worked with Tom first and I hadn’t even met D.B. because he wasn’t up there yet. I think it was good because the first time I had a scene with him was him alone – him and I. We had a scene alone together for the first time as opposed to, ‘Oh, it’s the family scene.’ Instead, we kind of got to work on our individual relationships first before we had a group scene.”

Tom Ellis: “Before group therapy.”

When do we first see Lucifer’s mom?

Tricia Helfer: “In the first episode, yeah. But you definitely get to know…I mean, it’s not teased throughout the entire season who she is, is she there. We do get to meet her in the first episode and you really get to understand who she is and what she wants in the second episode.”

Tom Ellis: “Or so she says…”

The scripts are sharp. Do you just react that you can’t believe what you’re getting to say every single episode?

Tom Ellis: “Yeah. I mean, our writing team are amazing and I think one of the things I love about it is that they really love the show as well. I think certainly writing the character of Lucifer for them from the start was a bit of a muse as a writer. It’s like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve got this opportunity to have a character say what he wants to who he wants,’ and all of these gifts, basically. So, the standard of the writing on the show has been something that we wanted to keep from the pilot. The original pilot script, the original character that was realized by Tom Kapinos who writes these characters so brilliantly, we wanted to keep that voice heard. Our writers have just latched onto it and run with it, really. The show has really evolved.

When we’re at work, it’s not always as scripted. We throw stuff in when it feels right. It’s a very sort of collective sense of creativity.”

Can you talk about working with D.B. Woodside?

Tom Ellis: “Hate him! Hate him, hate him. [Laughing] No, he’s great. We have a lot of fun. We do love each other dearly off screen. It is fun to have spats with people when they’re your mates. But not just D.B. – the rest of the cast we are a bit of a family and we all really like each other and that really helps. We have a lot of fun doing the show. The show doesn’t take itself too seriously, which I think is a big saving grace. And as a group, and within the crew, we take our work seriously but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. It’s a great place to go and be creative.”

Tricia Helfer: “And coming in second season is sometimes very daunting to join a show because it’s already a well-oiled machine. You just don’t know how you’re going to fit in, but I was immediately embraced, immediately felt to feel comfortable. And then you’re past all that and you can just focus on the work. It was a real pleasure for me to come into the show.”

Tom Ellis: “It was a pleasure for us to have you.”

What do you think about the show’s big fan base?

Tom Ellis: “Obviously, when you do anything like this you want people to watch it. You want people to respond to it, and you hope they respond in a positive way because it doesn’t always happen like that. Believe me! I think there was a slightly nervous element, certainly from my side of things, about how it would be received because I knew the name of the show might get in the way of people’s feelings about it. But I think the nicest thing is that when people have watched it, they’ve gone, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe it’s this funny.’ And it’s like, ‘I didn’t expect it to be that. I was expecting something that’s ominous and dark.’ And we have elements of that but, like I said, the humor was always the real attractive thing for me in the first place.

I wanted to do something that’s fun. We could tell a story that does resonant at times, but it’s still fun and it’s entertaining for everyone. That’s been our objective from the start. And so the fans catching on and going for that is just [great]. And coming to Comic Con last year was amazing. It was the first time I’d ever been and the show hadn’t aired and they screened the pilot and people were laughing in the right places!”

Watch the full Tom Ellis and Tricia Helfer interview:





Wentworth Miller Interview: ‘Prison Break,’ Tattoos, and Michael’s Son

By
Rebecca Murray
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Prison Break Star Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller from ‘Prison Break’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Fox’s much anticipated new Prison Break limited series reunites key cast members from the original series including Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, and Robert Knepper. The cast was on hand at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con to present a panel in which they answered questions from fans of show. They also participated in roundtable interviews to further discuss the new series which will air in 2017.

During our interview, Miller discussed getting back into his Prison Break character, Michael’s son, the new tattoos he’ll be sporting, the new prison, and why both he and Dominic Purcell agreed it was the right time to revisit the brothers in a series.

Wentworth Miller Interview:

Given the definitive ending you gave Michael Scofield in the wrap-up movie The Final Break, did you ever expect you’d play him again?

Wentworth Miller: “I hadn’t given it much thought, but when I was reunited with Dominic on the set of The Flash, playing two different characters completely, we had such a good time. It was out of that conversation that we started to wonder, is there more story to tell? How is that justified? Could we do it in a way that was cool and satisfying? Then went to Fox, and it turns out they’d been having a similar conversation on their end. The timing was right, as it turned out.”

Did the timing coincide with Captain Cold’s death on Legends of Tomorrow?

Wentworth Miller: [Laughing] “I’m not sure that the two were connected, but we did have to work with the Legends hiatus. That was our one window in which to crank out these episodes. So we did everything we could in the time allowed.”

How easy was it for you to get back into that character?

Wentworth Miller: “It was easy, thank goodness, because going right from Legends to Prison Break, I did not have time to go back and watch the original 81 episodes. I just had to trust that Michael Scofield was in me somewhere. My first day on set, there were a lot of extras, three different cameras swirling around, and there was a lot to distract but all I had to do was look through the bars and pay attention to Dominic. That was somewhere to anchor as he has been, as that relationship has been for a long time.”

Do you feel more of a sense of closure for Michael, or do you feel there’s still more story to tell in this case?

Wentworth Miller: “I feel like there could be more story. It really depends on is it worth telling? Is this something that can stand alongside the original, not feel like diminishing returns? I don’t think you can explore a character like Michael Scofield on the big screen. That can only be done on the TV. I have such love and respect for that character that when Paul Scheuring first came to me and said, ‘There’s more. Would you be interested?’ The answer is yes.”

How is the new prison in this new season compared to the prison in season one?

Wentworth Miller: “The new prison makes the original prison look like the Hilton. It is kill or be killed, danger around every corner. That is part of the excitement of the new series is that we’ve upped the stakes in every sense. In the original, the U.S. was our canvas. Our canvas is now global. The threat is international.”

Tone-wise and production-wise, what has changed and what has remained the same about Prison Break?

Wentworth Miller: “I can’t speak to how it’s all been put together because I haven’t seen it, but Paul Scheuring who wrote the pilot and got the whole thing started, I think has a very edgy, topical feature sensibility. I trust that that would be infused in these new episodes, and it was. I think what fans can look forward to is more of the same, more of what they loved the first time. Themes of family, brotherhood, loyalty, sacrifice but with some interesting new twists and turns that feel very, very present day.”

What is it about Michael Scofield that you respect so much?

Wentworth Miller: “Well, he certainly challenges me as an actor, physically, mentally, emotionally. Michael Scofield is a demanding part. He’s always MacGyvering something, being throttled or scurrying through a drain pipe. It’s a very active and proactive character. I like the fact that his struggle is human. He’s a good man trying to do good and in the process does some not-so-great things. I think that’s what makes him identifiable and relatable on a human level, while still also having a slightly comic book/superhero quality where he can endure certain things that your average person could not. It’s one of the things that the fans enjoy watching on screen is him go through these trials.”

How has your relationship with Dominic evolved?

Wentworth Miller: “We have a natural rhythm and chemistry at this point that just shows up organically in whatever relationship we’re meant to be playing on screen. It’s one of the things that serves us Captain Cold and Heatwave on Legends and The Flash. It’s certainly one of the things at the heart of the Prison Break experience.”

Can you tease a little bit about the new tattoos? What’s Michael’s relationship with his son going to be?

Wentworth Miller: “I have a new set of tattoos. They’re central to the story. They’re used in a different way than they were the first time around. That much I can say. As far as the son that Michael has never met, it’s a source of ongoing pain and longing and angst for him to know that his child is out there somewhere and he’s never even held his son in his arms. We do tease in interesting ways how Michael Scofield’s son is definitely Michael Scofield’s son.”

Are the tattoos less intensive than the full body work done in previous seasons?

Wentworth Miller: “I didn’t think so going in. I thought it would be easier this time around because there are less of them, but we have to apply them every day as opposed to the original series, it was one application per episode. It actually worked out to be just as intensive as a process.”

Watch the Wentworth Miller interview:




Carly Chaikin Interview on ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 and Playing Darlene

By
Fred Topel
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Mr. Robot star Carly Chaikin
Carly Chaikin from ‘Mr. Robot’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Mr. Robot, the critically acclaimed USA Network series starring Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Christian Slater, and Portia Doubleday, airs on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT. With Mr. Robot currently airing its second season, the cast of the Emmy-nominated dramatic series turned up at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con to discuss the show, and during our interview with Carly Chaikin she said she’s excited for people to get to see a lot more of Darlene and learn more about her story. “It hasn’t been easy for everything to be so militant in that way and taking control, and kind of navigating and almost wanting to go back to old behaviors. And now that we finished filming and I watched season one, it’s crazy to see how different I was that I forgot. I just recently watched it and totally forgot how it used to be because I’ve been living in this new world for so long. It’s been the amazing role for any dramatic actor that you could want, just being able to play all these different layers and masking things,” said Chaikin.


“We get to see so many different layers to her that we didn’t last season. There’s a big vulnerability and fear going on in there, but trying to mask it with having the confidence of we did the right thing,” explained Chaikin. “We’re all wearing masks and what we are trying to portray is different than how we actually feel. So, it’s been great to have all those layers to play with.”

Most actors on television shows don’t necessarily know their character’s arc far in advance, but with Mr. Robot the actors are in on the secrets and know what will ultimately be revealed well in advance. “Last season before we even started I knew that Elliot was my brother. I knew about Christian…we knew all that stuff. But we did get each script right before we’d start filming, and so this season block shooting and doing them all at once we were able to get all 10 scripts at once. Which I now don’t know how we would have done it without having all of that information because it so impacts things you might find out later which impacts who you are,” explained Chaikin. “If we don’t know that, it changes a lot.”

Watch the full Carly Chaikin interview for more on Darlene, her motivations, becoming a leader, and how she feels about Elliot:

[Interview by Fred Topel. Article written by Rebecca Murray.]

‘Teen Wolf’ Final Season: Tyler Posey Interview on Scott’s Single Status and Ghosts

By
Fred Topel
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Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey and Cast at 2016 Comic Con
The ‘Teen Wolf’ cast at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Teen Wolf cast members including series star Tyler Posey made their way to San Diego for Comic Con, answering questions from fans about what series creator Jeff Davis confirmed will be the final season of the MTV series. Season six will finish up the storylines of Scott, Stiles, and the rest of the gang, and is set to premiere this November and conclude in 2017 with the 100th episode.

In addition to participating in the Teen Wolf panel on Thursday, July 21st, Posey answered a few questions during roundtable interviews on Scott’s single status, humorous moments, and fighting the season’s new bad guys.

How does a werewolf fight a ghost?

“Oh, not easily. They’re like lightning ghosts. They’re not even normal ghosts. And, they’re also on horses so they’re like three times the size of us. So, they’re lightning ghosts on horses and it’s no easy task, my friend, let me tell you now. We need to be really, really creative with the ways that we defeat these guys. It’s not just a couple of punches or some spell, or something crazy. We have to really get creative and figure out how the hell we can defeat these dudes. They’re a lot different, them being ghosts. It’s a lot different than any villain we’ve ever dealt with before, so it adds a weird element to it.”

How do you feel about Scott being single this season?

“I think it’s a very nice thing. Everybody in their lives needs to experience that one way or the other, especially in the growing brain years of a young adult Scott. When I was his age and I was in a relationship, bouncing around from relationship to relationship, I didn’t know enough about myself. As soon as I kind of separated from the relationship world I really figured out kind of who I was and became more and more just sure of who I was and where I wanted to be and how to get to where I want to be. I was able to articulate thoughts better and easier. And so I think everybody just kind of needs that moment of clarity from life and Scott had never done that.

Since season one, he was in love with Allison and then broke up with Allison and immediately fell in love with Kira. This is our first time seeing Scott without Kira, so I think it’s an extremely necessary thing. He’s able to focus on the world more, and his friends and his pack without being so much distracted. Saving Kira’s life got him into a lot of sh*t, you know? So now that there’s no girls around he’s able to really focus on the pack and saving the world and his friends, and making sure that Beacon Hills survives without him if he ever has to leave.”


Jeff Davis said there’s some comedy this season. Do you get to do any?

“For Teen Wolf? I mean, every now and then. Scott’s been kind of the awkward, little naive, vulnerable kid kind of and as strong and as confident as he grows, he’s still a little naive and little awkward. There’s always time for comedy when it comes to that. So, yeah, yeah, absolutely. We always mess around with comedy and light-hearted moments in Teen Wolf. It’s one of the things I love the most about the show since day one is that good balance of horror, drama, action and comedy.”

What are you excited for fans to see you do in Yoga Hosers?

“Comedy. Outrageous, outrageous comedy. It’s a little dark too. I’m a huge fan of Kevin Smith and have been most of my life, so I’m really excited. Kevin Smith, I feel like when I was a kid there were a lot more fans of Kevin Smith. My fans, you know my generation, I’m sure don’t really know Kevin Smith that well. They’re kind of not his generation and this will be a good introduction to them to the Kevin Smith world. It’s a little different than most Kevin Smith films. I just saw a test and kind of have a better sense of what this movie’s going to be about. I think that the new kids, the new generation of these fans are going to have a good introduction to the Kevin Smith films with this one. It’s definitely a dark comedy, but it’s good. It’s great. I love it and the two chicks in it are Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp and they carry that film so damn well. I love it.”

Watch the Tyler Posey interview:

‘Vampire Diaries’ – Ian Somerhalder Interview on How the Show Should End

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Rebecca Murray
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The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder Season 8
Ian Somerhalder from ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (Photo © Richard Chavez)

The CW’s The Vampire Diaries starring Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley will be ending with season eight, and series co-creator Julie Plec said she’d love to see Nina Dobrev return to the show during the final season. During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Ian Somerhalder (‘Damon Salvatore’) sat down for interviews and was asked if he’d like to see Damon’s story have a happy ending with Elena. Somerhalder actually has a completely different ending in mind for the series which will kick off its last season beginning on October 21, 2016.

Ian Somerhalder Interview:

How dark does Damon get this year compared to previous seasons?

Ian Somerhalder: “I mean it’s like this show is 50 Shades of Black. How many different shades…it’s dark. Listen, we go into some pretty dark spaces and the world’s in a pretty dark f**king place right now as well and we’re right there in with them. I think one of the reasons we fell in love with this character of Damon Salvatore initially was that he had the ability to be very dark, sadistic, but at the same time he was righteous. He had ill intent, but he had righteous reasons for having those ill intentions. And those are ultimately the most dangerous people in the world. Look what’s going on in the world right now. Look at Munich, look at Orlando. Look at anything we see around us. Ill intent with righteousness makes you very dangerous, and that’s what Damon always has been. Now, when we come into the season we see Damon and Enzo – we know these guys. We know them to be very cruel, calm, collected, super dark, funny characters who basically live with an immense amount of free will. Now, that free will has been stripped from them and now they’re forced to do things they don’t want to do. And so that conflict, that push and that pull is really fun as an actor to play and it’s really fun to watch. And so the level of darkness that comes out of it…Damon is doing the bidding of some other entity that’s really got his head locked in and it’s really karma. Damon’s just done that to so many people.

I mean, the dark sh*t that we did…like season one. I remember episode two of season one of the show, Damon you remember was compelling and seducing and effectively raping 17 year-old Caroline. I mean, that’s some dark sh*t but he was funny while he was doing it and he was righteous in his intent. It doesn’t get much darker than that. You know what I mean? And so going from that guy to now having to do what some other entity wants him to do it is a cool shift. It’s a cool transition.”


Do you want Damon to have a happy ending with Elena?

Ian Somerhalder: “Happy endings don’t happen in Mystic Falls. But for Mystic Falls’ sake because, you know Kevin (Williamson) explained to me…it was really funny. I don’t know if you guys remember this name: Marcos Siega. He directed our pilot. He was our supervising producer, our on the ground director/producer of season one going into season two. He and Julie (Plec) and Kevin established the look of the show, the feel of the show. He came right off of Dexter. He does all of Kevin’s stuff now. Everything that Kevin does, Marcos Siega directs and produces. All of it. I remember the first table read for this show. He slams down the script and he walks in and says, ‘Welcome back, everybody,’ because we got picked up for the show and the pilot was great. He says, ‘I just want you to read the title of the show. It’s called The Vampire Diaries, not The Elena Diaries, not The Stefan Diaries, not The Damon Diaries. It’s The Vampire Diaries. This is a story about a town and the diaries of any vampires that we want. None of you are safe. Any of you can be killed at any given moment. Show up on time, be nice, do good work, and you’ll stick around. And I thought, ‘Sh*t, man, this just happened to me three years ago on Lost!’

But, the happy ending I could see is that this girl gets to live her life never even knowing these two brothers exist. You know, talking about the most epic case of robbing the cradle. You have these guys who are like 160, 170 years-old dating an 18 year-old. Honestly, if this town could be rid of vampires and forget that they existed, I think it would be such an amazing moment for humans. Just to be able to go back and live their life. And as a human, as an audience member realizing that these supernatural beings came in and out of time to serve the purpose of the story but at the end of the day it’s about humanity. That’s what every story is about. It’s about humanity. So, Paul (Wesley) and I think that the boys – the Salvatore brothers – should go to some beautiful island in the Caribbean in their Speedos, sit on the beach all night looking up at the moon, bonding as brothers, drinking 60 year-old Barbados rum. And when the sun comes up they should have their final toast, give each other a hug, and throw their rings into the sea and just poof.'”

That’s a happy ending.

Ian Somerhalder: “That’s a happy ending. They’re in a great place. They had great lives.”

Watch the full Ian Somerhalder interview:

‘Supernatural’ Season 12: Jensen Ackles Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Supernatural Jensen Ackles Season 12
Jensen Ackles from ‘Supernatural’ at Comic Con 2016. (Photo © Richard Chavez)

The CW’s Supernatural will kick off its 12th season on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. The upcoming season finds Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) dealing with their mother, Mary (Samantha Smith), who has been resurrected 30 years after her murder. Sam and Dean will have to attempt to connect with a mom Sam never knew while she has to catch up on three decades of their lives as well as 30 years-worth of technological advances. During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Ackles provided a sneak peek into what fans can expect from season 12 and what Dean will be going through as he reconnects with Mary.

Are you looking forward to playing the relationship between Dean, Sam, and their mom?

Jensen Ackles: “I mean, yeah. Three’s company, right? Here we go. It will be an interesting dynamic for sure. It will lend itself to some cool things, but I also think it’s going to be very difficult because it’s going to be an adjustment not only on the brothers’ part but Mary as well. She’s adjusting to a whole new world with modern technology and all the things that have happened over the past 30 some odd years. But she’s also got to accept and deal with the fact that both of her now grown sons are hunters and have been since the day she died essentially, which was a life that she tried so desperately to get away from and protect them from. I think that’s going to be difficult for her to accept and I think it’s going to be difficult for the brothers to try to find a way to adapt to her presence. I think that she makes them vulnerable because now she’s essentially an asset that they have to protect and if something happens to her, then that kind of opens it up for anybody to kind of take a shot at the brothers.”


Will you be stepping into the director’s chair again?

Jensen Ackles: “Not this year. I took a little break to spend some more time at home, but I hope to at some point.”

How do you feel Dean’s story arc will change this season?

Jensen Ackles: “We’ve still got some things on the table. There’s still all the things that go bump in the night. They’re still out there. There’s still ghosts, there’s still vampires, there’s still people to save. So there will still be a lot of that. Dealing with mom’s presence I think is going to add to the storyline and that arc will be interesting. Then also finding Lucifer (to be played by Rick Springfield), trying to find a way to put a cap on that. What I do like is the fact that the brothers are together and will be kind of alongside each other trying to figure this out together, as opposed to one being infected with some sort of demon blood or one’s possessed by an angel – whatever it is. The brothers, Sam and Dean, are back together and they’re going to try and deal with all this stuff together.”

Do you feel there are two distinct relationships: one that Sam will have with Mary and one that Dean will have with Mary?

Jensen Ackles: “Possibly. I’ve only read a few scripts ahead and I don’t know if there is a massive difference. They’re all strangers…well, not the brothers. She’s a stranger to them and they’re strangers to her. And, I definitely think that Dean is definitely going to try and figure out how to relate to her and probably spend a little bit more time trying to navigate that than Sam. Sam’s just like, ‘I don’t know her. I don’t know who this is,’ you know? So, yeah, I think you’ll see a little bit more from Dean’s perspective on her presence than necessarily Sam’s.”

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‘Bates Motel’ Season 5 – Vera Farmiga Interview on Norma’s Death

By
Rebecca Murray
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Bates Motel star Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga from ‘Bates Motel’ at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo © Richard Chavez)

A&E’s critically acclaimed Bates Motel will, unfortunately, be ending after season five. The final season will find Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) dead to everyone but Norman (Freddie Highmore) whose fragile mental state continues to erode as he carries on conversations with his deceased mother. During the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, I had the opportunity to speak with Farmiga about her death scene in season four and what we can expect as the show heads into its final season. Farmiga hasn’t seen any season five scripts but says she’s game for anything series creators/writers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin have in store for Norma.

Vera Farmiga Interview:

It was so sad to watch Norma die. How was it to play that scene?

Vera Farmiga: “I loved it. I have been emoting so much for years, and I couldn’t wait for serenity. I really couldn’t. I worked very hard for it, but it’s been an emotionally frantic thing to execute for me. And I actually, to be really honest with you, was really psyched to relax and fall asleep. I rubbed it into the boys’ faces. They had this thing where they would call me ‘Easy Money’ because all of a sudden they had to take over, and they had to deliver really, really huge emotional stuff. But for me it was a chance to just fall asleep, nod off, and hover on that sort of sleep and that was the key for me to play.

There was one moment which was really dark and it was the first time – the moment where they actually dug me six feet under, put me in the coffin, and closed the coffin and started shoveling dirt – I literally felt the fear and paralysis and the awareness for me like I don’t know what. There was literally a moment where my spirit just kind of jolted out of my body. I don’t know, it was just a really strange moment. That was the hardest thing for me.”

Was it sad?

Vera Farmiga: “It was sadder than I thought it would be. I thought I could rest on the laurels of my Eastern European stoicism about it. I was like, ‘Yeah, whatever. She dies.’ Like, I have these supercharged storytelling experiences my whole career, but this one really hit me hard.”

How has it been being in a TV series for going on five years? It’s the first time, isn’t it?

Vera Farmiga: “It’s the first time. I’ve done a couple of them where they only went to 13 episodes. I loved this role. I loved my collaborators. I have such close friends now, and you can see that chemistry on the scene. You can see how we absolutely adore each other and how close we are and how affectionate we are. I think it just comes across. You know, that’s a cool thing for me to experience because usually when you work so long with people, there’s no lukewarm attitude. You’re either going to love each other or you’re going to come out the other way, and I adore them.”

What’s your role as an executive producer?

Vera Farmiga: “I think in the capacity that I do I’ve always been very vocal about my ideas and keeping making sure…I mean I’m on set every day making sure that tonally everybody is on the same page. I’ve directed before and the boys will tell you that even though I haven’t directed a single episode I’m always directing them. I’m always bossing people around and doing my thing, and they let me. In that respect, I think is where you see ‘executive producer.’ I’m always kind of doing backup. It just has been the case.

And this year what I really love is that after I directed Higher Ground, I think one of the most enriching experiences for me to be a part of where I thrived, and probably if I didn’t do what I do, I would be an editor. I love that process, and this year they made me privy to all the footage and I was able to see directors’ cuts and give them my impressions and ideas. That was really fun for me to do as an executive producer on the series.”

Are you looking forward to this next season where there are more intimate scenes between you and Freddie Highmore because that’s all it can be with Norma dead?

Vera Farmiga: “You know what? I have no idea what’s in store. I don’t even know how I’m going to approach Norma. Until they give me some words…and I haven’t seen a single page of season five. I only imagine that they have no rules anymore. They’re throwing all the rules out because she’s there. They choose to push her out that season four window and she’s fallen 12 stories high like a Hefty cinch sack filled with vegetable soup and now Norman’s got to pick up all these pieces, these fractured pieces of his psyche, so I think it’s going to be very interesting. I have no idea what’s in store but I’m game for it.”

Do you really enjoy doing horror projects?

Vera Farmiga: “Bates Motel, I don’t look at it as a horror. There’s horrifying events that happen to real people but there’s nothing supernatural. To me I always treat it like a delicate love story and that’s my approach. Even in, to be honest with you, The Conjuring it’s like we’ve taken that genre and turned it on its head. When have you ever seen song and dance numbers and love stories as a part of a horror film? And so I don’t approach them in…I don’t even know what that means.

I look at my characters and I’ll be wowed by them in terms of who they are and what they’ve come through in life and where they’re going. That’s how I approach it. If it happens to be in a drama film, great. The fact is I’d done almost probably around 50 films and only four or five of them have been horror.”

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‘Jason Bourne’ Movie Review – Bourne is Back

By
Kevin Finnerty
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Matt Damon in Jason Bourne
Matt Damon stars in ‘Jason Bourne’ (Photo © 2016 Universal Studios)

“It’s started again – a new program ‘Ironhand.’ It’s even worse than before,” says Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) who has reconnected with Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in Greece to warn him the CIA is back to training assassins like he used to be in the latest installment in the Bourne action film series, Jason Bourne.

After years of living off the grid, Bourne is contacted by Nicky, who, while working with a blogger/journalist, has stolen proof via secret CIA files that the agency is once again training assassins to kill anyone they want regardless of the reason. Nicky has also reached out to Jason because she has discovered some hidden truth’s about his father and the CIA. She knows deep down Jason wants to learn the truth about what happened to his father and why he volunteered to become the most lethal killing operative the agency ever had.

During their quick but informative meeting, Jason realizes that Nicky is being hunted by some of the agency’s operatives. The two friends once again team up to try and get out of Greece alive. Their objective is to make their way to Parson’s blogger associate to expose what the CIA is doing and to allow Jason to know everything about his past finally.

Action-packed and with a strong cast, Jason Bourne is a worthy installment in the assassin-on-the-run series but falls short of introducing any interesting characters or in unveiling a surprising backstory. It’s nowhere near as good as the first film, 2002’s The Bourne Identity, or the third film, 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, which is this critic’s personal favorite.

Damon is once again perfect in the role of Bourne. He owns the character and knows exactly how to play him, just as Sean Connery owned the role of Bond back in the 1960s. It’s almost impossible to imagine anyone else portraying this character, and in fact, it appears the idea of Jeremy Renner taking over the franchise (which was the setup for 2012’s The Bourne Legacy) has been abandoned, with director Paul Greengrass and Damon now back in the Bourne fold. Damon also got back into great physical shape to portray the mid-life ex-assassin who has been living in rough remote areas as an underground prize fighter to make a living and survive.

Julia Stiles is solid as Nicky, the young woman who abandoned the agency after realizing what they turned David Webb (aka Jason Bourne) into and how they hunted him as he fought to find the truth out about himself and regain his humanity. Parsons eventually became Bourne’s second most important ally, and the two actors once again click on screen as they join together in the best chase sequence of the film.

Alicia Vikander is effective as hungry and ambitious CIA officer Heather Lee, the right arm of the CIA Director Robert Dewey. It’s clear she has her own agenda in hunting down both Bourne and Parsons and seems to be willing to play any and all sides to get what she wants from the agency. It’s unfortunate that’s where her character’s development ends. Vikander’s Heather Lee is not even in the same league as Joan Allen’s character Pam Landy as far as intelligence or depth of character.

Tommy Lee Jones IS Tommy Lee Jones as CIA Director Robert Dewey who wants to put down Bourne no matter what the cost. It’s a completely unoriginal, one-dimensional character that Jones manages to infuse with his personality.

The action scenes, while extremely well-choreographed, suffer at times with the shaky, hand-held camera style that director Paul Greengrass has made his hallmark. This is abundantly clear late in the film during the ambitious car chase in Las Vegas. It’s very hard to follow exactly which vehicle just hit another vehicle, and the blurred camera footage is likely to give a few audience members a headache.

Still, while not being in the same league as some of the earlier Bourne films, Jason Bourne is an entertaining addition to the action movie series. It’s good to have Bourne back.

GRADE: B-

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and brief strong language

Running Time: 123 minutes

Release Date: July 29, 2016




‘The 100’ Season 4: Eliza Taylor Interview on Clarke and Saying Goodbye to Lexa

By
Rebecca Murray
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Eliza Taylor in The 100
Eliza Taylor from ‘The 100’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo Credit: Richard Chavez)

The CW’s The 100 cast once again participated in the San Diego Comic Con, with Eliza Taylor, Lindsey Morgan, Marie Avgeropoulos, Henry Ian Cusick, Christopher Larkin, and Richard Harmon taking questions from fans on Friday, July 22, 2016. The cast also sat down for interviews at the Con where Eliza Taylor told us she’s hoping season four of the popular sci-fi action drama isn’t quite as dark as season three.

Eliza Taylor Interview:

How is Clarke going to move on from everything that happened last season?

Eliza Taylor: “How does she ever move on? I don’t know. I mean, yet again we’re faced with another issue, another save the world moment which distracts her from all the other save the world moments so she doesn’t really ever move on. One thing that might be cool about this season is having her actually get to have a moment where she breaks down or actually gets to process everything that’s happened to her. I don’t know if that’s going to happen because Jason [Rothenberg] doesn’t tell us anything. But, what I really hope for this season is that it’s going to be a lot more hopeful. I want there to be more hope. Last season was dark, even for us. Even for us, and that’s saying something!”


Have you asked Jason for that moment for Clarke?

Eliza Taylor: “No, I never ask. No. I don’t know. I mean, I know that I’ve been doing this for three years but Comic Con is still terrifying to me. Talking to Jason, the guy who hired me, is still terrifying to me. You know, stepping on that red carpet stuff it’s all… This time three years ago I was waiting on tables, so it’s different and I’m still nervous as f**k all the time.”

In the season finale Clarke has a chance to really say goodbye to Lexa. What did it mean for her to be able to say goodbye?

Eliza Taylor: “She already had to say goodbye once which was f**king hard. Sorry! I keep swearing. It’s just really hard. Really f-ing hard. And then at the end to see her again and for her to say, ‘I will always be with you,’ I think that was easier. God, it was the love of her life, but it was something she needed to hear. Like, you will always be with me and I know it and I feel you every day. And, that’s what she needed. So, yeah.”

How do you get into and out of the mindset needed for playing such darkness?

Eliza Taylor: “It’s really hard. It’s really hard. Yeah, there have been times where I’ve gone home from doing a really emotional scene and just sobbed because it’s incredibly hard to get out of. A lot of people say that when you play a character it’s 70% you and 30% the character. You put so much of yourself and your feelings into whatever your character’s going through then of course you’re going to take them home with you, you know? My boyfriend could have proposed to me yesterday and then I have to do a scene where I murder 30 children. I’m not going to be happy about the proposal. I’m going to be like, ‘Must get clean!’ in the shower with my engagement ring for hours. It’s a terrible analogy but that’s how it feels. It’s very tricky and it’s something that you do have to learn to separate yourself from as much as you can.”

Clarke was separated from the main cast last season. Do you hope she’ll be back with them in season four?

Eliza Taylor: “Yeah, I would love that, to be honest. It would be so nice to be with everyone again. For like four or five months I was away from all of them. I was in Polis, I was doing my thing, doing Alycia [Debnam-Carey], and then finally it was like the band was back together. It was so nice because it was like us from the pilot. I miss that so much so I hope in the season we get to do more of that.”

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