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Bree Turner Interview: ‘Grimm’ Season 6 and the Much-Anticipated Baby

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Rebecca Murray
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Grimm star Bree Turner
Bree Turner from ‘Grimm’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

Grimm fans have practically been begging for Rosalee (played by Bree Turner) and Monroe (played by Silas Weir Mitchell) to have a baby since the two Wesen became romantically involved. And, finally, at the end of season five of NBC’s Grimm it was revealed the couple will soon welcome a bouncing baby Fuchsbau or Blutbad or a mixture thereof. During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con press roundtables, Bree Turner talked about what Grimmsters can expect out of season six and about that much-anticipated new addition to Rosalee and Monroe’s family.

Bree Turner Interview:

So next season’s going to be different for you because there will be a little someone extra thrown in to the mix.

Bree Turner: “A little extra fuzzy little thing. So far we pick up right where we left off, so the news has just been delivered that I’m pregnant in the caverns. They like to do that to us – really break news in dire times. So, we’ll see. I can’t imagine the show will end without a little Fuchsbau baby on screen. It’s too juicy of a question to not have answered in the show, so we’ll see. I don’t know. We only have three scripts so far and it’s all pretty much happening real time, the first three scripts. There isn’t a time jump at all. We’re all just immediately dealing with the aftermath of HW being obliterated and Black Claw overtaking everything, and Renard going to the dark side. And Nick should be dead but he’s not and the stick, and is Eve Juliet? Awwww! So, we’re just kind of dealing with a lot. There’s a lot in Portland right now.”

The show has managed to reinvent itself each season. Will we see that this next season, too?

Bree Turner: “You know, I think we’re on the same trajectory that we ended the season with which I thought was really cool. The momentum just like picked up in the last several episodes of season five. Everything got very urgent; stakes were super high. There wasn’t any storyline being teased. We were just like delivering, delivering, delivering. And I think that so far we’re keeping with that. We have a shorter episode order this season so that’s fewer episodes to cram the same amount of information. So I think the urgency will be kicked up a notch.”

Do you think a happy ending is possible for Rosalee and Monroe?

Bree Turner: “I think so. It might not be in Portland. That has been talked about a lot in the script with the characters. There’s a lot of dialogue in the first three episodes of how Portland is really bad news right now. We might want to leave Portland – we’re not safe there. I think Rosalee wants to escape. I think the pressure of bringing a child into this unknown, scary space where they’re now totally exposed as a couple where they kind of want to live a quiet life, go under the radar – kind of just not be the face of any movement and now they’re Enemy Number One to Black Claw – I think that’s really scary to Rosalee and Monroe. So, we’ll see. Maybe they’ll ride off into the sunset to Tacoma or somewhere and start a new life.”

Are there any baby names being batted around by the cast members?

Bree Turner: (Laughing) “No, that’s a good question. No, no. But I would imagine with the couple it would be something old-fashioned and sweet.”

Have they discussed what kind of powers your baby will have?

Bree Turner: “That’s the big question. Is it going to be a hybrid? Is one species going to dominate? I don’t know. But it’s super fun. That’s why being a genre fantasy show like this it’s limitless what you can do. As an actor it’s always super fun. It’s like I can have a second head all of a sudden! It’s like, ‘Oh yeah, I grow a second head and that makes sense.’ So it keeps it really fun.”

How would you feel if the two cancel each other out and you end up with a human baby?

Bree Turner: “I know, right! I don’t know. It’s a good question because again it’s like interspecies mixing has kind of been verboden in a lot of generations and we’re sort of saying, ‘We’re a modern couple. That’s ridiculous.'”

Watch the full Bree Turner interview:





Lindsey Morgan Interview: ‘The 100’ Season 4, Raven, and A.L.I.E.

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Rebecca Murray
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The 100 star Lindsey Morgan
Lindsey Morgan from ‘The 100’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

Kicking off our roundtable interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con I asked The 100 star Lindsey Morgan if Raven will be allowed to have an easier time of it in season four. The character’s gone through so much trauma over the course of seasons one, two, and three that it seems like series creator Jason Rothenberg could, for once, cut her a little slack in the upcoming fourth season. Laughing, Morgan said she wouldn’t mind that but she’s actually had a great time playing Raven’s many assorted hardships throughout the first three seasons. Morgan also talked about the lasting effects of A.L.I.E. on Raven during our chat at this year’s Comic Con.

Lindsey Morgan Interview:

Do you think she’ll be in a better place this season because she couldn’t be in much worse of one, right?

Lindsey Morgan: “Good point! Tell Jason that! I do, actually. I do. I think after season three and after we really kind of touched on it in the finale and everything, but we’re really going to see what happens next and how the A.L.I.E. possession and basically the A.L.I.E. upgrade unfolds for Raven. When she fought off A.L.I.E. and forced her out, A.L.I.E. wasn’t willing to go so she left a little of A.L.I.E. behind. That made her smarter than ever and just her mind is in 5th gear now. She can code and she can understand this new technology and Becca’s work that no one else can. So, she’s smarter than ever and I think everything she also went through physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually…you know she went to hell and back and she made it. I think just the human spirit, when it’s truly tested and even broken but it comes back from that, it comes back stronger. It feels like the human bones. When they mend, they are stronger than ever. That’s where I feel Raven’s at now. She’s been through so much. She’s just…I don’t know. It’s just like she’s evolved, you know? A whole other place now. She’s ready. She’s ready for it.”

She can take on anything at this point.

Lindsey Morgan: “Yeah. She’s done it all. She’s like, ‘I’ve been to hell and back and frankly it was kind of boring. What else do you got?'”

How was it playing Raven controlled by A.L.I.E.?

Lindsey Morgan: “I’m always like, ‘What are they gonna do now? We’ve done it all!’ Then when I saw that I was like, ‘What? I have to do what?’ And Jason’s like, ‘Yeah, yeah. It’s cool, it’s cool. It shoots tomorrow.’ I’m like, ‘Oh my god!’

I thought that was really, really fun because when you’re on a show, especially a long term show, you’re so used to a certain character. And so getting a chance to, literally, be another character was just really fun. I mean, it was tough but it was also exciting, like as an acting challenge. It was such a cool thing to do with going in and out and having that be captured or conveyed, that different mind sleeping and swapping. So, I just thought it was super cool and super fun. It made me feel a little psycho, like schizo, but I was like, ‘Cool! Let’s do it!'”

When we first met Raven she was a completely different person than how we left her at the end of season three. What’s that trajectory been like for you?

Lindsey Morgan: “It’s interesting. When Raven came out in the beginning I was just like in love with her because she was just such a badass and so strong. Knifing Bellamy and like, ‘Shut-up!’ which I love. I was like, ‘Yes! Kick ass, girl!’ I love it. But then when she started getting beat down after beat down after beat down and she’s trying and trying and trying, it gets heavy and it gets hard. Last season was the darkest for her and also just me as a person it was probably one of my darkest moments for personal reasons. So, it sucked. I mean, it weighs heavy on your heart. There’s so many traumas Raven goes through. I’m kind of method in a sense where I trick my body into trauma because your body doesn’t know it’s not in trauma. You start breathing hard and your body will react. You’ll get hot, you know? So my body was like, ‘What’s happening? Stop it!’ So, it was tough for Lindsey. But after coming out of it and seeing it all, I feel very proud of my work and I feel very proud of Raven and proud to be challenged. I feel a little evolved. ‘Wow, I went through some sh*t and I didn’t die,’ like Raven. I get her on a whole new level now. I’m grateful versus stressed out, because I was a little stressed out but now I’m grateful.”

Watch the full Lindsey Morgan interview:





‘Kidnap’ Trailer: Halle Berry Plays a Mom Tracking Her Kidnapped Son

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Rebecca Murray
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Halle Berry stars in Kidnap
Halle Berry stars in ‘Kidnap’ (Photo Credit: Relativity Studios)

The first official trailer’s arrived for Kidnap, a long-delayed thriller starring Halle Berry. Kidnap was shot way back in 2014, however Relativity Studios’ financial problems caused the film to be pushed back from a 2015 theatrical release. First it was bumped from an October 2015 release date to early 2016, then May, and now it’s been set to arrive in theaters this winter.

The action thriller was directed by Luis Prieto and follows Berry as a mom who goes full-on race car driver (even throwing it in reverse on a busy freeway) as she attempts to keep up with the kidnappers of her young son. The cast also includes Sage Correa, Chris McGinn, and Lew Temple.

The Plot: The film is a heart-stopping action thriller following a mother (Berry) who will stop at nothing to rescue her kidnapped son.

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Willa Holland Interview: ‘Arrow’ Season 5 and Thea’s Relationship with Malcolm

By
Fred Topel
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Arrow star Willa Holland
Willa Holland from ‘Arrow’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

When Arrow star Willa Holland sat down for our roundtable interview at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, she kicked off the interview by asking what questions she could answer about The CW show’s upcoming fifth season. Cast members who’d taken the hot seat before her had given very cryptic answers so as not to reveal any spoilers, and Holland laughed and said, “I can basically give you the vaguest answers…”

Season five of the popular comic book inspired series will premiere on October 5, 2016, and Holland says this new season will find Thea helping out Oliver as he takes on the role of Mayor.

Willa Holland Interview:

Can we talk about Thea’s relationship with Malcolm and what it may move toward in season 5?

Willa Holland: “We actually have not touched upon it necessarily yet in the scripts. We haven’t seen any word about it or seen any scripts released necessarily about it, but John (Barrowman) and I have had very extensive conversations with the producers regarding that toward the end of the season four or in the beginning of this one. Basically, because in the last two years, obviously, we now know he’s my dad, obviously we now know he’s not a good guy even though he tries to be and he goes through all of these levels.

But to Thea he has drugged her, he has made her do some pretty screwed up things. He has lied to her, he continues to drug her even two years later. […]He says, ‘You’ll never kill me,’ with a knife up to her throat. There’s all these levels to it that we keep going through and at some point John and I were just like, ‘At what point is the audience going to be like this is enough?’ They’ve had enough.

So, obviously, they’re going to be in each other’s lives. Obviously, their dynamic is never going to be peachy keen. But at this point, I think they just expect the worst-case scenario with each other so now every time they walk into a room with each other being in there, instead of a (surprised or violent reaction), it’s going to be like an (exasperated one). You know? They expect it, it’s there, and there’s nothing we can do about it anyway. Let’s not keep pointing the whole, ‘I hate you, daddy. I hate you. You’re so unrespectable, so evil,’ dynamic. We’ve done it for enough time.”

What’s Thea’s relationship going to be like with the others after she left them at the end of season four?

Willa Holland: “She did leave. She put a pause, as everyone does in this show. No one actually leaves for good. No one is really dead. None of that stuff is really a possibility in our show. Towards the end of the season, Oliver (Stephen Amell) was running for mayor and she was actually helping to spearhead his campaign.

So, I think one of the natural things for her to do in this situation where she’s trying to remove herself from the team but also still wants to be helpful and useful, I think she’s very naturally being put into his right-hand woman role – or however you want to say it – inside the mayoral office now. Because as much as we all would love to think Oliver is a mayor now moonlighting as a vigilante, it’s the exact opposite. He’s only ever showing up as the mayor a smidgen of his time that he’s supposed to, so somebody’s got to be there cleaning up the fact. And that’s now going to be Thea’s job now for a little while. But, in a very good way. I think she’s really growing into it.”

Watch the full Willa Holland interview:

(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)




Cobie Smulders, Keegan-Michael Key Star in Netflix’s ‘Friends From College’

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Rebecca Murray
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Cobie Smulders Friends From College
Cobie Smulders on the red carpet at the ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ premiere (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Cobie Smulders (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, Keanu) are confirmed to star in Netflix’s new comedy series Friends From College. The comedy comes from writer/director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Get Him to the Greek) and Francesca Delbanco who are writing and executive producing. Stoller is also set to direct the eight episode first season.

The cast of the new comedy series also includes Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (Married), Fred Savage (The Grinder), and Jae Suh Park (The Mindy Project).


“Nick is a comedic mastermind. With Friends from College, he and Francesca have created a world that is both moving and very, very funny. We are thrilled to be working with them and this incredible cast, and look forward to audiences around the world laughing with and at these relatable characters,” stated Cindy Holland, Netflix Vice President of Original Content.

The Plot: The show centers on a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the series is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.




Sean Pertwee Interview: ‘Gotham’ Season 3, Alfred and Bruce’s Relationship

By
Rebecca Murray
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Gotham star Sean Pertwee
Sean Pertwee as Alfred in ‘Gotham’ (Photo by Mark Seliger © 2015 Fox Broadcasting Co)

During the 2016 San Diego Comic Con, Gotham‘s Sean Pertwee provided a little insight into what’s happening between Alfred and his charge, young Bruce Wayne (played by David Mazouz), in the show’s third season. Fox has set a September 19, 2016 premiere date for season three of the popular dramatic series and Sean Pertwee says that when we catch up with Alfred and Bruce, their relationship has evolved and Bruce is now actually listening to Alfred’s advice and concentrating on developing new skills.

Sean Pertwee Interview:

Where do pick up with Alfred at the beginning of season three?

Sean Pertwee: “Right from the front page, Alfred and Bruce are getting on. He’s listening to me which is a new experience for Alfred – and for Bruce, I think. I think it took a bit of reverse psychology, really, towards the end of last season. He actually said, ‘Do what you’ve got to do, just tell me what you’re doing. I don’t care. Do it. I can’t stop you,’ because he made three pledges young Master Bruce did to Alfred last season which he promptly broke. I think Alfred’s quite savvy that he realizes you can’t tell a teenager not to do something because they’re straight away going to go do it – like in real life. But, you’ll see them start to come together and you’ll start to see the rich tapestry of the man that becomes Batman. You’ll start to see us in the kitchen. You’ll start to see us in real life environments which really works on deepening the personal skills that young Bruce would need, from being able to dance to sewing to cooking. Making him a gentleman, and so much of that comes from Alfred.

You’ll see a lot of sparring as well and I have to say David has got a good right hook now. He clipped me yesterday. (Laughing) I’ve taught him well.”

Speaking of boxing, have you been training?

Sean Pertwee: “I’ve been boxing, yeah. (I’ve been) training with a wonderful man called Julian. My father was an actor and they called him the action Doctor. I think I’m the action butler and the thing is I think the lovely showrunner loves to see me get my ass handed to me on a plate. It keeps happening and I’m not getting any younger! I love that element from an actor’s perspective of being allowed to give him physicality, so they keep writing it in. They keep writing it in and our stunt team have just been nominated for an Emmy so a big shout out to them. They let me do as much as I can so I’m delighted, really. I spend a lot of time unconscious though.”

Do we get to learn any more of Alfred’s backstory this season?

Sean Pertwee: “I hope so. I’m hoping so. Bruno (Heller), our wonderful showrunner, has this fantastic knack of – if this makes any sense at all – they tell history by going forwards. Like, we found out about Alfred’s SAS past. People were confused by my interpretation to begin with because it seemed brusque with Bruce. It’s only when you saw his past visit him who was a man who was terribly similar to Alfred, which was in the shape of Reggie – the guy who stabbed him. He says, ‘You don’t know who this man is,’ to Bruce when he gets drunk. ‘He was the biggest, coldest killer.’ You learn about his history by going forward, so I think that you might (learn more). What I’m hoping is you’ll start to also see the real relationship that did exist between Thomas and Alfred because that would give you more a sense of his geography, why he was there. He was there not just as a confidante or valet or butler but as a protector also.”

Watch the full Sean Pertwee interview:





‘Archer’ Season 8 Cast Interviews: What’s in Store for Sterling and #TeamArcher?

By
Melissa Molina
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Archer Season 8 Cast
Adam Reed, Jon Benjamin, Jessica Walter, Chris Parnell, Amber Nash, Lucky Yates, Aisha Tyler, Judy Greer and actor Christian Slater at ‘Archer Live!’ during the San Diego Comic Con (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for FX)

It seems like very little time has passed since the insanely popular animated series Archer premiered on FX, but here it is, getting closer to its 8th season. The Adam Reed-created series has been a roaring success, becoming ingrained deep in the psyches of pop culture fans. Is it possible for this show to ever have a stinker season? That may be practically impossible for them to do.

A lot has happened to the not-so-secret agency in the past few seasons, to say the least. They’ve barely survived missions that had been botched by their own hands, gotten into some kinky stuff, and even dabbled in drug dealing for a short time. Needless to say, it’s a surprise that any of the main characters are still alive at this point. Season seven ended with the titular hero not in the best of states, placing the big question on everybody’s minds: is Archer truly dead? And if that really is his fate… will we see a cyborg version of him pop up in the next season? Cyborgs haven’t exactly been treated with kindness in the series thus far, so if that is what’s to happen to Sterling Archer, then it’s about to get incredibly interesting in the upcoming eighth season.

The incredibly lively voice cast of Archer sat down with the press during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con to speak about what’s going to happen in season eight and to mainly get a chuckle out of their co-stars sitting down next to them. Check out what Archer cast members H. Jon Benjamin, Jessica Walter, Aisha Tyler, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, and Lucky Yates, as well series creator Adam Reed, executive producer Matt Thompson, and Casey Willis had to say about the next season during roundtable interviews at Comic-Con:




Box Office: ‘Ben-Hur’ Tanks, ‘Suicide Squad’ Stays in 1st

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Rebecca Murray
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Jack Huston and Morgan Freeman in Ben-Hur
Jack Huston plays Judah Ben-Hur and Morgan Freeman plays Ilderim in ‘Ben-Hur’ (Photo © 2016 Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)

Hollywood, please pay attention: ticket buyers are tired of remakes. Ben-Hur‘s just the latest in a long string of remakes/reimaginings/revamps and all of those other ‘re’ words to bomb at the box office. Ringing up just $11 million over its first three days of domestic release, the latest take on Lew Wallace’s classic novel didn’t have the star power of its predecessor nor did it arrive in theaters when swords and sandals epics are wanted or in demand. With a $100 million budget, Paramount’s PG-13 rated action/drama could leave theaters without earning its money back.

The weekend’s other two big studio theatrical releases – War Dogs and Kubo and the Two Strings – didn’t fare much better than Ben-Hur. Teaming Jonah Hill and Miles Teller for an action/comedy inspired by true events, Warner Bros’ War Dogs from The Hangover‘s Todd Phillips is currently sitting at just 59% fresh on RottenTomatoes. And, according to CinemaScore, audiences were also less than enthusiastic, with the R-rated film averaging a B grade (Ben-Hur earned an A-). The weekend’s family friendly offering, LAIKA’s latest stop-motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings, opened to the lowest first weekend to date of any release from that production company.

Box Office Top 10: August 19-21, 2016

  1. Suicide Squad – $20,710,000
  2. Sausage Party – $15,325,000
  3. War Dogs – $14,300,000
  4. Kubo and the Two Strings – $12,610,000
  5. Ben-Hur – $11,350,000
  6. Pete’s Dragon – $11,331,000
  7. Bad Moms – $8,068,000
  8. Jason Bourne – $7,980,000
  9. The Secret Life of Pets – $5,770,000
  10. Florence Foster Jenkins – $4,300,000




‘Justice League Action’ – Diedrich Bader Interview

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Fred Topel
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Diedrich Bader stars in Justice League Action
‘Justice League Action’ star Diedrich Bader (voice of Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter) at the Warner Bros. booth at Comic-Con 2016. (Photo © 2016 WBEI. All Rights Reserved.)

Diedrich Bader returns to the DC Comics world with the animated series Justice League Action from Warner Bros. Animation coming this fall to Cartoon Network. The animated series features Bader as Booster Gold, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as The Joker, and James Woods as Lex Luthor, and is executive produced by Justice League‘s Butch Lukic, Batman: The Animated Series‘ Alan Burnett, and Green Lantern: The Animated Series‘ Jim Krieg.


We had the chance to chat with Bader, the executive producers, and designer Shane Glines during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con where they described what Justice League fans can expect from the new series. Asked if Booster will be as fame-hungry in Justice League Action as he has been in previous incarnations, Bader said his character’s definitely all about getting attention. “He’s always taking selfies with Batman. It’s pretty funny. Anytime he’s around Batman he’s blogging the whole time,” said Bader, laughing.

Bader also revealed Booster will idolize Batman, an aspect to the character that Bader found fun to play. “I actually really liked it. He has a total hero worship about him. Actually, the most interesting episode we have – a full-on Booster episode – is that the two of them are paired up and Batman shows him the responsibilities and how to be a real hero. So it’s this great storyline because there’s this child, he pretends to be a hero and Batman tells him what the responsibilities really are.”

The Plot: Featuring the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman, the Dark Knight will join with Superman and Wonder Woman and the rest of DC’s iconic team of heroes in a series that promises to put the action back in heroics. Whether defending the Earth, facing invaders from space, or battling the bizarre forces of magic, the always-rotating team of Justice League heroes, are up to any challenge.

Watch the full Justice League Action interviews:

(Interview by Fred Topel. Article by Rebecca Murray.)




Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti Interview: ‘Colony’ Season 2

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Rebecca Murray
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Colony stars Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti
Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti from ‘Colony’ at Comic Con 2016 (Photo © Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

USA Network’s entertaining and thought-provoking sci-fi series Colony was represented at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con by series stars Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Adrian Pasdar, Amanda Righetti, Peter Jacobson, and Tory Kittles as well as writers/executive producers Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal. The Colony cast and crew took part in a Q&A with fans and sat down for roundtable interviews to discuss the second season of the popular series. USA Network has not set a premiere date yet for season two, however co-stars Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti teamed up for roundtable interviews to provide a little sneak peek into what viewers can expect from the highly anticipated second season when it does arrive in 2017.

The season one plot: “Set in the very near future, Colony‘s world is a dangerous one of divided ideologies. While some choose to collaborate with the occupation and benefit from the new order, others rebel and suffer the consequences. After being separated from their son during the invasion, former FBI agent Will Bowman (Holloway) and his wife Katie (Callies) are willing to do whatever is necessary to be reunited with him. Thus, when the powerful Proxy Snyder (Jacobson) offers Will a chance to get his son back if he will collaborate with the occupational government, Will and Katie find themselves faced with the toughest decision of their lives. They will have to go beyond whatever they thought possible, risking their lives and their relationship to protect their family.”

Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti Interview:

How does the world open up and the characters change in season two?

Adrian Pasdar: “I think that the dynamics between the characters change in a way that allows you to even like them more or fear them more or become even more ambivalent. (Laughing) I think I have managed to make all three of those things happen this year.”

Amanda Righetti: “It’s more extreme. I think that the occupiers have taken a more extreme position; the resistance has taken a more extreme position. So, the screws are really tightening for everybody across the board.”

What’s going to happen with the relationships between your characters and Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies’ characters?

Amanda Righetti: “I think they have a lot to rebuild to come back to an understanding between each other. It makes an interesting dynamic for the season because it sort of gives them a throughline and somewhere to go. In terms of Maddie and Katie, Maddie is in more of a power position this season than she was last season. Everything she sort of built up to in the first season, it’s coming to fruition now. And Katie has had everything stripped from her, so the tables have turned. Katie is relying more on Maddie for her help and what’s happening with Bram, and not having her family close to her.”

Do you think we’re actually going to see the invaders this season?

Adrian Pasdar: “That’s a good question. I’ve been told we’re going to learn a lot more about them this season, but I haven’t been able to to confirm if that’s a physical description or more of purpose of why they’re here. I mean, we know ostensibly why they’re here but I think that gets expanded a little bit.”

Do you remember that Frankenheimer film, The Train? It’s a great film about rescuing art from Germany during World War II. If you want to, watch the movie and it will tell you a little bit more about what’s going on here. Why are they after art? Why are they after culture?”

Do you want to know what’s coming up or would you rather learn all of the secrets gradually?

Adrian Pasdar: “It really depends on…oftentimes information can handcuff you because things are fluid and they change. Sometimes playing just the scene without knowing where it’s going in two or three scripts down the road can be a little bit more energetic. If you have an idea of where you’re going, you can fall prey to… It lends a certain smugness to it. I see it in performances. It’s not intentional, but actors often if they know what they’re doing and they know where they’re going, their performance becomes a little more relaxed. That’s never quite as interesting. So, personally I like to know only as much as I need to.”

How do you feel about how morality is handled in the show and that delicate balance between what is right and what is wrong?

Adrian Pasdar: “I think it’s decided on an individual basis. I don’t think there’s a moral ambiguity in Nolan’s character but I think you adapt the morals that service your desires in the end. There’s no action that’s divorced from desire, ever. So you have to want something in order to do something. So while I may appear somewhat slippery in terms of characters I’ve played in the past, there’s a solidity to this guy that is a backbone that is a little different than what I’ve played before which I think is great.”

Amanda Righetti: “I also think you don’t know how you are going to react until you’re in an adversarial position. We can think that we’re going to react or act a certain way but until you’re placed in that specific position, you don’t really know what decisions you’re going to make. I think the fact that Carlton (Cuse) and Ryan (Condal) really explore those in every aspect – every character has some sort of moral dilemma and it makes it relatable for anybody who watches for any given emotion at any given time to go, ‘Oh, I get that. I totally can see why they would make that decision.'”

Adrian Pasdar: “How far would you go to protect the people you love?”

Amanda Righetti: “Yeah.”

Adrian Pasdar: “That’s what she’s confronted with on an every script basis. It seems like you’re against the wall trying to make things work for a family. I think I said it earlier. I was saying that every good TV show – you guys would probably agree, tell me if you don’t – is all about family. You don’t care whether it’s All in the Family or The Simpsons or The Sopranos or whatever, it’s about family. The dynamics that we’re creating here in this show is pushing people closer and closer together while the world around them is getting pushed farther and farther apart. I think if we can do that right and keep the audiences tuned in, it has a long way to go. There’s a long build on the show.”

Watch the full Adrian Pasdar and Amanda Righetti interview:





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