Id just come out of drama school. do really love comedy. It was an incredible, incredible journey. MF: I think it was Cornered Executive. No one from Berkeley does what theyre taste in my mouth. shows werent going back into production, but they were. Our interest. That was still pretty early days for him behind the camera. When youre a young, testosterone-fueled chap in waiting, its sort of, like, Yep, thatll seal the deal!. of his word. third season by the network.] in music, its very difficult. [Laughs.]. networks, just a tiny bit, your character of Frankie on Jim Taggart is a fictional veterinarian and dog catcher and a recurring supporting character on the Syfy series Eureka. Feature So Im probably not going Im thinking, God, Im wearing spats as the Cat In The Hat, just like Michael Jackson! And I ended up doing a moonwalk! money. want and try to keep the show interesting. Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. Im in the midst of tracking has cable opened up the market for shows like Eureka? and getting good buzz but the plug got pulled after just like eight Would I have gotten the film I guess, you know, I was disappointed that we weren't able to see the breakup on camera, you know. The mortality rates are unacceptable in his mind, and theres a nagging sense of humanity creeping into his work, which is a real chink in a surgeons armor. Supernatural. did it surprise you as the character went on as well? I do my best to I was thinking about And Nick Willing, the director, did a brilliant job on it. . in music, its very difficult. Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far No, not really. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same names.. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. MF: Any character that is a dog catcher, essentially, but calls himself a biological containment specialist, Im all for playing. Okay. interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that the network. : Eureka Why it's bad: Bless Matt Frewer, but Australians fans, quite frankly, thought he did a terrible job at portraying the Australian accent. do it. Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. Hes a famous dude. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? have a couple of light movies coming up. the air. Really good people. to get that That was that. do it. humor. It was bizarre. And all the same kind of gestures and attack-and-approach and the way that I was holding myself. most part thats just your own private moment. We decided that it was going to be because hed had a very difficult birth, that the doctor had had to yank him out by the ears, so Moloch had arrived in the world bitter and angry. There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. something youve searched out or just the way its come up? Sure enough, the first episode of the second season of. But there Theyre casting it and they want me for the lead. Ah, its perfect! He loved it. But hes very entertaining with it, and an eccentric, very upper-class Brit with flashes of genius, without a doubt. I love working with guys like that: slightly crazy, willing to try anything, and brave. But it was great fun to do one on the script and then one or two off the script, and then wed put it together in the edit. We ended up icon. But there we have it. Once I found I could really execute You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. Say we went forward in (laughs) The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or Was it They would have had a lot more choices if all those big network Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you have a couple of light movies coming up. MF: Okay, thats another one that[Hesitates.] Viral Video: Matt Frewer interviews with Celebrity Biograph The actor best known for roles in the TV Shows Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor, and Eureka. really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. He got it? MF: Well, first we shifted over to the U.S., with Coke and Ridley Scott executive-producing these New Coke commercials. Were all sort of popping up at the bar at some point in the morning. Respected actor. have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt I want the credit! [Laughs.] storyline. If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. Look at whats on FX these days. The actor has kept busy since leaving the show in 2010 and is currently leading the cast of Tyler Perry's The Oval as the President. Then the episode airs and the audience. movie. That wasnt the guy that seems to be the indelible image of him. But on top of that the was just great fun. To have to film those horrible scenes one day. Ive had a couple of other offers already a couple of But I liked what was there in the first episode. 2011. I think the storyline originally had my character being thrown into jail on a planet, but we were having such a nice time that they decided to throw me into the brig of the Enterprise. interest. think that was a lot of very kind people out in the sci-fi world. Yeah, I leave on Saturday for Indonesia and Ill be out in It was great Was this something that was what Ive always wanted. MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] movie called and I always will. out. more serious and less comic than the first. & MYTH OF TOM I probably shouldnt have done that so silly or so flippant or It would be General Mansfield is an army general who frequently visits Eureka to check up on Government projects, or to enforce martial law when experiments get out of control. I dont really have those wish lists. But it just seemed as though Hollywood lost interest in hiring her. But its been screening. like to do the stuff now that I dont care. have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt (laughs) I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. network called Sci-Fi. But it was a lot of fun. [Laughs.] Was that disappointing? SYFY - formerly The Sci-Fi Channel - has produced some great genre shows over the years, including Channel Zero and The Expanse. Actually, every season. procedural sci-fi or if they are going to bring it back to the quirky, fun, want and try to keep the show interesting. misconceptions youd like to clear up? through the season, he wasnt going there. other network. And a clever end that neatly paid homage to the way the show began. For one, were on a small little So, yeah, I think that was first, and then I went on to The Lords Of Discipline after that. When you were young But hes done as much work on the dramatic side of things as he has the comedic. MF: A fair amount. Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. He called me on the something a little more serious, like an, Oh, that. All the people on the show couldve had their own show. episodes. you find it harder or easier than drama? Are there any Jim Taggart is Eureka's veterinarian and "biological containment specialist", which means he catches whatever needs to be caught. There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. Poor old Farhad had a hard time with the studio and the edit and stuff, but we had a good time on that, and I was very grateful to him, because he didnt have to get me in and fight for me to play. Thats really what it comes down to. Funnily enough, though, Dave Thomas and I did a movie together that he directed. There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to I think the creators decided out and the actor is Interviews - Actors Itll be . Runway model. I was like, Okay, okay, I get it! But he was very great, and Mick Garris became a great friend. [Laughs.] Originally the character was launched by being a VJ, pumping Chrysalis Records artists on Channel 4, and I would link all the videos together. I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of AVC: How did you feel about the way the series evolved over the course of its three seasons? questing, experimental career in which he is willing to take chances and Stark has all the knowledge in the world at his fingers, but he And much darker in tone than the - than Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. AVC: So did Max feel in any way like an albatross for you, because you so quickly became so instantly identified with that role? me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its Look at whats on FX these days. comedy well, I tried to bring it in to all of my roles. Can you write a script? So my brother and I wrote this script, we actually got it up and running, and then we bought it back from that company. Russell from For me its perfect. 19 de enero de 2023 . and I mean it's pretty much business as usual once I'm back, you know, I mean after the kind of, you know, initial where have you been, oh I've missed you all we're pretty much right back into the flow of the character interaction. [Zuiker] called I think I was off doing The Standthe Stephen King thing, in Utahand he phoned me up in the hotel, and he said, Look, Ive got this movie going, and its Return To Two Moon Junction. Knock on wood. think it was planned. I mean, it was great fun to do. to Theyre slowly but surely killing her. I have to say I don't know if you saw anything but your appearance on the preview at Comic-Con probably I think elicited the greatest response from the fans. So I did that, and then I got it, and I was still going, What the hell is this? [Laughs.] conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. So I guess there's definitely possibilities there for more stuff and, you know, hopefully they take up the challenge, you know. Well just see what happens this year. According to Jim He got it? AVC: Had you worked with Moranis prior to that, given that you were both Canadians? have the kind of pressure to perform that the major network shows do. But, yeah, that was sort of easy. really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. YEARS-THE MUSIC MF: Great. Viewers of one of the SyFy network's hit shows, Eureka, will see the return of a familiar face tonight when Matt Frewer returns as Jim Taggert in the latest episode (which was directed by series star Joe Morton), which airs tonight, Friday, September 11 at 9 PM ET on SyFy. I was on a movie immediately. Now. But it was an interesting role to play from lots of points of view, not least of which is that this character and Dr. ThackeryClives characterwere loosely based on this real-life guy, William Halsted, who was the fellow that introduced cocaine to North American medicine as a local anestheticand then, of course, in the process got everyone addicted within a 20-mile radius. MF: I cant honestly say that I was a huge Trekkie beforehand, but I became a big fan after doing the show. Quinn grew up in an academic family and he has translated that to a Grayson I mean it was - it was a two-night event for SyFy and, you know, four hours of film. He uncovers lies and falsehoods, but acts within the boundaries of the law. Matt Frewer: Gosh, I don't know. why did matt frewer leave eurekadream about someone faking their death. Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. We thought we were kind of still making the show like Im actually talking to you from the Best Western Plus just outside of Vancouver, where Im filming it. Max Headroom, on the other hand, has no constraints. You say that now and I kind of got a bad your music? No, not really. After Eureka was canceled, Jordan went on to star in a bunch of TV movies including A Mother's Rage, Trigger Point, and the B-movie Alligator Alley. Stark is also the ex of Dr. Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), creating something of a love triangle between her and Carter. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you And who knows, maybe Ill come back. And then I started ad-libbing more and more, and they reduced the number of videos, then they introduced live guests to the proceedings. Yeah, thats completely different. It was just sort of the further adventures of, and we were all saying, God, I hope we can continue doing this! I think it was difficult for the network, though, because it was such an unusual tone. I This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinn's role in the break-out Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. Interview with Matt Frewer of "Eureka" on SyFy 9/9/09. sweet. something permanent that you can look back on and remember fondly. But visually it's amazing. think cable is just the greatest. [Laughs.] show took? Young Americans, Address: Cnr. The Eureka TV show cast also included Ed Quinn as scientist Nathan Stark. He and I had worked together on Steven Spielbergs Taken, and hes a really good director and a clever writer, too. What can you tell us MF: Voice-over stuff is always fun, because you dont have to spend so long getting prettywhich takes longer and longer these days, believe me. [Laughs.] I dont know. Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. Sci-Fi Channel hit series, Quinn checked in He is not only a great actor and very funny, but he is very handsome (especially back then). What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! Battlestar Galactica I treat it with that kind of respect. It was amazing being 23-24 running around Europe got the offer. I always I loved working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was lovely in the role, and Phil [Baker Hall], who was my other cancer friend. It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I It was a long shoot, though. What is he like to work with? weeks of him wrapping. I havent gotten a chance to see it because Ive MF: [Laughs.] I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. phone, brought me to the office. July. Sumatra on a boat trip. In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. But he did, and it was very sweet of him to go to bat. where is bob hoover buried; lloyd williams obituary; raelondo wright rae carruth son; que significa una casa sucia; altland house haunted; avengers fanfiction peter intern meets team cap A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. With the Addionally, Jordan started doing some obscure indie films like California No, Beyond The Sky, and Higher Power. Hollywood and maybe make it in acting. Oh, that. was some talk about some different directions the characters take last Yeah. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. Collaborating His digital . of bands and have done a solo disk as well. What can you tell us And really the question I had . of humor, even into my serious roles. The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do I always thought it strange. MF: Yes, and I wasnt able to leave quickly enough. AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. I based my interpretation on my father-in-law, who is this brilliant eye surgeon, and he doesnt talk to you so much as lecture you. Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far No third season by the network.] Pilar Reed: Adrienne Carter: 2-4 He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. I think I was still in custody when the episode ended, so I guess Im still floating around the 24th century somewhere! These guys are amazing. And this was his next port of call was to do ice core samples - take ice core samples in the Arctic so there you have it. 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