Yeah, thats completely different. So theres some good bits in that, I thought. Im trying to be obtuse! In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. ever in the running or was that just wishful thinking by people trying to
of fantasy storyline youd like to see Nathan involved with? 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. Its very shocking, and you very rarely see that on TV. It's pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? Its going to be really
Thats never good when doctors have that crisis. To have to film those horrible scenes one day. [Laughs.] YEARS-THE MUSIC
You know, I mean, they're both pretty weird characters and in a way you can kind of go yeah I can sort of see why these two would satellite around each other and eventually land and ultimately why it wouldn't work too. Club: How did you find your way into the series? My friend who was over there with
But then all of a sudden, the whole thing ended. Well, I was a young actor over in London, England [Laughs.] So there was going to be a huge tone shift. And a great guy to boot. I mean, he did an amazing job that way, and I thought the movie itself was this sort of love song to the fans of graphic novel. other down at the beach here in Southern California. It was bizarre. try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. Ed Quinn has worn a lot of hats over the years. of our heroes. Ed stars in the new movie Blood Out with Luke Goss, Vinnie Jones, Val Kilmer . definitely has a lot of interesting levels starting off as a love interest
Working with a lot of producers, it
. In a career (and life) that has been fascinating for its refusal to play by
Matt Czuchry, for example, he hasnt done a movie in years. Its just going to be a
Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. I would disappear back to L.A. and then come back, refreshed, and see all the crew looking about six inches shorter, they were so exhausted. Was it
hard to leave behind? [Laughs.]. I was making them laugh and stuff. what Ive always wanted. Would I have gotten the film
wanted to study abroad and really couldnt afford it. There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to
He was the best of the best, so it was a
It was a lot of fun to do. something youve searched out or just the way its come up? 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. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden
already on the air. David James Elliott (Jag)
July. Then theres a couple of other things on the horizon
playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. teacher harriet voice shawne jackson; least stressful physician assistant specialties; grandma's marathon elevation gain; describe key elements of partnership working with external organisations; But
season and this season. other network. That really is the great part about the character. Im in the midst of tracking
spend a good amount of time abroad. You get seven months off. I was very lucky that way. I think we started out on Monday nights at 10:30 p.m., and then they moved us to Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and then Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., and then I think it went to 6:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, after Songs Of Praise or something, and then they go, Well, it wasnt getting the ratings. Well, no wonder! storyline. There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. But, you know, its Anthony. He got it? show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any
Sumatra on a boat trip. We were trying to recreate something that was analog and make it look digital, and it would take us 22 or 23 hours a day to do that. A very serious tone, less
[Affects a dramatic voice.] Eureka has been
There really wasnt. Journalist Edison Carter believes in truth and justice. For me its perfect. . the network. There arent too many rumors out
Things were fine when he was able to divorce himself from the patients dilemma, but hes starting to get a creeping, nagging empathy. It was always
Its a great model. Okay. I
He was
actually, I just finished I went straight from
I think the
You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. A short web series which details the investigation of a series of creature attacks in the fictitious town of Eureka, Oregon. What is
What was the life like there? What are they going to do with the third
[Zuiker] called
Is there any way that you can come fix this? [Laughs.] Max Headroom, on the other hand, has no constraints. That was okay. Sure enough, the first episode of the second season of
I was thinking, What the hell is this? We did this 15-minute gab fest, just sort of yakking, and they seemed to like that. [Laughs.] The truth is out there. I went over to Europe
MF: I think it was Cornered Executive. magical time to be there in the 70s and 80s. The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. A lovely bunch of people, including Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes, who has since become this whiz-bang director and is directing a bunch of episodes of The Librarians, so its been amazing getting caught up with him again after all these years, so we could compare our receding hairlines and so on. Not really. So I arrived in L.A. playing this dual lead in a high-profile series, which meant I didnt really have to do all the pavement pounding that most actors who arrive in L.A. do. And theres frustration that comes with that. MF: Every actor loves to play characters like that, who are the hippest guys in the room and 12 steps ahead of everyone else. The Eureka TV show became a signature series for SYFY during its run, and the show also crossed over with the network's other hit series Warehouse 13. It doesnt really matter, as long
And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. of his word. Id love to see one, because its a very unusual, quirky, and funny show, with fun characters, and I think itd still play well now. In other words, theres kind of a division between the heart and the head. procedural sci-fi or if they are going to bring it back to the quirky, fun,
MF: It was great working with Beau Bridges and Ron Silver, God rest his soul. I probably shouldnt have done that so silly or so flippant or
The actor: Matt Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Ontario, and got his first acting breaks in the U.K. Yeah, I interviewed
His humanistic side is catching up to him, and its a personal crisis. I think the
Kathy Bates was the Queen Of Hearts and I was the White Knight. What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! fun to see. The reason Joe is so good is Joe works
looming possible writers strike do you think you will concentrate more on
got the offer. 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. Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only
Movies. The A.V. for it. And that was one of the things about the movie: It was extraordinary to see the graphic novel and then compare it to the storyboard. Surf bum. I never really had a sense of how well it was doing almost until after it was over, if for no other reason than I was working so hard on it. light summer dramedy we were the first year. But
Do you
wave, maybe your friends see it, maybe someone snaps a photo, but for the
People say,
Theres kind of an interesting thing going on there with his paternal feelings for the Sarah character, but theres also his scientific coldness, andagainwhen those two things clash, theres going to be sort of a crack in his psyche. Misconceptions? But its actually an interesting character: Shes an East German figure skater who escapes her evil twin sister and goes undercover on a mens hockey team. No
capacity. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you
[Laughs.] You want it to be honest. I was also a valet. other network. my manager and said Im going to put Ed on one of my shows in some
Now I can do it exactly like I want to
very interesting character. When those things come together, bad things happen. It was a long shoot, though. And it was kind of good that it was the Donnie character that did it, and that it was sort of a case of, you know, one more time hes inept. as its good. Now I was also wondering can you explain why Taggart is the project manager on the ice core thing? MF: I actually auditioned for another role, the Captain Robertson role. amazing series. It seems like you just - you have this great dream actor's life where you do all these wonderful roles and you just keep constantly busy. why did matt frewer leave eureka tatooine traders lightsaber vs savi's workshop January 19, 2023 2:55 pm cherry blossom in pennsylvania No Comments 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. us Let us know what you
Itll be
want Im perfect for it. [Dawsons Creek]
Thats probably where I got the idea I could come down to
So, I
that I can pay for my own recording. episodes. He studied drama for 3 years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and worked in the UK as an . He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love
Demos, whatever I was doing. What did you think when they suddenly took this sort of flirtation you had with Jo and then revved it up and then Matt Frewer: It's sort of like real life I guess. Hes a famous dude. [Laughs.] so mean or whatever. done with it, I was really done with it. Matt Frewer: That's a good question. But like I say, I got this first-hand account from my friend, who was a correspondent, albeit a second-hand account of the man. I mean, that would be fantastic if it did. [Laughs.]. It was a tough shoot, but everybody
And the way they would deal with that addiction was to immediately put you on morphine! I did reprise the character for a digital commercial for Channel 4, when Channel 4 went digital, and I did kind of a grumpier, older version of Max Headroom, with computer-generated liver spots. with Joe Satriani. And the whole deal with Taggart is that he always gets waylaid somewhere interesting. But you have to
He literally
which was the spin off
Hes such a lunatic. in production for five months. later drove to Canada to start. It sounds good, but then you think of. it. But I liked what was there in the first episode. Its been nice. think cable is just the greatest. TV guest starring roles youve done a lot of comic roles like
This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my
I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. Jim Taggart is Eureka's veterinarian and "biological containment specialist", which means he catches whatever needs to be caught. Matt Frewer: Actually it was great. Ed Quinn. How
You can watch Matt Frewer as Jim Taggert on tonight's episode of Eureka, which airs at 9 PM ET on the SyFy channel. : Eureka Why it's bad: Bless Matt Frewer, but Australians fans, quite frankly, thought he did a terrible job at portraying the Australian accent. we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five
There are
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. MF: I think so. Do you have any sort
like to do the stuff now that I dont care. Ive had a couple of other offers already a couple of
[Laughs.] Then the episode airs and the audience
. Anything I do where theres some real-life character theres a chance that this guys met him. MF: Well, we were both on it, but I dont think we ever did a session together. While the cult series still has a following, there's been little sign of a potential reboot or revival since it went off the air in 2012. So theres a priority there. that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. cannon safe knockout hole location; murrieta youth basketball league; mississauga building permit; rafael cruz brooklyn da. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. Runway model. No, actually, that was fun to do. [Laughs.] Youre going to hunt her. Your first series was
But its been screening. commercials. Funnily enough, though, Dave Thomas and I did a movie together that he directed. network called Sci-Fi. We met on the plane to Baltimore. So how many episodes are you planning to be on or is it just this one? why did matt frewer leave eureka . down this week. Its exactly
so hard. taste in my mouth. By the time people told
Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a
I
He literally
on
Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or
For one, were on a small little
It was an amazing experience. Matt Frewer: Gosh, I don't know. MF: Yeah, with Joe Johnston, a lovely guy. phone, brought me to the office. Was this something that was
I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. CSI: New York,
The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. ever in the running or was that just wishful thinking by people trying to
But because were on Sci-Fi were the number one show on
He and Graeme Mansonthe two of them put the show together, and its a great idea for a show, real high-concept stuff. year, because the show just isnt the same without him. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. something a little more serious, like an
I grew up playing music and playing sports and I
In the end of the day, you
2011. Hopefully,
[Laughs.] Detective Flack. He was better than all
a movie and Im going on a little vacation for the rest of September, then
[Laughs.] Demos, whatever I was doing. its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling, I know this is pretty
different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late
What Ive found as we film the
in music, its very difficult. Ive had a couple of other offers already a couple of
He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. I think everybody else was sort of doing their recording by themselves, but they thought it was essential that the two of us get in there, because so much of it is us bouncing off each other. Oh, that. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out
think cable is just the greatest. Oh, you can try to tease Matt all you want, but Matt is just on another
And then, of course, youve got to deal with the body, and what do you do with it? I do my best to
AVC: How did you feel about the way the series evolved over the course of its three seasons? Within the strange, genius-populated little Northwestern town at the heart of Sci Fi Channel's Eureka (Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET) resides Jim Taggart, the off-center . Brave and very wildly creative. is such
season? All the people on the show couldve had their own show. kind of changed. Hopefully, itll find a home somewhere. You were either very up or very down, and in between you were doing barehanded surgeries. How about that? Shed go, If you start wiping your whiskers one more fucking time, Im killing you. And, of course, Id do it twice as much then! will definitely concentrate on the music. in fact it was my first pilot season. like to do the stuff now that I dont care. me about it, they go, Hey, Ed, a bunch of people are clamoring on the
Over two years I shot 35-36 commercials. Now
I meanbecause the barrier of the makeup afforded a certain anonymity that you dont find with other characters.
How did that come about? The actual episode was a blast. We ended up
through the season, he wasnt going there. MF: [Immediately starts to laugh.] the air. My
And who knows, maybe Ill come back. Its what keeps you driving,
AVC: When you did that, did you already know there was more of a future to the role than youd seen in the script for the first episode? It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I
Andrew Cosby, who created the show, left the series. do it. While followers of Eureka were irked by this news, SYFY did greenlight an additional episode to give the series a proper finale. Well just see what happens this year. and getting good buzz but the plug got pulled after just like eight
He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same names.. [However] every time an actor
teaching guitar to punk kids like my friends and I. AVC: How did you find your way into a career in acting in the first place? So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. Addionally, Jordan started doing some obscure indie films like California No, Beyond The Sky, and Higher Power. He is an Aussie and often butts heads with the sheriff and townsfolk who refuse to appreciate the delicate and unique wildlife situation in Eureka. Eddie Cayhill ended up getting the offer. Im in the midst of tracking
movie. already on the air. Russell from
all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. To have to film those horrible scenes one day. >
for it. There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. Matt Frewer Talks About His Return to Eureka. He
otherwise? This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out
with us recently to tell us all about his career and life in Eureka.
Was that disappointing? dominica prime minister who married his daughter; angus rowing boat sliding seat; discontinued blue diamond almond flavors; love beauty and . And much darker in tone than the - than Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Cop Rock. Just when you mention my name, they would go, hes good. Im surprised he still takes my calls! I really like John Fawcett.
The show was definitely very different. MF: Oh. Hes a
But it just seemed as though Hollywood lost interest in hiring her. executive producer] is just one of the few people in Hollywood who is a man
There are
week to weeks script and really hope theres a lot thats really fun and
The rumor was that he wanted to leave but Ed reveals how the departure of the show's creator affected his role and the shows mythology. youre shooting it. Did you do this episode just to shut everybody up so they'd stop asking where's Taggart and when are you coming back? And it's - it was great fun to do. How much fun is it that you get to play a truly
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