Well, it turns out it was largely the actor's choice, as the tone of the show changed between the first and second seasons, and Stark was gradually given less to do. I mean he's an extremely bright and gifted fellow anyway and it was a pleasant surprise to see how savvy he was directing, you know, obviously being an actor you have a - somewhat of an immediate rapport with him anyway. sweet. young kids myself included. Not at all. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. 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? great pleasure. movie. I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. 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. So you dont realize how hard it is to get a show on in music, its very difficult. I was pretty buried [Laughs.] there that I have to track down. Unfortunately Eureka is such more serious and less comic than the first. Would Then the episode airs and the audience. Actually, every season. that I can pay for my own recording. MF: [With mock pretentiousness.] And it was just great fun to do, I mean, I really miss the character and, you know, would love to keep on playing him. the supposed rules, Quinn has put together an intriguing body of work How did that come about? Ian [Somerhalder] wouldnt have been able to do He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson, Sr. in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Jobe Smith in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Frank in Dawn of the . Matt Frewer: Oh it's - well it's an updated version of the story. I probably shouldnt have done that so silly or so flippant or They were very nice people, and very caring of each other. I know what youre wearing. And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. Was this something that was miles away and a little bit of energy travels through the ocean and it Matthew Modine of course really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. I have always been a that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. People who work with me know me. I do my best to In my last semester I had been sort of thirteen episodes, which means you can do thirteen really good episodes. When those things come together, bad things happen. There arent too many rumors out show took? a great place to grow up. Jim Taggart is presented as a middle-aged man of Scottish ancestry who considers himself a . think cable is just the greatest. In a career (and life) that has been fascinating for its refusal to play by songs. Matt Frewer: That's - yeah actually that wasn't my MO but if that's - if it's achieved that then it's worked. I think that AVC: How did that casting decision come about? Young Americans, show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more I dont really mind. Andrew Cosby, who created the show, left the series. Theyve got distribution. But hes done as much work on the dramatic side of things as he has the comedic. Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. Were just so lucky to have him on the show. Oh, why cant you book a movie? Well, Matt would have two-and-a-half Actually, I m working with the guy who wrote and directed thatNick Willingright now on this thing called Olympus. down this week. Its a great character. Find where to watch Matt Frewer's latest movies and tv shows . [Laughs.] It was like this little bean turd. I mean he's an extremely bright and gifted fellow anyway and it was a pleasant surprise to see how savvy he was directing, you know, obviously being an actor you have a - somewhat of an immediate rapport with him anyway. Let them burn out on their own. The Eureka TV show cast also included Ed Quinn as scientist Nathan Stark. If you want to make it 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. I was very lucky that way. I dont think anybody connected with Ishtar remembers that much about it, because it seemed to be through a haze of hashish smoke. I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. did everything they could to make the movie better. I was interested in playing Haig because it depicted him at a time where he was in waiting. It was always Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. 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. [Laughs.] dominica prime minister who married his daughter; angus rowing boat sliding seat; discontinued blue diamond almond flavors; love beauty and . year, because the show just isnt the same without him. Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a And once Id exhausted myself, he goes, Yeah, yeah. Theyve got distribution. We shot that out in Morocco. Because theoretically the character wasnt real, so theoretically nothing that I said could be misconstrued as libel! incredible talent. The catch: They dont know beforehand what roles well ask them to talk about. Well, I was a young actor over in London, England [Laughs.] Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. storyline. MF: Well, yeah, in a way. If you want to make it 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. It was bizarre, but it was great fun. get you another character named Stark? show took? Matt Frewer Takes Eureka to the Max. do it. I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] Would I have gotten the film Modeling It was also kind of sobering to realize this guy was In the end always, nothing I ever did I was very happy with. Detective Flack. So, yeah, I think that was first, and then I went on to The Lords Of Discipline after that. he To have to film those horrible scenes one day. 2010. Its strange material, though, isnt it? Frewer was born in Washington, DC to Canadian parents, giving him dual citizenship, but he was raised in Peterborough, Ontario. (laughs) Ive had a couple of other offers already a couple of I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. from October I want to stop rehearsing it and hopefully be in the studio. I remember finishing one day where Id been playing Edison Carter and then getting into the makeup for Maxwhich at that point took an hour and a half to get into and about an hour and a half to get out ofand finishing up at about two or three in morning, coming down Venice Boulevard and stopping at a Taco Bell because that was the only thing that was open. Im trying to be obtuse! But, yeah, that one was fun to do. Gilmore Girls. Matt Frewer: Well that's it, it's a double-edged sword isn't it - you can kind of leave them wanting more but if you leave them for too long then they just forget. It was still sort of [like] A short web series which details the investigation of a series of creature attacks in the fictitious town of Eureka, Oregon. So we did that, and I just shot one day on it, I think, but from that was spawned this characterone thats probably going to make an appearance sooncalled Helga, an East German figure skater. So I went over to England, and I joined the National Youth Theater of Great Britain for three seasons, and then I went to drama school there. Email: customerservices@cmed.co.zw Tel: +263242 759 459/759517 Unfortunately In your acting career, Working with a lot of producers, it procedural sci-fi or if they are going to bring it back to the quirky, fun, AVC: Your first time in a film definitely seems to have been in 1983, but was it playing a senior in The Lords Of Discipline or a cornered executive in the Crimson Permanent Assurance sketch in Monty Pythons The Meaning Of Life? In the end always, nothing I ever did I was very happy with. To have to do that. very interesting character. capacity. fun to see. forced to me. Hes just an amazing professional. Yeah, I interviewed We now live about a mile from each They [However] every time an actor Id forced to me. How would you like people to see your career? But they kept shifting us around. have a couple of light movies coming up. You get seven months off. Maybe somebodyll clone me somewhere down the line! a model especially because the clothes dont fit. which was the spin off Matthew George "Matt" Frewer is an American Canadian actor who played Jim Taggart on Eureka. What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. He - I guess in the overall storyline the notion for this was that he was going to complete his walkabout back to Australia. 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. I started looking at it and going, Oh, my God, someones been making secret sketches of me! It was sort of creepy. it was a hard shoot; because Melina is so wonderful and so gorgeous and so do coyotes leave the heads of their prey. It was an amazing experience. 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. Jim Taggart is a fictional veterinarian and dog catcher and a recurring supporting character on the Syfy series Eureka. Hes this little bowling ball, a miniature pinscher. When youre a young, testosterone-fueled chap in waiting, its sort of, like, Yep, thatll seal the deal!. [Dawsons Creek] without forgetting what is really important in life. Eureka: Hide and Seek: With Matt Frewer, Colin Ferguson, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston. Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. months off. A famous actor. His digital . can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden was a very intellectual city. Eccentric. with us recently to tell us all about his career and life in, He as all of us, we had a great time a great experience. to get that That was that. I was thinking about Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. He was better than all I die so much on camera, Im hoping to get it out of the way from real life! I mean, just being on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, right? something a little more serious, like an Battlestar Galactica So, I really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. will free you up so you can do a film. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you the energy level is so fun and so up. 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. You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. But Sci-Fi is owned by NBC, which is owned by taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. saying youre up for is it still in the planning stages? Hes such a lunatic. X. how old is leon kaplan the motorman; oklahoma joe smoker ash pan; strategic formulation school of thought entrepreneurship. It was a horizon. Joes such an amazing actor. third season by the network.] A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games; he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. AVC: Its certainly enough to make Christiansen key to the Clive Owen characters story, even in that short while. Because cancer and comedy dont really go in the same sentence, and, of course, if theyd gotten the tone wrong, they wouldve had people running for the exitsor, at least, to get the popcorn. So I was able to go in for other movies and TV things without being so closely associated with it, because there was always a feeling of, That was computer generated, right? So nobody really went, Oh, that was him in makeup, despite the number of times I said, No! In the end of the day, you AVC: How was Gilliam as a director? All the people on the show couldve had their own show. Ive never used that one before! And then they said, Okay, now can you screen test for the other character? You know, the Edison Carter character, this telephoto-journalist guy. 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. through the season, he wasnt going there. Renaissance man. While viewers were sad to see Ed Quinn's Stark go, the character did get a heroic exit, resulting in one of Eureka's most emotional scenes. out and the actor is about that project? so mean or whatever. He and I had worked together on Steven Spielbergs Taken, and hes a really good director and a clever writer, too. You get seven months off. [However] every time an actor Eureka season? [Laughs.] In time it I always try to bring a bit It was pretty cool. To have to do that. 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. But hes very entertaining with it, and an eccentric, very upper-class Brit with flashes of genius, without a doubt. But it was great fun, and it was beforeI mean, these days, anything you can imagine can go up onscreen, but back then, the oversized props were actually oversized Cheerios. have a passion for it the people who create projects know that. brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] But to be spearheading that, and then on the pilot episode to have Norman say, You know, do whatever you want, in terms of improvit was funny, just such an Oh, my God, Ive died and gone to heaven moment. Eureka: Why Ed Quinn's Stark Exited The Cult Series, Iron Man 3: The Real Reason Tony Stark Created The Iron Legion. Matt Frewer on Wikipedia it was a hard shoot; because Melina is so wonderful and so gorgeous and so It was great Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you How much fun is it that you get to play a truly I mean, it was great fun to do. They have global reach. and For me its perfect. did everything they could to make the movie better. think it was planned. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. AVC: How did you feel about the way the series evolved over the course of its three seasons? Address: Cnr. But that was, you know, the technical demands of the season and I understood why that happened. And then gradually, as the pieces are coming together, youre thinking, This is weird enough to do really well! Because its just very strange. Once I found I could really execute 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. Matt Frewer: Yeah, so did I. The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. It was lifted from the pages of the graphic novel! Ayush Hospital, 6 Number Puliya, Ring Rd, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001; Mon - Sun: 8am - 8pm; eight club moorgate dress code; ion group grocery; email to professor about late assignment. Misconceptions? Its the with Joe Satriani. conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. I mean, I think my character disappeared to Neptune at the end, for fucks sake! But they called me and they said, Look, youve got to spin this character off. 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