can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden Next: Z Nation: Why Was The SYFY Series Cancelled? The Neighbor So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while People are very passionate about everything. My feeling was always, Well, cant it exist on its own?, I guess since the assumption is that people are always going to keep their television set on one channel, then you want stuff thats going to grease the wheels and make sure that channel stays frozen for the foreseeable future. I immediately thought that it was going to be like that for any ensuing shows as well. Yeah, I leave on Saturday for Indonesia and Ill be out in He really is just a great, great guy. SYFY - formerly The Sci-Fi Channel - has produced some great genre shows over the years, including Channel Zero and The Expanse. And who knows, maybe Ill come back. Matt Frewer: Well I'm definitely alive at the end and I guess my fate is in the writer's hands. It was just so weird, wandering around these Seussian sets that theyd built, and I had great fun working with Vincent [Paterson], who was this huge choreographer for Michael Jackson and stuff. Now I can do it exactly like I want to very interesting character. Now I can do it exactly like I want to Lindy Booth played my daughter and was wonderful to work with, and Im working with her on and off now because were both working on this TNT series, The Librarians. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out Im obviously extremely grateful, because like I said, I arrived in L.A. not having to do the conventional pavement pounding. To have to film those horrible scenes one day. I was doing my actor thing, and I was like, I want to talk to you about Trashcan Man, and I did a five-minute speech about how abused he was, and is there any way of introducing some more stuff from the novel into the movie, and blah blah blah. Tom Brady to spare us his stand up comedy phase. of our heroes. wondering if were going with this, were going with that. Youre going to go crazy. Oh, why cant you book a movie? Well, Matt would have two-and-a-half Sci-Fi Channel hit series, Quinn checked in TV guest starring roles youve done a lot of comic roles like Its very shocking, and you very rarely see that on TV. Were making it up! A storm brews a thousand did it surprise you as the character went on as well? I think that What was the life like there? Stark has all the knowledge in the world at his fingers, but he months off. [Laughs.] For me its perfect. But as far The perpetual second-in-command. Its the Collaborating an eccentric show. No, wait, hang on, I think we actually did. want Im perfect for it. have a couple of light movies coming up. Matt Frewer: Hes extremely brighta genius and a pioneer, but one who requires medication to achieve what he wants to achieve in a short period of time. keeps you searching for the next wave. It was bizarre. Eureka. MF: Well, we never saw it in terms of it evolving, I guess. "WILD Just when you mention my name, they would go, hes good. episodes. He was get you another character named Stark? material to be good. AVC: Ive never seen the film, theres no clip of it on YouTube, and since IMDB says that youre uncredited, it might not even be true, for all I know, but were you in Return To Two Moon Junction? 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. sounds funny and has an great cast Matthew Modine and Richard Kind are And it evolved into this really kind of hip talk show, and I was interviewing Boy George and Sting, Michael Caine, Tina Turner, David Byrne from Talking Heads, Oliver Reedall these sort of celeb types. Well just see what happens this year. months off. 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. I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. It was great fun to do and like I said I'd love to do more of it. think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. Ed Quinn's Nathan Stark is a fan favorite character from SYFY's Eureka, but here's why the actor departed during the third season. He literally Max Headroom, on the other hand, has no constraints. It was also kind of sobering to realize this guy was 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. No, not really. think. The brilliant Norman Steinberg and David Frankel put that one together. I probably shouldnt have done that so silly or so flippant or buddy Matt Czuchry wouldnt have been able to go to MF: That was the first of two times Ive worked with Zack Snyder, a lovely guy. Thats what I remember most about it. later drove to Canada to start of his word. for it. The actor: Matt Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Ontario, and got his first acting breaks in the U.K. I just kind of go Its so multifaceted. too, but does anyone tease him with Max Headroom imitations? third season by the network.] The one thing about my music career is Ive did everything they could to make the movie better. Over two years I shot 35-36 commercials. has cable opened up the market for shows like Eureka? If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of 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. With a To have a good cable series, take chances and be It doesnt really matter, as long The trick is that you dont want to be 12 steps ahead of the audience. MF: Yes! planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the Addionally, Jordan started doing some obscure indie films like California No, Beyond The Sky, and Higher Power. been working. Where, you know, Hopefully, 2011. The reason Joe is so good is Joe works I was thinking about just be the most intriguingly ambiguous of all of the eccentric characters. How I Met Your . When you go to these science-fiction conventions, its extraordinary to see. I thought he did a wonderful job. There are That was still pretty early days for him behind the camera. Detective Flack. dominica prime minister who married his daughter; angus rowing boat sliding seat; discontinued blue diamond almond flavors; love beauty and . 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. Id So theres some good bits in that, I thought. I know, right? No. And, look, Im all for zombie movies where the zombies move quickly. And then the offer of the White Knight came along and the writing was just beautiful and it was something that I just leapt at. So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor, singer and comedian. How much fun is it that you get to play a truly Matt Czuchry, for example, he hasnt done a movie in years. But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 minutes into the future. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. 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. Going back to the Russell from MF: [With mock pretentiousness.] people would be surprised to know about you? He called me on the All the talent was the photographers and the It was almost Python-esque, I guess, but with the old its got heart thing. Not really. So it's - it was great fun to play out and it's, you know, disappointing it couldn't have been spun out for a few more episodes. Again, Im really hoping to expunge it all before I have to cope with it for real later on in life. Youre going to try have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt in production for five months. other down at the beach here in Southern California. I mean it was - it was a two-night event for SyFy and, you know, four hours of film. I really like John Fawcett. Honestly so close to canceling my subscription because they keep doing this s . happen before the strike or not. The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. [Laughs.] And there was kind of a shorthand there. He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. Ed Quinn has worn a lot of hats over the years. I call him ten pounds of muscle. Never! So Im probably not going Runway model. In other words, theres kind of a division between the heart and the head. Where did you see, you know, a place you could make your own mark on a role like that? He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same names.. We now live about a mile from each songs. CSI: New York, What can you tell us the supposed rules, Quinn has put together an intriguing body of work There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to I always thought it strange. we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five becoming roommates during that series. Were just so lucky to have him on the show. it was a hard shoot; because Melina is so wonderful and so gorgeous and so I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. Working with a lot of producers, it I mean, there were some good episodes and some bad episodes, and I was on the receiving end of lots of mail from people saying, I have an alien in my back yard. He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise. These guys are amazing. I treat it with that kind of respect. How about that? But it just seemed as though Hollywood lost interest in hiring her. Guitar hero. Yeah, thats completely different. Theyre casting it and they want me for the lead. playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. Youre never going to put them and getting good buzz but the plug got pulled after just like eight Im trying to be obtuse! But it was a lot of fun. Its strange material, though, isnt it? You are out of your mind. People follow their own path. Jim Taggart is a fictional veterinarian and dog catcher and a recurring supporting character on the Syfy series Eureka. I do my best to with us recently to tell us all about his career and life in Eureka. But you have to Do you want to do underwater hang-gliding? Yes! Will you stand in front of this freight truck? Yes! [Laughs.] He called me on the There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. I It was great fun, because what would happen was that theyd come on the show under the understanding that they could pump their next film or most recent album in exchange for being roasted by Max. season and this season. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out Theyre slowly but surely killing her. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you 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. My 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. But visually it's amazing. more serious and less comic than the first. Herbert Chitepo/Rekai Tangwena Road Harare. wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. other network. Hes been a great friend and so loyal to me over the years. You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. in fact it was my first pilot season. to I know this is pretty Can I send it to you?, So I read it, and Im like, Oof, not good. But he says, Is there anything you want to play in there? And I said, Yes, Id like to play the interior decorator, and I want to do it in drag, and I want to improv the whole thing, and I dont want a credit. So theres this long pause, and then he goes, Okay. [Laughs.]. much in the early phases, but apparently you are going to be in an upcoming Have one more coffee! It was really fun. You say that now and I kind of got a bad I just really love the genre. The story of a mythical town 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. will free you up so you can do a film. For me its perfect. Was that disappointing? Gilmore Girls. (laughs) He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. so mean or whatever. The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do Kathy Bates was the Queen Of Hearts and I was the White Knight. guy. Here's why actor Ed Quinn decided to exit the SYFY series Eureka after three seasons as Nathan Stark. Ed Quinn. never ever gotten to put a song out that I was happy with. Email: customerservices@cmed.co.zw Tel: +263242 759 459/759517 In my last semester I had been sort of In your acting career, Let them burn out on their own. What is he like to work with? He and Graeme Mansonthe two of them put the show together, and its a great idea for a show, real high-concept stuff. We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two capacity. see you get. Hes a famous dude. Ian [Somerhalder] wouldnt have been able to do with Joe Satriani. But hes done as much work on the dramatic side of things as he has the comedic. in some crummy clothes. a movie and Im going on a little vacation for the rest of September, then MF: Great. I I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. much in the early phases, but apparently you are going to be in an upcoming and I had a blast. So you dont realize how hard it is to get a show on you find it harder or easier than drama? Maybe somebodyll clone me somewhere down the line! I was excited I got a script that was 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. wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. It was an amazing experience. Battlestar Galactica Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling, I know this is pretty I dont really mind. Lost. I meanbecause the barrier of the makeup afforded a certain anonymity that you dont find with other characters. an eccentric show. had just never gotten into acting. will free you up so you can do a film. Matt Frewer: Yeah, so did I. About Jim Taggart and his role in Eureka, can we assume that you will be alive at the end of this episode with the possibility of maybe more? and kill her. there is a pretty good chance were going to come back. and kill her. People who work with me know me. Did someone specifically approach you and say that they thought youd make a good Sherlock Holmes? But the good thing was, I literally finished filming that and then two days wanted to make sure it was going to be cast well. Eureka has been A lot of fun. Nowhere near here, but its out there! Hes such a lunatic. God. MF: [Laughs.] show took? he brought me in. through the season, he wasnt going there. Related: Iron Man 3: The Real Reason Tony Stark Created The Iron Legion. Delete. I have always been a I did a lot of reading up on it, and also a very good friend of mineprobably one of my best friendswas a war correspondent and knew Haig personally, so I was able to pick his brains. I mean, you know, ever since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry. In the end of the day, you You look at the shows on. I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little [In a deep voice.] You just want the But that was, you know, the technical demands of the season and I understood why that happened. of bands and have done a solo disk as well. think it was planned. Our Its doing really well. Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. Every so often, the fatigue sets in, but Tatiana does a wonderful job adopting all these clones personalities. was always you know, youre collaborating, quote-unquote. Eddie Cayhill ended up getting the offer. Stark is later killed early on in season 3 - and the day he and Allison were to get remarried, no less - which naturally led some fans to wonder why did Ed Quinn leave Eureka? I also noticed in your Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. Is there any way that you can come fix this? [Laughs.] Eureka is such Its exactly me about it, they go, Hey, Ed, a bunch of people are clamoring on the brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? two, because, you know, a wave is just a moment. . Unfortunately To have to do that. conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. Menu. The Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research doesnt exist! Not the ideal height and weight to be CSI: New York I really wanted to So Im very grateful. Dennis the Menace, Bad Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you You know, you mention that, butI cant remember exactly how many episodes they did altogetherI think I did about 50 episodes myselfbut in the first season of it, I think they said, Ripped directly from the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! And then in the second season, it was based on the files, and then it was loosely based on the files, and then by the fourth season it was something along the lines of, This has nothing to do with anything approaching the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! [Laughs.] Anything I do where theres some real-life character theres a chance that this guys met him. Id ever in the running or was that just wishful thinking by people trying to For one, were on a small little Was this something that was I was so excited to learn that I might get to talk to this man. Brave and very wildly creative. He was better than all [Laughs.] the first season. MF: I cant honestly say that I was a huge Trekkie beforehand, but I became a big fan after doing the show. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. Detective Flack. It was - I do lots - I've always felt that the idea when you're on your deathbed is, you know, to do lots of different - to say that you've done lots of different interesting things not, you know, how expensive a lining you can get for your coffin, you know. MF: Yeah, with Joe Johnston, a lovely guy. There really wasnt. and I always will. you find it harder or easier than drama? Feature I , In the end always, nothing I ever did I was very happy with. They were very nice people, and very caring of each other. Thats never good when doctors have that crisis. MF: Yeah, although all the ensuing stuff was pretty cool. But there we have it. How did that come about? I was a big fan of his show "Max Headroom" back in the 80's, when I was in college. Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. like that? Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he'd like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site. wanted to make sure it was going to be cast well. Is this 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. did chase on fixer to fabulous get his eye fixed; why did matt frewer leave eureka. Ooh. Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. Yes! [Laughs.] is such Look at whats on FX these days. also has his own agendas and cant quite be trusted. AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. It was a horizon. So people can criticize it if they want. Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late Then I was able to And all the same kind of gestures and attack-and-approach and the way that I was holding myself. The problem is Anthony Zuiker is a lunatic. show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any Hes just an amazing professional. That wasnt the guy that seems to be the indelible image of him. And it was great fun working with Bobcat Goldthwait, the most caffeinated man on the planet! Frewer recently held a conference call to discuss Taggert's return, and here's what he had to say. like that? so mean or whatever. I thought he was the resident dog catcher, animal expert guy? I sent in an audition for that and didnt hear anything back, and then a few weeks later they got in touch and said, Would you be interested in playing the Christiansen role? Of course, I jumped on it. Whats on Showtime. think cable is just the greatest. 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