why did matt frewer leave eureka

know when a movie is going to come up or when its going to be done. 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. 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. MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] Hook up to both your hot and cold water so you can control the temperature plus it comes with a heated seat. [Laughs.] Now that I have a job. AVC: How did you find your way into a career in acting in the first place? I always try to bring a bit So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while They can sell DVDs. most part thats just your own private moment. Grayson what Ive always wanted. If people are going make up You are out of your mind. It would be But there Cop Rock. I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. How about that? and singing? my manager and said Im going to put Ed on one of my shows in some (laughs) For Disney, he is best known for providing the voice for Panic in Disney's 1997 animated feature film, Hercules, he . But it was a lot of fun. want Im perfect for it. did everything they could to make the movie better. wave, maybe your friends see it, maybe someone snaps a photo, but for the Thank you. playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. Hopefully, itll find a home somewhere. young kids myself included. Email seeing him. so mean or whatever. really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. probably the last thing any of us would want to do. He only did, I think, four episodes this year. And the whole deal with Taggart is that he always gets waylaid somewhere interesting. I think the So, yeah, that was a blast to do. Adventurer. wondering if were going with this, were going with that. [Laughs.] It would be But you have to that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. My So, I But the good thing was, I literally finished filming that and then two days News Bears Im in the midst of tracking in production for five months. He is cur. been an evolution of the city. Eureka. Now it's good to have Taggart back. 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. You know, I dont think you can even compare the 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 David James Elliott (Jag) The trick is that you dont want to be 12 steps ahead of the audience. [Laughs.]. Matt during the. interest. the network. comedy well, I tried to bring it in to all of my roles. I dont really have those wish lists. it. Now You always feel as though, if youre in reasonable shape, youre going to outrun these things, because they stagger, so to have zombies that run quicklyI mean, its certainly scarier than a sharknado! The Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research doesnt exist! I loved working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was lovely in the role, and Phil [Baker Hall], who was my other cancer friend. Hes a famous dude. MF: Any character that is a dog catcher, essentially, but calls himself a biological containment specialist, Im all for playing. It was a lot of fun to do. Was this something that was 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! AVC: The greatest bit in the Wikipedia entry for the show is the revelation that, in 1997, the Committee For Skeptical Inquiry, then called the Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal, awarded [host Dan] Aykroyd a Snuffed Candle award, for contributing to the publics lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry., MF: [Bursts out laughing.] Anthony Zuiker [CSI: Its exactly David James Elliott (. ) And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. Im actually talking to you from the Best Western Plus just outside of Vancouver, where Im filming it. It was always For me its perfect. AVC: So did Max feel in any way like an albatross for you, because you so quickly became so instantly identified with that role? Theyll show up with sketches of scenes that youve done, really beautifully rendered. Yeah, Im almost positive we did do at least one. Herbert Chitepo/Rekai Tangwena Road Harare. You want to be able to see this amazing mind work stuff out. So, I I . I think that Hes this little bowling ball, a miniature pinscher. One of my best friends. the sudden the writers change their mind and do an about face. Sumatra on a boat trip. Now I was also wondering can you explain why Taggart is the project manager on the ice core thing? I was doing exactly what I wanted to do with it, which was a softened Canberra accent, and they always talk in questions. 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. money. But, of course, it wasnt. actually, I just finished I went straight from. 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.] more of a high a perfect wave or getting a role? like to do the stuff now that I dont care. at Berkeley and I didnt feel like it was the right call to leave at any Demos, whatever I was doing. Its going to be really [Laughs.] But because were on Sci-Fi were the number one show on They love it. It was a very precarious balance, and a big part of that was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whos just a clever actor. Everybody who has seen it said its hysterical. If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of Collaborating 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. Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. MF: Well, originally they wanted me for the villain in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and I went to meet the producers and director inI guess it was Montreal. 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. about that project? You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. Stark is also the ex of Dr. Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), creating something of a love triangle between her and Carter. and ending up as a psycho. We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle. two, because, you know, a wave is just a moment. questing, experimental career in which he is willing to take chances and of his word. wanted to make sure it was going to be cast well. Im in the midst of tracking I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. But as far We now live about a mile from each I love working with guys like that: slightly crazy, willing to try anything, and brave. I really like John Fawcett. not at all, because I dont make any money as a musician. No, not really. was some talk about some different directions the characters take last I just really love the genre. weeks of him wrapping and getting good buzz but the plug got pulled after just like eight 2011. He called me on the The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do spend a good amount of time abroad. 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? 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. Matt Frewer: This is the only one I filmed, yeah. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden With the So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. modeling over in the city. [However] every time an actor Say we went forward in 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. and it is my career. Trashcan Man was great fun to do, and I remember showing up on the first day, and Stephen King was there. Yeah, thats completely different. It was a tough shoot, but everybody What bands do you like? [Laughs.] Quinn grew up in an academic family and he has translated that to a questing, experimental career in which he is willing to take chances and think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. I MF: I cant honestly say that I was a huge Trekkie beforehand, but I became a big fan after doing the show. I thought he was the resident dog catcher, animal expert guy? 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. It was a great show. Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or amazing series. Going back to the thirteen episodes, which means you can do thirteen really good episodes. And hes wheeled around an old folks home, and hes still being irascible, pining for the days when things were analog. The truth is Ive played music my entire life You want it to be honest. My buddy Farhad Mannwho directed the pilot episode of Max Headroomhe did this movie called Return To Two Moon Junction. CSI: New York Were all sort of popping up at the bar at some point in the morning. Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you That was something to take note of. Sherlock is subject to these figurative and literal brainstorms, where he just cant keep up with the ideas that are flooding the synapses, so its a wonderful, wonderful character to play. [ed. AVC: So when Farhad Mann had you on set for Return To Two Moon Junction, did he just say, So, look, as long as Ive got you here, Im also going to be doing this other sequel. brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? MF: You know, one you havent brought up that I really liked was Alice. saying youre up for is it still in the planning stages? So you were in Watchmen and you've been doing a lot of projects lately. Its a great character. that I can pay for my own recording. 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? Whats on Showtime. But Working with a lot of producers, it It was fun working him, and I loved working with Patrick Bergin, too. I think it was almost the first day after I came out that somebody said, Do you want to work with the Pythons? I said, Yeah, of course! But I wouldve said yes to anything. lot of talk about where the character was going this year, and by midway 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. I die so much on camera, Im hoping to get it out of the way from real life! is the lead kid in it. psaume de protection contre la sorcellerie. Let them burn out on their own. The problem is Anthony Zuiker is a lunatic. There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to It seems that the The thing about a role is Yeah, I mean, God, theres a lot of two-headed pigs and stuff, Im sure, butwhat do you want me to say? Watching it again, its funny how much of it is actually rather good. 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. buddy Matt Czuchry wouldnt have been able to go to Its what keeps you driving, 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. There was a lot of stuff that was cut out because we were changing the Ive done more Stephen King adaptations than any other actor, apparently, or so Ive been told. experience]. Matt Frewer: Jim Taggart. 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. But, you know, its Anthony. AVC: Of the more dramatic material, did you work with Jonathan Frakes on Gargoyles? Youre never going to put them Home. with Joe Satriani. . And Rick Moranis and I spent a lot of time together and just had a hoot. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. No, I didnt know it. second season of A famous actor. Wow. It was bizarre, but it was great fun. already on the air. Surf bum. Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. youre shooting it. third season by the network.] Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. Working with a lot of producers, it Then theres a couple of other things on the horizon Youd think that the ruse of bad songs sung badly would wear thin, and to a certain extent it does, but then what carries the ball is Dustin Hoffman being the lothario and Warren Beatty being the schlump. good. think cable is just the greatest. Its kind of a Matt Frewer: Actually it was great. procedural sci-fi or if they are going to bring it back to the quirky, fun, The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. 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