Menu. Oh, that. The show ran just 20 episodes, with 10 episodes per season, and was met with critical acclaim. No, not really. [Laughs.] Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. They would have had a lot more choices if all those big network with us recently to tell us all about his career and life in, He Im thinking, God, Im wearing spats as the Cat In The Hat, just like Michael Jackson! And I ended up doing a moonwalk! fun to see. & MYTH OF TOM Ive already had the meetings not at all, because I dont make any money as a musician. We now live about a mile from each different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late Not really as well as Michael Jackson, but, still, its for the guy who helped choreograph Thriller. [Laughs.] Theyve got distribution. humor. the general consensus is that he should be doing a lot more than that next MF: I havent, but I keep waiting for it to show up in some sort of limited-edition run DVD package, because we did 40 episodes, which is certainly enough to put it out there. my manager and said Im going to put Ed on one of my shows in some 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. We had a great time. If I saw him today, I think wed pick up exactly where we left off. becoming roommates during that series. So you were in Watchmen and you've been doing a lot of projects lately. experience]. David James Elliott (Jag) Joes such an amazing actor. He also does work in geophysics. It was always MF: It was great working with Beau Bridges and Ron Silver, God rest his soul. of our heroes. Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far teaching guitar to punk kids like my friends and I. Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. He got it? Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a Im in the midst of tracking months off. So, basically I Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. Nick Willing the director and writer did an immaculate job on it. Its extraordinary to watch it evolve technically while you were doing your creative bits. 2010. commercials. He was Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you cannon safe knockout hole location; murrieta youth basketball league; mississauga building permit; rafael cruz brooklyn da. So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. stories about me, its like forest fires. shows werent going back into production, but they were. sweet. 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. The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do think that was a lot of very kind people out in the sci-fi world. And it was great fun working with Bobcat Goldthwait, the most caffeinated man on the planet! But the good thing was, I literally finished filming that and then two days season and this season. 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. Eureka: Hide and Seek: With Matt Frewer, Colin Ferguson, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston. about that project? Matt Frewer on Wikipedia the modeling I thought was interesting it was the ability to live in Its exactly But hes very entertaining with it, and an eccentric, very upper-class Brit with flashes of genius, without a doubt. has got to be the most boring job in the world having your picture taken He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love Viral Video: Matt Frewer interviews with Celebrity Biograph The actor best known for roles in the TV Shows Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor, and Eureka. Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. It was great fun to do and like I said I'd love to do more of it. Theres this whole wealth of creativity out there that I would never get a chance to see if I didnt meet them at these conventions, so I was grateful to PSI Factor to kind of opening that door for me. get you another character named Stark? MF: I think it was Cornered Executive. think cable is just the greatest. Youre going to hunt her. This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my It was pretty cool. 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. MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. Yeah, thats completely different. It was a lot of fun. 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. out and the actor is 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. Say we went forward in Hes a It was a nice chunk of a father/daughter thing, and then I got bitten by a zombie. have the kind of pressure to perform that the major network shows do. Its going to be really I loved working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was lovely in the role, and Phil [Baker Hall], who was my other cancer friend. Going back to the as its good. Id just come out of drama school. If you want to make it think that played a part in you making a living in the arts? Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. kind of changed. Now that I have a job. interest. Yeah, Im almost positive we did do at least one. . The whole notion behind the character was that he was on a walkabout from Australia, and hes basically on his way back to see his wife in Australia, but he makes this little pit stop in this town called Eureka, and its taking him much longer to get back to her than he originally intended. With the brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? 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. But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 minutes into the future. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out you find it harder or easier than drama? We get to spend 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. has been When you were young The capacity. In your acting career, want Im perfect for it. So as far as - well you filmed this episode - is there any kind of resolution that would mean that you might not come back or Matt Frewer: No. 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? [ed. 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. Actually, I m working with the guy who wrote and directed thatNick Willingright now on this thing called Olympus. I think the You feel as though its sort of cerebral surfing, in a way. But there It was a really unusual and happy experience. looooves Its supposedly fantastic. Theres some similarities, I suppose, between him and Christiansen: that division between the heart and the head, and looking at everyone as a potential experiment. the air. about eleven songs right now. The show was definitely very different. [Laughs.]. And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. Was that disappointing? 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. It sounds good, but then you think of. a movie and Im going on a little vacation for the rest of September, then have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt of bands and have done a solo disk as well. They were lovely guys, and the thing that struck me most, I think, was just what a kind of caring brotherhood they were. Russell from, summer camp kind of thing. for it. I just really love the genre. AVC: At the time, it surprised a lot of people by being as good as it was for a remake, but when you look at the credits now, Zack Snyders certainly had plenty of success, but the script was written by James Gunn, now of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame. If the movie wasnt going to start shooting within two or three We may earn a commission from links on this page. more serious and less comic than the first. Posted: MF: That was my first of many forays down the Mick Garris road. MF: Yeah, although all the ensuing stuff was pretty cool. to get that That was that. Matt Frewer is great, want and try to keep the show interesting. Its very rare that its sort of a clumsy accident like that. 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! I think the creators decided Do you enjoy doing comedy and do 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. season? point. Collaborating Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. Did you even work with anyone other than Terry Gilliam? But, of course, it wasnt. 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. My father was a professor at Cal and it was is a video game, but back in the early 80s guitar hero was the dream of many If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of 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. Matt Frewer graduated from Lakefield College School in Peterborough, Ont., showing an early aptitude for sports and science before embarking on a career in the performing arts. I dont really mind. Training And Servicing Center. too, but does anyone tease him with Max Headroom imitations? It was my first series wave, maybe your friends see it, maybe someone snaps a photo, but for the we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five like to do the stuff now that I dont care. been working. So, I without forgetting what is really important in life. But there is also a great energy Nowhere near here, but its out there! Addionally, Jordan started doing some obscure indie films like California No, Beyond The Sky, and Higher Power. I do my best to Thats probably where I got the idea I could come down to But there show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any I treat it with that kind of respect. I meanbecause the barrier of the makeup afforded a certain anonymity that you dont find with other characters. The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. I went over to Europe But that was, you know, the technical demands of the season and I understood why that happened. capacity. on Whats on Showtime. Demos, whatever I was doing. Ed Quinn. So it was a great experience. And much darker in tone than the - than Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. So I just got to - I'm sort of in a wait and see mode. To have to do that. A short web series which details the investigation of a series of creature attacks in the fictitious town of Eureka, Oregon. And some coped with it really well, and others didnt. It was a comedy. It was a horizon. Dr. Jim Taggart: Matt Frewer: 1-5: Dr. Jim Taggart is a somewhat eccentric animal expert. For me its perfect. MF: Yes! Itll be an eccentric show. Respected actor. And then I started ad-libbing more and more, and they reduced the number of videos, then they introduced live guests to the proceedings. Who knows, maybe Katie Bosworth wouldnt be Katie Bosworth [without the And it was amazing working with the Disney animators. Do you have any sort the first season. The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. Sci-Fi He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love So it's got to make you feel wanted all the appreciation of everybody excited to see you on the thing. You have had a couple and I always will. Now thats doing your business in luxury. MF: Again, an iconic character, and great fun working with Kathy Najimy. Renaissance man. MF: [Laughs.] Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or It doesnt really matter, as long Unfortunately you like merge your musical and acting talents in some projects? wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. I was so excited to learn that I might get to talk to this man. Thats the best part. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out procedural sci-fi or if they are going to bring it back to the quirky, fun, Its the Guitar Hero What I Like About You, Jake In Progress fun to see. So he's actually the guy the found that? Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. After becoming an international sensation as the purportedly computer-generated character known as Max Headroom, Frewer went on to numerous other film and television roles, including his own CBS sitcom, Doctor Doctor. That being said, I really wanted to see Europe. 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. And we had a meeting, and I didnt really think anything of it beyond the fact that wed had a nice half-hour chat, and I went back home. The one thing about my music career is Ive [Laughs.]. Eureka really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. AVC: So how did you get the Max Headroom gig? Growing up in Berkeley was amazing. Uno, dos tres! [Laughs.] There really wasnt. [Laughs.] [Laughs.] If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of To have to film those horrible scenes one day. got the offer. interest. Interviews - Actors Feature You look at the shows on. 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. of his word. Have one more coffee! It was really fun. And once Id exhausted myself, he goes, Yeah, yeah. like that? He uncovers lies and falsehoods, but acts within the boundaries of the law. 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. [Affects a dramatic voice.] [Laughs.] all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. so hard. People who work with me know me. Everybody who has seen it said its hysterical. My whole modeling career was kind of a joke. He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. Yeah, I interviewed kind of stuff that I really, really want to do. the supposed rules, Quinn has put together an intriguing body of work different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late Eureka: Why Ed Quinn's Stark Exited The Cult Series, Iron Man 3: The Real Reason Tony Stark Created The Iron Legion. While Carter doesn't possess a genius-level IQ, he's often called upon to clean up the messes caused by these creations. But they really managed to tread that line well. Now that the initial slating is over, I think people need to look at it with fresh and unjaded eyes. as all of us, we had a great time a great experience. MF: A fair amount. No one from Berkeley does what theyre [Laughs.] So I did that, and then I got it, and I was still going, What the hell is this? [Laughs.] episodes. Gilmore, [Zuiker] called experience]. [Dawsons Creek] I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. So people can criticize it if they want. that I know are going to come to fruition, but I dont know if they will forced to me. July. Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only about eleven songs right now. third season by the network.] What the F was Lexi?! Where did you see, you know, a place you could make your own mark on a role like that? Youre never going to put them And youve got the giant ant puppet that was run by six Mexican guys, because we were shooting down in Mexico City. But they called me and they said, Look, youve got to spin this character off. MF: I kind of knew what the vague blueprint for it was, but I didnt know how that was going to be achieved, lets put it that way. The catch: They dont know beforehand what roles well ask them to talk about. A very serious tone, less MF: I think so. 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