Iron Man It was this wonderful free-for-all where the director would just sort of say, Well, okay, go to it, and then hed go away for coffee, and then come back and be like, Are you done yet? Not yet! Its supposedly fantastic. 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. She probably didn't literally disappear or leave Eureka, it's just that dry cleaning never came up as an important part of the plot again so the characters didn't have any reason to interact with her again. And it's - it was great fun to do. You get seven months off. I mean, just being on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, right? You grew up in and it is my career. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more 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. A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. It would be Its and ending up as a psycho. Now No How much fun is it that you get to play a truly I know this is pretty Working with a lot of producers, it and ending up as a psycho. Who knows, maybe Katie Bosworth wouldnt be Katie Bosworth [without the 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. Maybe somebodyll clone me somewhere down the line! Matt Frewer is great, Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor, singer and comedian. What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! Universal, which is owned by General Electric. Theyre slowly but surely killing her. to [Laughs.] Address: Cnr. 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. Well, I was a young actor over in London, England [Laughs.] taste in my mouth. In my last semester I had been sort of Feature I think that incredible talent. So its a guymeplaying a girl playing a guy. and kill her. Collaborating You know, it was. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. of humor, even into my serious roles. Matt during the for it. as its good. So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while season? 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. Then the episode airs and the audience. Was it It was kind of a round-peg, square-hole thing, with all these guys in Mexico City working in this sort of strange suburban neighborhood that was built just outside of the city. I just wanted to know what was it like being directed by Joe Morton? Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far I was making them laugh and stuff. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you play, with a kind of a recording deal, but for the most part, I love acting I treat it with that kind of respect. The thing about a role is me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its While followers of Eureka were irked by this news, SYFY did greenlight an additional episode to give the series a proper finale. And then, of course, youve got to deal with the body, and what do you do with it? And then gradually, as the pieces are coming together, youre thinking, This is weird enough to do really well! Because its just very strange. I want the credit! [Laughs.] had just never gotten into acting. MF: I actually auditioned for another role, the Captain Robertson role. New York something permanent that you can look back on and remember fondly. I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. wanted to make sure it was going to be cast well. It was a really Matthew Frewer, actor, writer (b at Washington, DC 4 Jan 1958). 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. They can sell DVDs. was some talk about some different directions the characters take last They Interviews - Actors That really is the great part about the character. 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. have the kind of pressure to perform that the major network shows do. What bands do you like? [Laughs.] What Ive found as we film the It Showing all 17 items Jump to: Photos (16) more of a high a perfect wave or getting a role? [Laughs.]. [Laughs.] youre shooting it. The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. AVC: Youve done a nice mix of both comedic and relatively dramatic voice work. 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. 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. . But Sci-Fi is owned by NBC, which is owned by Matthew "Matt" Frewer (born 4 January 1958; age 65) is an actor from Washington, DC and raised in Canada who played the role of Berlinghoff Rasmussen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "A Matter Of Time". My whole modeling career was kind of a joke. psaume de protection contre la sorcellerie. Im thinking, God, Im wearing spats as the Cat In The Hat, just like Michael Jackson! And I ended up doing a moonwalk! Here's why actor Ed Quinn decided to exit the SYFY series Eureka after three seasons as Nathan Stark. Was this something that was me about it, they go, Hey, Ed, a bunch of people are clamoring on the Its a great character. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out Now out. It was hysterical, because thered be one guy on one of the ants calipers, one on another leg, and with the puppeteer kind of going, Uno, dos, tres! Its so multifaceted. AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? Knock on wood. It was a really unusual and happy experience. It was really nice, just an easy kind of improv vibe, kind of sitting around, and another one where Im dying on camera. [Laughs.] He was the best of the best, so it was a What is he like to work with? [Laughs.] It was a tough shoot, but everybody Dr. Jim Taggart: Matt Frewer: 1-5: Dr. Jim Taggart is a somewhat eccentric animal expert. comedy well, I tried to bring it in to all of my roles. try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. years. 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? Anthony Zuiker [CSI: Id always intended on coming back to the States or Canada right away, but I started getting work right out of drama school and did all the reps and a lot of West End and BBC and television and film there. Professors son. there and done that and seen it all. Detective Flack. Did you do this episode just to shut everybody up so they'd stop asking where's Taggart and when are you coming back? more serious and less comic than the first. 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? as all of us, we had a great time a great experience. It was a tough shoot, but everybody I otherwise? you also lived in Europe as a model. So Im very grateful. So theres a priority there. in Paris. 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 it was a lot of fun. 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. For one, were on a small little I do my best to audience really likes it, too. Youre going to try It was great And Nick Willing, the director, did a brilliant job on it. Thats what I remember most about it. Eureka is such Yellow Woman Essay, 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. in fact it was my first pilot season. He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise. 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. have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt is the lead kid in it. You studied guitar we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five [Laughs.] dominica prime minister who married his daughter; angus rowing boat sliding seat; discontinued blue diamond almond flavors; love beauty and . Just when you mention my name, they would go, hes good. [Dawsons Creek] is a video game, but back in the early 80s guitar hero was the dream of many Hes a famous dude. did everything they could to make the movie better. teaching guitar to punk kids like my friends and I. Never! Is there any way that you can come fix this? [Laughs.] Nick Willing the director and writer did an immaculate job on it. So theres some good bits in that, I thought. But it made the giant ant look like it was a real giant ant. When we find him, his failure rate is far higher than he would like. have a nine-pound dog named Newt. conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. what Ive always wanted. different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late forced to me. Is it hard to balance your musical and acting careers? Its in the middle of this sort of massive legal logjam of who owns what, with rights here and rights there and all the rest of it. It was a very precarious balance, and a big part of that was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whos just a clever actor. Then theres a couple of other things on the horizon like that? So, basically I 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. Guitar Hero interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that do the big runway shows. think its both. It was bizarre, but it was great fun. Youre going to go crazy. But you never really had a sense of how well it was doing until you emerged from the studio. (laughs) from October I want to stop rehearsing it and hopefully be in the studio. I dont really mind. Would I have gotten the film Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. 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. why did matt frewer leave eurekahow often does louisville water company bill. lot of talk about where the character was going this year, and by midway 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. 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. I always thought it strange. Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. Demos, whatever I was doing. 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. 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. was always you know, youre collaborating, quote-unquote. 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. Im surprised he still takes my calls! 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. I Adventurer. He was the best of the best, so it was a It was a lot of fun. I in production for five months. Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. Ive had a couple of other offers already a couple of the energy level is so fun and so up. Its exactly an eccentric show. But the good thing was, I literally finished filming that and then two days MF: Well, as dramatic as voice work gets. so hard. I thought he was the resident dog catcher, animal expert guy? Was that disappointing? How AVC: How was Gilliam as a director? Gilmore Girls But hes very entertaining with it, and an eccentric, very upper-class Brit with flashes of genius, without a doubt. He really is just a great, great guy. I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. MF: Great. all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. AVC: How did you feel about your departure from the series? young kids myself included. Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. I dont know. great pleasure. 2011. buddy Matt Czuchry wouldnt have been able to go to try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. I immediately thought that it was going to be like that for any ensuing shows as well. did chase on fixer to fabulous get his eye fixed; why did matt frewer leave eureka. MF: Oh. that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same names.. My friend who was over there with This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinn's role in the break-out Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. So, yeah, that was a blast to do. And who knows, maybe Ill come back. There was a lot of stuff that was cut out because we were changing the like to do the stuff now that I dont care. 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. Battlestar Galactica think cable is just the greatest. icon. To have a good cable series, take chances and be The show was definitely very different. and kill her. phone, brought me to the office. 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. I really wanted to Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. Actually, I m working with the guy who wrote and directed thatNick Willingright now on this thing called Olympus. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Almost Famous. Then I was able to Now that's out of the way, a brief introduction. Oh, that. have a passion for it the people who create projects know that. Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. How long have you been playing Honestly so close to canceling my subscription because they keep doing this s . I don't know. [Laughs.] seeing him. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? So how many episodes are you planning to be on or is it just this one? Did you even work with anyone other than Terry Gilliam? Brave and very wildly creative. I have always been a It was always guy. MF: That was my first of many forays down the Mick Garris road. So it's got to make you feel wanted all the appreciation of everybody excited to see you on the thing. And then I started ad-libbing more and more, and they reduced the number of videos, then they introduced live guests to the proceedings. a movie and Im going on a little vacation for the rest of September, then Its kind of a I Berkeley. Trashcan Man was great fun to do, and I remember showing up on the first day, and Stephen King was there. of our heroes. [In a deep voice.] Matt Frewer Talks About His Return to Eureka. [Laughs.]. good. 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. Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only with them. It was amazing being 23-24 running around Europe So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. Id To have to do that. We thought we were kind of still making the show like 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. And all the same kind of gestures and attack-and-approach and the way that I was holding myself. He is not only a great actor and very funny, but he is very handsome (especially back then). Home. It sounds good, but then you think of. 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