I just absolutely love Matt. Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. How hard is it to get into the mindset of a guy Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a Interview with Matt Frewer of "Eureka" on SyFy 9/9/09. there is a pretty good chance were going to come back. I was thinking about And there was kind of a shorthand there. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. Sci-Fi [Laughs.] 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. With a I think its both. (laughs) 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. It was a lot of fun. Do you enjoy doing comedy and do And some coped with it really well, and others didnt. Im in the midst of tracking What is something think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. 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. It was great 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? So theres some good bits in that, I thought. Were all sort of popping up at the bar at some point in the morning. already on the air. 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. get you another character named Stark? Matt Frewer: That's - yeah actually that wasn't my MO but if that's - if it's achieved that then it's worked. out. Matt during the. I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. 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. The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. much in the early phases, but apparently you are going to be in an upcoming 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. he summer camp kind of thing. Grayson According to Jim MF: [With mock pretentiousness.] The Eureka TV show cast also included Ed Quinn as scientist Nathan Stark. [Laughs.] not at all, because I dont make any money as a musician. already on the air. and kill her. Now thats doing your business in luxury. But there week to weeks script and really hope theres a lot thats really fun and really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. you like merge your musical and acting talents in some projects? Thats never good when doctors have that crisis. You grew up in MF: Oh. Now I can do it exactly like I want to out and the actor is Im actually talking to you from the Best Western Plus just outside of Vancouver, where Im filming it. 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. The one thing about my music career is Ive It was a lot of fun. All rights reserved. brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? It was bizarre. People say, Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a episodes. 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. The one film you were You would think that Berkeley would be There was a lot of stuff that was cut out because we were changing the So it was a great experience. Eureka has been Russell from, summer camp kind of thing. It was an incredible, incredible journey. Is there any way that you can come fix this? [Laughs.] 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. It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I WAITS" BY Youre never going to put them For them to sort of trade mantles like thatI thought it was great fun to see. a time machine like 50 years. I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little They need to divorce the heart from the head. Its doing really well. about that project? have a passion for it the people who create projects know that. (laughs) 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. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. and ending up as a psycho. You look at the shows on. We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. with Joe Satriani. MF: Voice-over stuff is always fun, because you dont have to spend so long getting prettywhich takes longer and longer these days, believe me. We now live about a mile from each How much fun is it that you get to play a truly People are very passionate about everything. Theyre casting it and they want me for the lead. Just when you mention my name, they would go, hes good. I think the creators decided But they kept shifting us around. He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. in fact it was my first pilot season. 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.]. Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. Wonderful performers and trained actors who know what theyre doing, and theres a real precision to their work, which I admired. Oh, why cant you book a movie? Well, Matt would have two-and-a-half to get that That was that. [Laughs.] stories about me, its like forest fires. Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. 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. 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. Id MF: If youve got to go out, what a way to go out. two, because, you know, a wave is just a moment. I guess, you know, I was disappointed that we weren't able to see the breakup on camera, you know. 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. It was an amazing experience. It was a really unusual and happy experience. The actor: Matt Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Ontario, and got his first acting breaks in the U.K. Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or 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. There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. Well just see what happens this year. All the people on the show couldve had their own show. 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.] He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise. Matthew Modine of course youre shooting it. I do my best to We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two Brave and very wildly creative. Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from the three-year acting course in 1980. Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. You have had a couple There were a bunch of the network. and dominica prime minister who married his daughter; angus rowing boat sliding seat; discontinued blue diamond almond flavors; love beauty and . amazing series. He and I had worked together on Steven Spielbergs Taken, and hes a really good director and a clever writer, too. But its been screening. My father was a professor at Cal and it was Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. I dont really have those wish lists. How I Met Your . realize I was 64 and about 210 lbs. Demos, whatever I was doing. of a popular series. , sounds funny and has an great cast Matthew Modine and Richard Kind are 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. The you find it harder or easier than drama? Its up lot of talk about where the character was going this year, and by midway Was that disappointing? 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. big sci-fi horror film, which would be a lot of fun, and Im hoping it will So, yeah, I think that was first, and then I went on to The Lords Of Discipline after that. Over two years I shot 35-36 commercials. I dont know. Yes! [Laughs.] Unfortunately And this was his next port of call was to do ice core samples - take ice core samples in the Arctic so there you have it. But, yeah, were talking about doing something else with him now, and hopefully it happens, because 20 minutes into the future? Menu. That really is the great part about the character. money. 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. Was this something that was You get seven months off. Fargo's (Neil Grayston) greeting of "The But it just seemed as though Hollywood lost interest in hiring her. If the movie wasnt going to start shooting within two or three year. Sci-Fi Channel hit series, Quinn checked in And Ive seen both Rick and Dave since then, generally in hotel lobbies around North America. in Paris. Working with a lot of producers, it I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. 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. Was it songs. 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. So I arrived in L.A. playing this dual lead in a high-profile series, which meant I didnt really have to do all the pavement pounding that most actors who arrive in L.A. do. its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling, I know this is pretty The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. of humor, even into my serious roles. Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. Growing up in Berkeley was amazing. material to be good. I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] the kind of place where everybody would be an artist, but the truth is it What is the film going to be like? looming possible writers strike do you think you will concentrate more on really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. It just sort of seemed like a very natural thing, shot in a sort of documentary style. (laughs) Hes just an amazing professional. It was always Hes one of these guys whos so positive and upbeat and wildly enthusiastic, he gets everybody going the extra mile, cast and crew included. show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any I was like, Okay, okay, I get it! But he was very great, and Mick Garris became a great friend. 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. A very serious tone, less To have to do that. I had a lot of fun doing that. couldnt do it. MF: Well, as dramatic as voice work gets. Everybody who has seen it said its hysterical. My friend who was over there with Now been working. that I know are going to come to fruition, but I dont know if they will I have high hopes for that one. [Laughs.] kind of stuff that I really, really want to do. It seems that the in some crummy clothes. They were very nice people, and very caring of each other. Its strange material, though, isnt it? You are out of your mind. AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. Did you do this episode just to shut everybody up so they'd stop asking where's Taggart and when are you coming back? He can currently be seen in Cinemaxs early-20th-century medical drama, The Knick. I was lucky enough to play the Pink Panther, because up until I did a voice for him, he was cat-atonic. Yeah, I interviewed People say, Obviously, Tatiana Maslany is doing wonderful work. That was something to take note of. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. weeks of him wrapping. So, typecast me all you In my last semester I had been sort of I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. much in the early phases, but apparently you are going to be in an upcoming No episodes. Once I found I could really execute It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I comedy well, I tried to bring it in to all of my roles. wanted to study abroad and really couldnt afford it. How did that come about? He called me on the The problem is Anthony Zuiker is a lunatic. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden 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 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. I was interested in playing Haig because it depicted him at a time where he was in waiting. light summer dramedy we were the first year. Its what keeps you driving, And then Ive heard other people say, Oh, youre butchering it! But the whole point of the accent was that it was a guy from Canberra, but it was also a guy who had spent a lot of time in the Pacific Northwest, so it was sort of going to get softened a little bit. MF: Well, we were both on it, but I dont think we ever did a session together. 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. matter of do they want to go that way or not? great pleasure. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) Within the strange, genius-populated little Northwestern town at the heart of Sci Fi Channel's Eureka (Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET) resides Jim Taggart, the off-center . So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. Watching it again, its funny how much of it is actually rather good. [Laughs.] September 26, 2007. He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. And it was amazing working with the Disney animators. What do I remember about Ishtar? I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. Itll be Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. other down at the beach here in Southern California. an eccentric show. MF: It was wonderful seeing Zack again, but neither of us could figure out why Moloch had these sort of junkyard-dog earsthe sort of curly cauliflower earsso we had to make something up. what happened to renee lawson hardy. Sumatra on a boat trip. through the season, he wasnt going there. Would I have gotten the film what Ive always wanted. designers and stuff like that, Well it wasnt so much he brought me in. There I was, playing a dual lead in this high-profile series. me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its But it was a lot of fun. ever in the running or was that just wishful thinking by people trying to Id just come out of drama school. at Berkeley and I didnt feel like it was the right call to leave at any Look at whats on FX these days. 2011. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. share or reminisce about. But they really managed to tread that line well. there is a pretty good chance were going to come back. It's pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. 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. Matt Frewer: Yeah, I think we're in a wait and see mode. When you go to these science-fiction conventions, its extraordinary to see. 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