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AJ Speaks in Bear McCreary's Blog
Bear McCreary posted some comments from AJ in his latest episode blog, which I've pasted below.
Warning: Spoilers
This episode marks the beginning of an unusual partnership, that of Tom Zarek and Felix Gaeta. Actor Alessandro Juliani described the experience of working together: “I’d never had much to do with Richard over the seasons, but I remember thinking to myself how strange it was: that I had gone from playing with a likeness of Richard as a child (an action figure I still have by the way) to playing with the real live Richard! By the way, he’s a way better actor than his action figure.”
And
This scene also represents a crucial shift in Gaeta’s character. I asked Alessandro Juliani when he first learned that Gaeta would become a baddie. And he quickly replied “Baddie? Who said anything about being a baddie? I mean, if resisting an alliance with a race of malevolent, deceitful robot-people responsible for the genocide of humankind, enforced by a bunch of ‘leaders’ who time and time again had proven to be completely misguided and hypocritical in their policies is bad…who wants to be good? If what you meant to ask was when did I find out that Felix was to assume the mantle of being the moral center of the show, then I believe it was during the filming of the now infamous ‘Stump Serenade’ that a certain Emmy-nominated writer who shall remain nameless first hinted at his heroic destiny.”
Source.
I always dig everything AJ says in interviews. He says the funniest s**t and he's pretty blunt about things. Most actors would tone down their answers a lot more. It's also pretty awesome how quickly he defends his character's actions.
On a side note, does anyone else think everything Bear McCreary does always seems to be epic in scale? His music sounds epic, his blogs look epic, and the concerts he has or is going to have are epic as well. Did you hear that he's going to have a "night at the symphony"-type show with ballet dancers? That seems pretty epic. ;)
Warning: Spoilers
This episode marks the beginning of an unusual partnership, that of Tom Zarek and Felix Gaeta. Actor Alessandro Juliani described the experience of working together: “I’d never had much to do with Richard over the seasons, but I remember thinking to myself how strange it was: that I had gone from playing with a likeness of Richard as a child (an action figure I still have by the way) to playing with the real live Richard! By the way, he’s a way better actor than his action figure.”
And
This scene also represents a crucial shift in Gaeta’s character. I asked Alessandro Juliani when he first learned that Gaeta would become a baddie. And he quickly replied “Baddie? Who said anything about being a baddie? I mean, if resisting an alliance with a race of malevolent, deceitful robot-people responsible for the genocide of humankind, enforced by a bunch of ‘leaders’ who time and time again had proven to be completely misguided and hypocritical in their policies is bad…who wants to be good? If what you meant to ask was when did I find out that Felix was to assume the mantle of being the moral center of the show, then I believe it was during the filming of the now infamous ‘Stump Serenade’ that a certain Emmy-nominated writer who shall remain nameless first hinted at his heroic destiny.”
Source.
I always dig everything AJ says in interviews. He says the funniest s**t and he's pretty blunt about things. Most actors would tone down their answers a lot more. It's also pretty awesome how quickly he defends his character's actions.
On a side note, does anyone else think everything Bear McCreary does always seems to be epic in scale? His music sounds epic, his blogs look epic, and the concerts he has or is going to have are epic as well. Did you hear that he's going to have a "night at the symphony"-type show with ballet dancers? That seems pretty epic. ;)