Truxton Spangler is one of the most enigmatic characters on television. The head of national think tank API, the character is one of Rubicon - and television’s - most morally gray villains. He’s portrayed expertly by Michael Cristofer, a star in his own right: Cristofer is a Pulitzer Prize winner for his play, The Shadow Box, which also won a Tony ( Read more... )

If you don’t know Michael Cristofer from Rubicon, you may be familiar with him as a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and occasional screenwriter (The Witches of Eastwick, The Bonfire of the Vanities). But if you do know Michael Cristofer from Rubicon, then he’ll forever be Truxton Spangler - the aloof, Corn Flakes-eating head of the American ( Read more... )

Novelist and screenwriter Henry Bromell stepped into an impossible situation when he joined AMC’s latest drama series, Rubicon. Creator Jason Horwitch was struggling to make the show, which revolved around a think tank named the American Policy Institute (or API) and a shadowy conspiracy, coalesce. Bromell was brought in to play showrunner to the ( Read more... )

Henry Bromell, Rubicon's executive producer, spoke with AMCtv.com about his favorite episodes from Season One, his thoughts on slower pacing and the origin of Truxton Spangler's name.

The full interview is here.

Thought you guys might be interested in seeing this article.

JBD defends Rubicons pace! Yay!

Maybe that'll get people to think differently about the pacing.http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a262287/james-badge-dale-defends-

( Mild spoilers for last night's episode )

The comments in the discussion post about Will's hair made me think of this interview so I thought I would link it.

Did they give you gray hair so you could seem a bit older than 32?Um, listen, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The gray hair is all mine. They didn’t give it to me, that is all mine. And I think that’s kind of my saving ( Read more... )