my blog - Interview Victor Garber (alias Jack)

Interview Victor Garber (alias Jack)

le 21/05/2006 à 16h20

Trouvé sur alias-media. Vient à la base d'ici
Aucuns spoilers, ils parlent juste de la fin d'Alias et de la tristesse de tout le monde de se séparer.It's so bad....I'm VERY VERY sad too.....

V: HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FINALLY BE ENDING THE RUN?

G: Oh, it’s incredibly painful. I mean, I talked to Jennifer today. She had filmed her last scene with Carl Lumbly, and she said she’s in total denial, and I said ‘Well, I am too.’ You know, I can’t really face it. I mean, this will be it, and we’re doing a big crew and cast photograph, and it’ll be very difficult. You know, any ending to anything, you have mixed feelings about, and there’s no question that Alias should end. It’s over. We’ve done it. I’m very proud of this season. I think the [recent episodes] have been as good as anything we’ve done for the last five years, and I think the fans of Alias will not be disappointed by the finale. It’s really remarkable. But it’s definitely time to say goodbye, and it’s definitely going to be incredibly painful.

V: WHAT WILL YOU MISS THE MOST?

G: I will miss driving to Disney Lot, and driving onto the lot and seeing the transpo people waiting to help me park my car, and walking onto the APO set and seeing the cast and walking into the makeup trailer. I will miss everything, because I am incredibly connected to everybody on the show. Mostly Jennifer, of course, and also the crew. It’s really going to be sad.

V: YEAH, AS YOUR CHARACTERS HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU AND JENNIFER HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER.

G: Yeah, we’re very, very connected and very bonded, and of course I know I’ll be in touch with her and we’ll see each other and we’ll talk to each other, but it’s just not the same. You know, you just don’t have that luxury of knowing every week you’re going to spend time with that person. And no matter how much you say ‘Well, we’ll see each other,’ we won’t be seeing each other all that much. She has a busy life and a new baby and Ben, but you know, we just talked about getting together in Boston where she’s going to be with Ben, doing a movie, and I said I’ll fly up and visit and you know, it’s all that stuff. I mean, Bradley, I see all the time.

V: REALLY?

G: Yeah. Bradley, I talk to all the time. So we haven’t lost touch. And Vartan and I will always be in touch. So you know, I know that, but it’s hard.

V: WILL YOU GO SEE BRADLEY ON BROADWAY?

G: Next Sunday. Yeah, we have a date.

V: AND WAS IT NICE HAVING VARTAN BACK ON SET?

G: It’s been fantastic! So much fun. And actually, we’re going to go out tomorrow night for drinks and dinner, and it’s just been wonderful having him back.

V: IF SPYDADDY WERE TO HAVE A SPINOFF SERIES, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

G: He’d retire to Vermont and open a Bed & Breakfast, and then just be called away every now to kill somebody or torture somebody! That would be my dream job!

V: DO YOU THINK JACK AND IRINA ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER?

G: I think possibly in Jack’s mind, but I don’t know how real that is.

V: EVEN WITH ALL SHE’S DONE, HE MAY STILL BE HARBORING FEELINGS FOR HER?

G: I think, you know, when Lena Olin walks in the room, it’s hard not to fall for her, no matter what she’s doing or what she’s done. But you know, she’s caused some serious problems, so I think Jack will always harbor feelings for her, but he knows that it’s not real.

V: A LOT OF THE CHARACTERS FROM THE PAST HAVE COME BACK RECENTLY. WAS IT NICE TO SEE ALL THOSE FAMILIAR FACES?

G: It’s the greatest. You know, this has been such a family show. I mean, people got very close, and we’ve had no assholes, you know? Everybody’s been fantastic to work with. Melissa was at the wrap party the other night and Mia, you know, they’re just great, great people.

V: AND YOU’VE SIGNED ON TO DO A PILOT, SO HOPEFULLY WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE YOU ON TV FOR A LONG TIME, BUT YOU PROBABLY WON’T HAVE ANOTHER EXPERIENCE LIKE ALIAS.

G: No. I’ve let that go. I did a pilot. I really was fortunate. It was a Bruckheimer pilot, and it was really fun, and they had great people to work on it, and you know, everything is different and I try to see the positive things in every situation I’m in, and this is a great group of people and if it works out, I’ll be very happy, but Alias was a once in a lifetime kind of experience.

V: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PILOT.

G: It’s called American Crime [re-titled Justice]. It’s about a defense lawyer team, four lawyers, who defend high profile murder cases, and it sort of shows the inner workings of how they assemble a defense, and it’s quite interesting. I think it has a lot of potential. Who knows if it’ll get picked up, but I hope it does.

V: AND YOUR CHARACTER?

G: I play Ron Trott, he’s the head of the defense team, and he’s kind of arrogant, really smart, really full of himself, and it’s a really fun character, and he’s really good at what he does. He’s really not interested in whether a client is guilty or innocent. If he’s defending him, he’s defending him.

V: IS IT THE SORT OF SHOW WHERE, LIKE ALIAS, WE’LL ALSO GET TO SEE A BIT OF YOUR PERSONAL LIFE?

G: Well, the pilot was really about the work, but you get sort of glimmers of their personal life. It’s really about what they do. But then of course, if the show gets picked up, then you’ll see more and more. I pitched an idea already about my ex-wives who could be making an appearance if it goes well!

V: AND MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME OF YOUR ALIAS BUDDIES TO COME ON AS GUEST STARS.

G: That would be my dream.