One element of Finch that Nolan said he and Emerson "wanted to build together" was Finch's injury. Emerson recalled thinking about how it would manifest, and wondering, "Is it playable for many, many hours day after day? You don't want to contort yourself too much, because you'll constantly need physical therapy and massage. So I had to find something that was right, believable, logical, but also something that was easy on me physically." He said that what he came up with was, "Mainly just good posture and a neck that doesn't' move. Oh, and the one bad leg." The result of being so involved in coming up with how Finch would be hurt has meant Emerson finds he's now "sort of the authority on my own disability." When last week's episode called for an X-ray to show exactly where he was hurt, he again spoke to Nolan to give his input on the location of the injury.
While Nolan had plenty of praise for Emerson, Emerson said he felt Caviezel was "the real casting coup. "You can find a lot of character men to play your handicapped, billionaire genius, but to find a guy that can live up to that kind of quiet, action hero… there aren't that many guys out there. That's a short list." Said Nolan, "That's a shot list in both cases!" Nolan added that Person of Interest was a case where once the cast was in place, it just felt right, remarking, "Half way through the pilot, I could no longer imagine the characters without Michael, Jim, Taraji [P. Henson] and Kevin [Chapman]."
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Interesting Nolan mentioned The Equalizer. I thought of that as soon as I first heard about the series. It's like they split Edward Woodward's McCall character's personality into 2 parts - The millionaire and the vigilante.
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