Hell on Wheels - Interview with Christopher Heyerdahl

Grab your ticket and buckle up for the final two episodes of Hell On Wheels, folks. This revitalized western drama has built a set of strong characters striving to find purpose and meaning out in the harsh world that is constructing the transcontinental railroad.

I spoke with star Christopher Heyerdahl over the phone this week about his fascinating character, The Swede, and what he calls a "fantastic creation."

Heyerdahl was attracted to playing the character because of his deep complexities.

"He’s a well drawn, extremely conflicted, three dimensional human being," said the actor. "One of the greatest things in any person, given the opportunity of extreme circumstances, and that’s of course the goal of any of these shows to put characters in extreme circumstances, is to watch them contradict themselves and to come up with actions that might seem to betray their characters but at the same time show us that there is more going on than we thought. And that’s always to me so exciting when you see a character being contradictory."

Source: Full article @ TV Fanatic