Emmy Award-winning television and film director Greg Yaitanes is one of the most recognized names in Hollywood, directing and producing top shows including Damages, Lost, Prison Break, Heroes and Grey's Anatomy. Spoiler TV has been lucky enough to score an interview with him during the second season of his run away hit series Banshee, and would like to include some of your questions. So Fanshees, comment below and we will do our best to get as many answered as we can!
This is great sandi! Hope it's ok to leave several as I'm a huge fan of the show and greg?
ReplyDeleteCan you take us through a little of the creative process when you started planning S2. For example did you have an endpoint for the Season 2 Finale and then wrote the story towards that point, or did the endpoint happen organically as you wrote the season?
Would love to know what current shows you admire and enjoy as well as some of the shows which have now ended that you enjoyed? And which of these, if any, you have drawn inspiration from?
Congrats with the S3 Renewal! Without spoiling too much, any little snippets about what we might expect to see in Season 3?
What are the main differences between working on a Broadcast Network like NBC/ABC etc to that of working on a Cable network like Cinemax. Any pros/cons of either?
Being a huge LOST fan, I know you directed some of my favourite episodes (Special, Solitary), and was wondering what you thought of the ending? (Personally I loved it!).
We know that some critics have complained about the amount of Sex/Violence in the show (Personally I think the mix and amount is about perfect), but I was interested in knowing if Cinemax or their owners HBO have had any input or censoring with any parts of the show, or if they give you a free reign?
The show has a lot of very strong female characters and terrific actresses. Is this something you set out intentionally to do?
Do you get involved at all in the casting? If not who is the person responsible for bringing such a great cast together?
I was so happy to see one of my favourite actors in Season 2, Zeljko Ivanek. If you could choose 1 actor/actress to guest on Banshee, who would it be and why?
Do you prefer the shorter, more focused Cable Season lengths of 10 Episodes or the longer 20+ Episode Broadcast lengths?
Did the 3rd Season Renewal announcement make you change anything for the Season 2 finale? Did you film extra endings/scenes in case it was not renewed?
I know that you follow technology, startups and use Social Media a lot. How important these days, is it for a show such as Banshee on a relativly small network to use these tools and services and interact with the fans of the show?
No worries, I will have to see what the response is thou, I will ask as many as I can get away with ;)
ReplyDeleteDid you have a plan originally of how you would like events to unfold with the major characters over the course of the series, or do you just let things happen "naturally" and just see where they end up? Also, did you start with an idea of just how long you hoped the series would run? I personally hope it goes for a very long time, you really scored with this cast combined with such great writing.
ReplyDelete1.) How familiar are you with noir fiction or roman noir? In particular, are you familiar with the works of Cornell Woolrich, Jim Thompson, David Goodis or any other authors? In watching Banshee, the story reminds me a great deal of Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280, but with a much more likable sheriff. Do you have any favorite sources of inspiration from the genre?
ReplyDelete2.) The Amish element provides a great deal of character to Banshee. How did you and the rest of the creative team go about researching this topic? Does anyone on the show have an Amish background? Do you have any personal knowledge or contact with the Pennsylvania Amish communities, or is Google simply your best friend on this topic?
Loving Banshee, so thanks for a fantastic show! Have we seen the last of Hood's prison flashbacks, or has that aspect of his past run its course? I'm asking because in Episode 4 (IIRC) of Season 1, when Hood is trapped in the museum, he has different flashbacks to the ones relating to the Albino. It appears he could be in solitary confinement, but I'm not sure. Thanks for this opportunity, Sandi!
ReplyDeleteBanshee has been great so far, but it does seem to have a fairly limited premise, particularly considering how much forward you have pushed the show in only 15 episodes. Is there some kind of end plan for the show in place?
ReplyDeleteFirstly, thanks for a fantastic show! I was wondering how you're going to approach the Hood character in future. Obviously he's the sheriff, and as such he needs to maintain law and order (haha) and even solve crimes occasionally. However, there's a danger of focusing too much on this aspect, and Banshee veering from the recipe which has been so successful thus far. (becoming just another crime-solving show, albeit a very entertaining one, I'm sure.) So when the omnipresent threats from Rabbit and now Racine (and Jason Hood, to a lesser extent) have been removed, how do you see Hood's story (and those of the people in his life) developing? Is there more to know about his past that could bring forth other characters?
ReplyDeleteHi Greg, I'm huge fan of the show - it's one of my favourite and truth be told, one of the best shows that ever was! Have couple questions:
ReplyDelete1) Love so much last night episode (The Truth About Unicorns) - are you planning to do another one in this style in next season, or is it too early to tell?
2) One of my favourite supporting character is Clay Burton - will we see something about his past (for example how he met Kai) or you prefer to make this character mysterious like Olivia Wilde's 13 in House M.D.?
3) Love adding two great actors - Ziejko Ivanek and Julian Sands - to cast, do you have in your mind another ones that you would like to cast in season 3?
4) Thing that bothers me is relationship between Rebecca and Kai - I like it is show on master/disciple base, but there is some kind of strange sexual tension between them (s01ep08 and most of all s02ep02), so my question is, will we see the progress of this thing in this season?
5) Songs used in the show are amazing (their selection reminds me very much of music work in Quentin Tarantino movies) - are you planing to release an album/soundtrack with them, and if yes, when can we expect it?
6) Lucas and Ana/Carrie is a great couple, but I think I might like Lucas and Siobhan better, but will we see more of their realtionship or that was just a one night stand?
7) Nola is a sucha a great character - will she back in this season?
8) I love Banshee have so many strong female characters that have lots of action scenes. Only Rebecca has not yet had any fight scenes. Can we expect that in this season?
9) Is there something you would change in season one (if You would have chance to do it)?
10) Will this season will end with some crazy cliffhanger like last one?
Thanks in advance for answering even some of my questions.
When can we expect Lucas Hood's secret to be revealed to more people? (But mainly, his daughter)
ReplyDeleteHow many seasons do he have plotted? And when there are going to reveal Lucas "real" name ?
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