Thanks to Philomina for the heads up.
Jesse Luken talks about his character Eric on Star-Crossed and his other character Jimmy on Justified. There also a little talk about Glee.
Q: You're aware that "Star-Crossed" fans are shipping Julia and Eric? You probably can't say much but given Eric's hostility towards the Atrians do you think knowing what cured Julia would make him reconsider his views or drive him to exploit the knowledge?
A: I didn't even know what shipping meant before all of this! I think Julia is making him reconsider a lot of what he used to value in his life, and what he might value going forward. It's all very new to him; the lessoning of his prejudices, seeing the true colors of the Red Hawks, and especially falling in love. Sometimes he still needs to get out of his own way, but it's been really exciting to be given the opportunity to play out these changes.
Q: Jimmy is a great example of how good "Justified" is with using the complete ensemble and developing background characters. He started out as one of Boyd's henchman and in the end it seemed like a father-son-relationship. How did you experience this development over the three years?
A: Thank you for saying so, and I think you hit the nail on the head. One of Justified's greatest strengths in my opinion is it's trust of the ensemble, and everyone on set does a great job in waiting their turn and stepping up when their number is called. In regard to Jimmy, he trusted Boyd completely, all the way to his death, and I think really started looking to Boyd as a father figure, or at the very least an infallible mentor. Jimmy did well to keep his head down for so long and not get the hubris some of Boyd's other henchmen over the years have developed. He almost made it out of Harlan alive. Almost.
Q: You're aware that "Star-Crossed" fans are shipping Julia and Eric? You probably can't say much but given Eric's hostility towards the Atrians do you think knowing what cured Julia would make him reconsider his views or drive him to exploit the knowledge?
A: I didn't even know what shipping meant before all of this! I think Julia is making him reconsider a lot of what he used to value in his life, and what he might value going forward. It's all very new to him; the lessoning of his prejudices, seeing the true colors of the Red Hawks, and especially falling in love. Sometimes he still needs to get out of his own way, but it's been really exciting to be given the opportunity to play out these changes.
Q: Jimmy is a great example of how good "Justified" is with using the complete ensemble and developing background characters. He started out as one of Boyd's henchman and in the end it seemed like a father-son-relationship. How did you experience this development over the three years?
A: Thank you for saying so, and I think you hit the nail on the head. One of Justified's greatest strengths in my opinion is it's trust of the ensemble, and everyone on set does a great job in waiting their turn and stepping up when their number is called. In regard to Jimmy, he trusted Boyd completely, all the way to his death, and I think really started looking to Boyd as a father figure, or at the very least an infallible mentor. Jimmy did well to keep his head down for so long and not get the hubris some of Boyd's other henchmen over the years have developed. He almost made it out of Harlan alive. Almost.
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