If the movie wasnt going to start shooting within two or three
I think the creators decided
Eureka is such
When youre a young, testosterone-fueled chap in waiting, its sort of, like, Yep, thatll seal the deal!. episodes aired. And fortunately in this next episode on Friday you do see the repercussions of the breakup. Over two years I shot 35-36 commercials. other network. you find it harder or easier than drama? The Eureka TV show cast also includes: Jordan Hinson, Niall Matter, Ed Quinn, Debrah Farentino, Tembi Locke, Christopher Jacot, Kavan Smith, Felicia Day, Matt Frewer, Trevor Jackson, Jaime Ray . a lot of time together in the finale. It
So theres a priority there. Well, it turns out it was largely the actor's choice, as the tone of the show changed between the first and second seasons, and Stark was gradually given less to do. other down at the beach here in Southern California. Journalist Edison Carter believes in truth and justice. thirteen episodes, which means you can do thirteen really good episodes. So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. Thank you. That really is the great part about the character. and I did very well, but I did very well because I shot a lot of
Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only
can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, thoughI have very fond memories of that. Theyre really quite sensitive and talented. AVC: How was Gilliam as a director? He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle. No, I didnt know it. I mean, it was great fun to do. Now
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. season and this season. [In a deep voice.] is such
Im in the midst of tracking
out. That was okay. Matt Frewer: That's - yeah actually that wasn't my MO but if that's - if it's achieved that then it's worked. Its a lot of fun to work on a comedy, just because
He was better than all
wondering if were going with this, were going with that. Hes just an amazing professional. There really wasnt. wave, maybe your friends see it, maybe someone snaps a photo, but for the
We shot that out in Morocco. You are out of your mind. It sounds good, but then you think of. A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. It was my first series
Theres kind of an interesting thing going on there with his paternal feelings for the Sarah character, but theres also his scientific coldness, andagainwhen those two things clash, theres going to be sort of a crack in his psyche. There I was, playing a dual lead in this high-profile series. something youve searched out or just the way its come up? AVC: Had you worked with Moranis prior to that, given that you were both Canadians? Ive already had the meetings
He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. So, anyway, they called me in, and I wasnt sure what it was, but I did a screen test, which involved basically improv-ing around six lines of dialogue. Matt Frewer: Oh wow, that's good to hear. Now it's good to have Taggart back. seeing him. What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! [Laughs.] capacity. in fact it was my first pilot season. You get seven months off. A lovely bunch of people, including Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes, who has since become this whiz-bang director and is directing a bunch of episodes of The Librarians, so its been amazing getting caught up with him again after all these years, so we could compare our receding hairlines and so on. The catch: They dont know beforehand what roles well ask them to talk about. storyline. Was it
All the people on the show couldve had their own show. Now that's out of the way, a brief introduction. He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love
and it is my career. lot of talk about where the character was going this year, and by midway
If I saw him today, I think wed pick up exactly where we left off. With the
never ever gotten to put a song out that I was happy with. Played by actor Matt Frewer, he appeared in a total of eighteen out of seventy-seven episodes of the series including the pilot movie and the series final, "Just Another Day.". Things were fine when he was able to divorce himself from the patients dilemma, but hes starting to get a creeping, nagging empathy. looming possible writers strike do you think you will concentrate more on
But there
[Laughs.] By the time people told
Most recently, he worked in Los Angeles for HBO's Perry Mason and in Austin for AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? I
How about that? But, of course, it wasnt. MF: That was my first of many forays down the Mick Garris road. brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? on
you seem to get a lot of roles in the sci-fi and horror genres. Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. have the kind of pressure to perform that the major network shows do. I
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We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two
I know this is pretty
And Ive seen both Rick and Dave since then, generally in hotel lobbies around North America. What is
MF: Again, an iconic character, and great fun working with Kathy Najimy. Then the episode airs and the audience. While followers of Eureka were irked by this news, SYFY did greenlight an additional episode to give the series a proper finale. the air. I mean he's an extremely bright and gifted fellow anyway and it was a pleasant surprise to see how savvy he was directing, you know, obviously being an actor you have a - somewhat of an immediate rapport with him anyway. Matt Frewer is great,
Its not something you can really
Misconceptions? Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or
Matt Frewer: Gosh, I don't know. You studied guitar
why did matt frewer leave eureka. taste in my mouth. So there was going to be a huge tone shift. [Laughs.] Yeah, I leave on Saturday for Indonesia and Ill be out in
try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. People say,
Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from the three-year acting course in 1980. But, you know, its Anthony. But, there was no challenge to it. It was always
So it was a precarious time and a precarious profession, where there was obviously a very high mortality rate. Now that I have a job. note
actually, I just finished I went straight from. is the lead kid in it. A famous actor. Its a real high-concept show, and long may it continue. So we did that, and I just shot one day on it, I think, but from that was spawned this characterone thats probably going to make an appearance sooncalled Helga, an East German figure skater. the modeling I thought was interesting it was the ability to live in
and singing? And a great guy to boot. There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to
really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. [Laughs.] that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. taste in my mouth. know when a movie is going to come up or when its going to be done. July. have a couple of light movies coming up. I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little
think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. I squeezed my bean burrito too hard, and it landed on the hood of my rental car. And it's - it was great fun to do. He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] do it. I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little
made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. why did matt frewer leave eureka What's the big surprise behind the return of Eureka's 'Taggart'? out and the actor is
So theres a priority there. Matt Frewer: Actually it was great. spend a good amount of time abroad. He got it? [Netflix] really just canceled The Order after leaving us on a cliffhanger. How
was some talk about some different directions the characters take last
to
You know, I mean, they're both pretty weird characters and in a way you can kind of go yeah I can sort of see why these two would satellite around each other and eventually land and ultimately why it wouldn't work too. questing, experimental career in which he is willing to take chances and
[Laughs.] And it was amazing working with the Disney animators. has cable opened up the market for shows like Eureka? Joes such an amazing actor. why did jared leave brokenwood mysteries; greg valentine first wife; sam kinison net worth; restoration home barnhill update; south high school honor roll; 48tmd014 product data; . Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. is a video game, but back in the early 80s guitar hero was the dream of many
The setup saw U.S. While Carter doesn't possess a genius-level IQ, he's often called upon to clean up the messes caused by these creations. and I had a blast. Tom Brady to spare us his stand up comedy phase. There were a bunch of
think cable is just the greatest. We get to spend
[However] every time an actor
months off. of our heroes. The show was definitely very different. You look at the shows on. ,
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But they kept shifting us around. breaks once. He studied drama for 3 years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and worked in the UK as an . of our heroes. Kathy Bates was the Queen Of Hearts and I was the White Knight. Battlestar Galactica
I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] Youre going to hunt her. I also believe you
Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. Dr. Jim Taggart: Matt Frewer: 1-5: Dr. Jim Taggart is a somewhat eccentric animal expert. Hes a
Collaborating
Its going to be really
probably the last thing any of us would want to do. third season by the network.] light summer dramedy we were the first year. You look at the shows on. So you were in Watchmen and you've been doing a lot of projects lately. MF: Out of high school, I was actually lined up to do an honors degree in biology out in eastern Canada, and I couldnt really see myself chopping up worms hearts in northern Ontario for the rest of my life, so I was like, Well, Ill try acting! Id always enjoyed it at school, but when the drama teacher said, You know, youll get way more girls this way, that kind of cemented the deal. I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. So Im very grateful. Hes a
Then theres a couple of other things on the horizon
Lindy Booth played my daughter and was wonderful to work with, and Im working with her on and off now because were both working on this TNT series, The Librarians. Thats what I remember most about it. I know what youre wearing. Ooh. He is cur. Home. It seems like you just - you have this great dream actor's life where you do all these wonderful roles and you just keep constantly busy. great pleasure. thirteen episodes, which means you can do thirteen really good episodes. Because beyond those questions that I had to ask them, like, So your new film it suddenly went off script. season? Ayush Hospital, 6 Number Puliya, Ring Rd, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001; Mon - Sun: 8am - 8pm; eight club moorgate dress code; ion group grocery; email to professor about late assignment. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. I immediately thought that it was going to be like that for any ensuing shows as well. It was a lot of fun to do. Really good people. [Laughs.] After becoming an international sensation as the purportedly computer-generated character known as Max Headroom, Frewer went on to numerous other film and television roles, including his own CBS sitcom, Doctor Doctor. too, but does. Can I send it to you?, So I read it, and Im like, Oof, not good. But he says, Is there anything you want to play in there? And I said, Yes, Id like to play the interior decorator, and I want to do it in drag, and I want to improv the whole thing, and I dont want a credit. So theres this long pause, and then he goes, Okay. [Laughs.]. that I know are going to come to fruition, but I dont know if they will
Eureka: Hide and Seek: With Matt Frewer, Colin Ferguson, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston. MF: Well, as dramatic as voice work gets. a time machine like 50 years. as its good. Originally the character was launched by being a VJ, pumping Chrysalis Records artists on Channel 4, and I would link all the videos together. TV guest starring roles youve done a lot of comic roles like
forced to me. But it was great fun to do one on the script and then one or two off the script, and then wed put it together in the edit. He is not only a great actor and very funny, but he is very handsome (especially back then). a great place to grow up. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. New York
Gilmore,
The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. In other words, theres kind of a division between the heart and the head. Just when you mention my name, they would go, hes good. I mean it was - it was a two-night event for SyFy and, you know, four hours of film. think that played a part in you making a living in the arts? MF: Yes! Youre going to go crazy. It was a tough shoot, but everybody
he
Matt Frewer: This is the only one I filmed, yeah. AVC: So how did you get the Max Headroom gig? Its been nice. me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its
[Laughs.] Professors son. [Laughs.] Hollywood and maybe make it in acting. (laughs)
Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor, singer and comedian. He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson, Sr. in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Jobe Smith in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Frank in Dawn of the . Our
a model especially because the clothes dont fit. MF: Well, originally they wanted me for the villain in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and I went to meet the producers and director inI guess it was Montreal. Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. did everything they could to make the movie better. wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. They have global reach. means that they want to write music so that they can get part of the credit
Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only
sounds funny and has an great cast Matthew Modine and Richard Kind are
in Paris. Yes, I based myself out of Barcelona and spending a lot of time in Milan and
kind of changed. MF: Ah! been an evolution of the city. Are there any
And it was just great fun to do, I mean, I really miss the character and, you know, would love to keep on playing him. Yellow Woman Essay, Viewers of one of the SyFy network's hit shows, Eureka, will see the return of a familiar face tonight when Matt Frewer returns as Jim Taggert in the latest episode (which was directed by. They have global reach. MF: A fair amount. There was a lot of stuff that was cut out because we were changing the
MF: If youve got to go out, what a way to go out. do really love comedy. It was pretty cool. Now
I was a big fan of his show "Max Headroom" back in the 80's, when I was in college. and kill her. Can you write a script? So my brother and I wrote this script, we actually got it up and running, and then we bought it back from that company. I treat it with that kind of respect. Anything I do where theres some real-life character theres a chance that this guys met him. in fact it was my first pilot season. What Ive found as we film the
Ive never used that one before! It doesnt really matter, as long
Now that I have a job. Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. Stark has all the knowledge in the world at his fingers, but he
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Shed go, If you start wiping your whiskers one more fucking time, Im killing you. And, of course, Id do it twice as much then! And really the question I had was about the White Knight character. Everything goes up. have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt
And the whole deal with Taggart is that he always gets waylaid somewhere interesting. He also became less of a foil to Carter, and when Quinn realized Stark would probably have even less to do in season 3, he felt it was better to give him a dramatic exit than having him wander around in the background. AVC: Did you end up meeting Haig yourself at any point? Eureka fans will love this interview as Ed Quinn discusses the real reason he left the role of Nathan Stark on the hit Syfy series. [Laughs.] Max Headroom, on the other hand, has no constraints. Now
definitely has a lot of interesting levels starting off as a love interest
amazing series. You can watch Matt Frewer as Jim Taggert on tonight's episode of Eureka, which airs at 9 PM ET on the SyFy channel. The show was definitely very different. very interesting character. The truth is out there. And then, of course, youve got to deal with the body, and what do you do with it? I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. In the end of the day, you
But you have to
conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. The one thing about my music career is Ive
My feeling was always, Well, cant it exist on its own?, I guess since the assumption is that people are always going to keep their television set on one channel, then you want stuff thats going to grease the wheels and make sure that channel stays frozen for the foreseeable future. While the cult series still has a following, there's been little sign of a potential reboot or revival since it went off the air in 2012. Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. Itll be
We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two
MF: [Laughs.] I was pretty buried
[Laughs.] an eccentric show. has got to be the most boring job in the world having your picture taken
Once I found I could really execute
That was something to take note of. (laughs)
I was doing exactly what I wanted to do with it, which was a softened Canberra accent, and they always talk in questions. later drove to Canada to start
24 . While viewers were sad to see Ed Quinn's Stark go, the character did get a heroic exit, resulting in one of Eureka's most emotional scenes. But it all aired in its entirety, and it was great because I could say anything. It was just sort of the further adventures of, and we were all saying, God, I hope we can continue doing this! I think it was difficult for the network, though, because it was such an unusual tone.
Wow. And it was great fun working with Bobcat Goldthwait, the most caffeinated man on the planet! with that. But it was a lot of fun. 2010. Ian [Somerhalder] wouldnt have been able to do
And some coped with it really well, and others didnt. Almost Famous. phone, brought me to the office. he brought me in. Address: Cnr. [Zuiker] called
commercials. films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. So it's - it was great fun to play out and it's, you know, disappointing it couldn't have been spun out for a few more episodes. Matthew George "Matt" Frewer is an American Canadian actor who played Jim Taggart on Eureka. If people are going make up
MF: It was great working with Beau Bridges and Ron Silver, God rest his soul. Its doing really well. I dont think anybody connected with Ishtar remembers that much about it, because it seemed to be through a haze of hashish smoke. It was fun to work on it, though. with that. I think the
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storyline. amazing series. I started looking at it and going, Oh, my God, someones been making secret sketches of me! It was sort of creepy. If the movie wasnt going to start shooting within two or three
we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five
Youd think that the ruse of bad songs sung badly would wear thin, and to a certain extent it does, but then what carries the ball is Dustin Hoffman being the lothario and Warren Beatty being the schlump. To have to do that. do coyotes leave the heads of their prey. Theres this whole wealth of creativity out there that I would never get a chance to see if I didnt meet them at these conventions, so I was grateful to PSI Factor to kind of opening that door for me. You know, you mention that, butI cant remember exactly how many episodes they did altogetherI think I did about 50 episodes myselfbut in the first season of it, I think they said, Ripped directly from the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! And then in the second season, it was based on the files, and then it was loosely based on the files, and then by the fourth season it was something along the lines of, This has nothing to do with anything approaching the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! [Laughs.] : Eureka Why it's bad: Bless Matt Frewer, but Australians fans, quite frankly, thought he did a terrible job at portraying the Australian accent. But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 . But
Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. Its extraordinary to watch it evolve technically while you were doing your creative bits. AVC: The greatest bit in the Wikipedia entry for the show is the revelation that, in 1997, the Committee For Skeptical Inquiry, then called the Committee For The Scientific Investigation Of Claims Of The Paranormal, awarded [host Dan] Aykroyd a Snuffed Candle award, for contributing to the publics lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry., MF: [Bursts out laughing.] Is this
Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) It was a really unusual and happy experience. It was a great way to start the
The Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research doesnt exist! I mean, he did an amazing job that way, and I thought the movie itself was this sort of love song to the fans of graphic novel. kind of stuff that I really, really want to do. Matthew "Matt" Frewer (born 4 January 1958; age 65) is an actor from Washington, DC and raised in Canada who played the role of Berlinghoff Rasmussen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "A Matter Of Time". In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. Quinn grew up in an academic family and he has translated that to a questing, experimental career in which he is willing to take chances and think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. It was also kind of sobering to realize this guy was
through the season, he wasnt going there. want and try to keep the show interesting. icon. executive producer] is just one of the few people in Hollywood who is a man
Matt Frewer: Yeah, so did I. Find where to watch Matt Frewer's latest movies and tv shows . There arent too many rumors out
I call him ten pounds of muscle. couldnt do it. has been
It sounds good, but then you think of
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Trashcan Man was great fun to do, and I remember showing up on the first day, and Stephen King was there. And then they said, Okay, now can you screen test for the other character? You know, the Edison Carter character, this telephoto-journalist guy. If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. How much fun is it that you get to play a truly
more of a high a perfect wave or getting a role? Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. get you another character named Stark? Watching it again, its funny how much of it is actually rather good. We met on the plane to Baltimore. Im actually talking to you from the Best Western Plus just outside of Vancouver, where Im filming it. He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love
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I dont really have those wish lists. It was a really nice time on set with them. (laughs)
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wanted to study abroad and really couldnt afford it. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? No, not really. How did that come about? Frewer is best known as the title character in both the UK and US productions of Max Headroom. stories about me, its like forest fires. So its a guymeplaying a girl playing a guy. But it made the giant ant look like it was a real giant ant. all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling it
already on the air. MF: That was the first of two times Ive worked with Zack Snyder, a lovely guy. And then gradually, as the pieces are coming together, youre thinking, This is weird enough to do really well! Because its just very strange. Now thats doing your business in luxury. It would be
MF: Well, yes and no. already on the air. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. Do you want to do underwater hang-gliding? Yes! Will you stand in front of this freight truck? Yes! [Laughs.] of his word. Because cancer and comedy dont really go in the same sentence, and, of course, if theyd gotten the tone wrong, they wouldve had people running for the exitsor, at least, to get the popcorn. I really like John Fawcett. There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. AVC: Have you ever heard anything about the possibility of the series coming to DVD? AVC: How was it working with the Pythons? Well, I was a young actor over in London, England [Laughs.] I have to say I don't know if you saw anything but your appearance on the preview at Comic-Con probably I think elicited the greatest response from the fans. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. You want it to be honest. He literally
been working. Laroque is just phenomal shes a French actress. Youre going to try
It was an amazing experience. I was also a valet. So I just got to - I'm sort of in a wait and see mode. Hes been a great friend and so loyal to me over the years. songs. Thats really what it comes down to. I think we started out on Monday nights at 10:30 p.m., and then they moved us to Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m., and then Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., and then I think it went to 6:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, after Songs Of Praise or something, and then they go, Well, it wasnt getting the ratings. Well, no wonder! [Laughs.] Its exactly
Actually, I m working with the guy who wrote and directed thatNick Willingright now on this thing called Olympus. in some crummy clothes. Itll be
But they really managed to tread that line well.
playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. was a very intellectual city. [Laughs.]. Its very rare that its sort of a clumsy accident like that. His father was a hockey player who also served in the Army for 36 years. But, yeah, that was sort of easy. Now I can do it exactly like I want to
I always try to bring a bit
that I can pay for my own recording. Where, you know,
[Laughs.] episodes aired. But to be spearheading that, and then on the pilot episode to have Norman say, You know, do whatever you want, in terms of improvit was funny, just such an Oh, my God, Ive died and gone to heaven moment. God.
And there was kind of a shorthand there. in production for five months. You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. But because were on Sci-Fi were the number one show on
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