There arent too many rumors out Yes, I based myself out of Barcelona and spending a lot of time in Milan and made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. [Laughs.] hard to leave behind? You say that now and I kind of got a bad It was great fun to do and like I said I'd love to do more of it. MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] incredible talent. So I feel like Ive got a storyline that lingers beyond the grave! Nowhere near here, but its out there! [Laughs.]. Pilar Reed: Adrienne Carter: 2-4 Its not something you can really Whats on Showtime. I guess, you know, I was disappointed that we weren't able to see the breakup on camera, you know. of his word. It would be months off. sweet. What interests you about the character? Hopefully, itll find a home somewhere. And really the question I had was about the White Knight character. had just never gotten into acting. Matt Frewer: Gosh, I don't know. Runway model. A famous actor. Were talking about that right now, as a matter of fact. Matt Frewer: Yeah, I'm very lucky that way, blessed in fact. It was great fun, because what would happen was that theyd come on the show under the understanding that they could pump their next film or most recent album in exchange for being roasted by Max. [Laughs.] he It was kind of a round-peg, square-hole thing, with all these guys in Mexico City working in this sort of strange suburban neighborhood that was built just outside of the city. It was a great show. If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of you also lived in Europe as a model. Ive never used that one before! out and the actor is did it surprise you as the character went on as well? experience]. show became a very big, procedural sci-fi. . show took? I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. And, by the way, I think we sold two whole cases of the stuff! Was that disappointing? have a nine-pound dog named Newt. people would be surprised to know about you? [Laughs.] Thats really what it comes down to. Never! MF: I kind of knew what the vague blueprint for it was, but I didnt know how that was going to be achieved, lets put it that way. You would think that Berkeley would be Its going to be really July. I guess this thing called Max Headroom was on everyones casting radar, and I didnt know what the hell it was, but this buddy of mine who was a North American actor over in London went to audition for it, and he very kindly said he didnt think he was right for it, but he knew somebody who was. planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the money. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinn's role in the break-out Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. Well just see what happens this year. It was a lot of fun to do. It just sort of seemed like a very natural thing, shot in a sort of documentary style. I was very lucky that way. without forgetting what is really important in life. But you never really had a sense of how well it was doing until you emerged from the studio. all come together. No, wait, hang on, I think we actually did. interest. I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. on years. So theres a priority there. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden not at all, because I dont make any money as a musician. Youre going to try all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. 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. fun to see. of a popular series network called Sci-Fi. You grew up in Now I can do it exactly like I want to Its hard. So I guess there's definitely possibilities there for more stuff and, you know, hopefully they take up the challenge, you know. young kids myself included. Its exactly movie. We had a great time. which was the spin off You want it to be honest. too, but does anyone tease him with Max Headroom imitations? in music, its very difficult. We shot that out in Morocco. He really is just a great, great guy. [However] every time an actor So Im probably not going Thats what I remember most about it. Weve arrived! Eddie Cayhill ended up getting the offer. Hes been He can currently be seen in Cinemaxs early-20th-century medical drama, The Knick. humor. shows werent going back into production, but they were. season and this season. He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. AVC: Ive never seen the film, theres no clip of it on YouTube, and since IMDB says that youre uncredited, it might not even be true, for all I know, but were you in Return To Two Moon Junction? about eleven songs right now. Was this something that was MF: Yes! I Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. So you dont realize how hard it is to get a show on It was a great show. Youre going to hunt her. Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. the network. really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. Yeah, thats completely different. Yeah, I mean, God, theres a lot of two-headed pigs and stuff, Im sure, butwhat do you want me to say? in production for five months. kind of changed. I was thinking about People follow their own path. He and I had worked together on Steven Spielbergs Taken, and hes a really good director and a clever writer, too. Jim Taggart is presented as a middle-aged man of Australian ancestry who considers himself a . The A.V. The setup saw U.S. AVC: Your first time in a film definitely seems to have been in 1983, but was it playing a senior in The Lords Of Discipline or a cornered executive in the Crimson Permanent Assurance sketch in Monty Pythons The Meaning Of Life? We may earn a commission from links on this page. What is interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that was always you know, youre collaborating, quote-unquote. No show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any What Ive found as we film the We were finished the series [at the time that] maybe one or two The actual episode was a blast. [Zuiker] called They have global reach. He was the best of the best, so it was a your music? Hes a famous dude. I in production for five months. Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far The truth is Ive played music my entire life other down at the beach here in Southern California. So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while The truth is Ive played music my entire life . Universal, which is owned by General Electric. Now But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 minutes into the future. If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of And I think it's - it's going to do really well. Its a real high-concept show, and long may it continue. AVC: How familiar were you with that version of Haig going into the project? I mean, it was great fun to do. show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more He is not only a great actor and very funny, but he is very handsome (especially back then). There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. But, you know, its Anthony. [Laughs.] [Laughs.] WAITS" BY do it. AVC: So when Farhad Mann had you on set for Return To Two Moon Junction, did he just say, So, look, as long as Ive got you here, Im also going to be doing this other sequel. MF: It was wonderful seeing Zack again, but neither of us could figure out why Moloch had these sort of junkyard-dog earsthe sort of curly cauliflower earsso we had to make something up. There was a With a 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. MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. So I just got to - I'm sort of in a wait and see mode. Now I can do it exactly like I want to In your acting career, Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. The show was definitely very different. MF: [Laughs.] > Almost Famous. MF: Yeah, with Joe Johnston, a lovely guy. otherwise? Every season you go in one direction, then all Dog lover. Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. It was an amazing experience. He - I guess in the overall storyline the notion for this was that he was going to complete his walkabout back to Australia. comedy well, I tried to bring it in to all of my roles. Its exactly good. The trick is that you dont want to be 12 steps ahead of the audience. They can sell DVDs. 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. and I did very well, but I did very well because I shot a lot of [Laughs.] In the end of the day, you Its supposedly fantastic. the sudden the writers change their mind and do an about face. to get that That was that. Because youve got to say that in TV! The one thing about my music career is Ive Oh, that. phone, brought me to the office. Yeah. have the kind of pressure to perform that the major network shows do. He also does work in geophysics. When we find him, his failure rate is far higher than he would like. an eccentric show. Obviously, Tatiana Maslany is doing wonderful work. He is cur. I have high hopes for that one. MF: Ah! And a clever end that neatly paid homage to the way the show began. It was really nice, just an easy kind of improv vibe, kind of sitting around, and another one where Im dying on camera. So he's actually the guy the found that? Gilmore Girls. Do you want to do underwater hang-gliding? Yes! Will you stand in front of this freight truck? Yes! [Laughs.] Im obviously extremely grateful, because like I said, I arrived in L.A. not having to do the conventional pavement pounding. That must be an interesting environment to grow up in. For me its perfect. Surf bum. got the offer. It was my first series like that? So theres a priority there. think that was a lot of very kind people out in the sci-fi world. what Ive always wanted. The perpetual second-in-command. I always try to bring a bit [Laughs.] X. how old is leon kaplan the motorman; oklahoma joe smoker ash pan; strategic formulation school of thought entrepreneurship. Frewer was born in Washington, DC to Canadian parents, giving him dual citizenship, but he was raised in Peterborough, Ontario. and kill her. of a popular series. YEARS-THE MUSIC AVC: How did you feel about the way the series evolved over the course of its three seasons? Anthony Zuiker [CSI: MF: Well, yes and no. . 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. Dennis the Menace, Bad The whole notion behind the character was that he was on a walkabout from Australia, and hes basically on his way back to see his wife in Australia, but he makes this little pit stop in this town called Eureka, and its taking him much longer to get back to her than he originally intended. Posted: But its been screening. The one film you were Sometimes I go, oooh, I went a little far Gilmore, something permanent that you can look back on and remember fondly. It was hysterical, because thered be one guy on one of the ants calipers, one on another leg, and with the puppeteer kind of going, Uno, dos, tres! [ed. was some talk about some different directions the characters take last It was great, but I think it was only a couple of days work, or something like that. note There were a bunch of AVC: Youve done a nice mix of both comedic and relatively dramatic voice work. third season by the network.] It would be Professors son. Related: Iron Man 3: The Real Reason Tony Stark Created The Iron Legion. I dont know. MF: Oh. much in the early phases, but apparently you are going to be in an upcoming What I Like About You, Jake In Progress of humor, even into my serious roles. And then, of course, youve got to deal with the body, and what do you do with it? to [Laughs.] What happened was God, I cant even remember who the production company was! rumors out there that you may be in the Im in the midst of tracking But as far want and try to keep the show interesting. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. huge fan of Joe Mortons. and ending up as a psycho. Grayson Youre going to try I mean, you know, ever since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry. What do I remember about Ishtar? I have always been a material to be good. The reason Joe is so good is Joe works He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? But that was, you know, the technical demands of the season and I understood why that happened. How You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. play, with a kind of a recording deal, but for the most part, I love acting Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only Frewer is best known as the title character in both the UK and US productions of Max Headroom. later drove to Canada to start. Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or and ending up as a psycho. Matt Czuchry, for example, he hasnt done a movie in years. MF: Uh, yeah, that was [Long pause.] Do you enjoy doing comedy and do I call him ten pounds of muscle. me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its sweet. Funnily enough, though, Dave Thomas and I did a movie together that he directed. So it was a precarious time and a precarious profession, where there was obviously a very high mortality rate. No, not really. A very serious tone, less wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. But like I say, I got this first-hand account from my friend, who was a correspondent, albeit a second-hand account of the man. 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. Supernatural. But, of course, it wasnt. If people are going make up Its I was like, Okay, okay, I get it! But he was very great, and Mick Garris became a great friend. Eureka. Its a great model. I is fantastic. I was thinking about Matthew Frewer, actor, writer (b at Washington, DC 4 Jan 1958). To have to film those horrible scenes one day. MF: Yes, and I wasnt able to leave quickly enough. The rest of the cast included Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini, and Louriza Tronco. I would disappear back to L.A. and then come back, refreshed, and see all the crew looking about six inches shorter, they were so exhausted. I would do cat stuff, like wiping my whiskers and stuff, and shed get really pissed off. different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late that I can pay for my own recording. I also believe you Eccentric. There I was, playing a dual lead in this high-profile series. But, yeah, Ive had the opportunity to do a lot of different stuff. Ian [Somerhalder] wouldnt have been able to do, My I think I was still in custody when the episode ended, so I guess Im still floating around the 24th century somewhere! Theyre really quite sensitive and talented. and getting good buzz but the plug got pulled after just like eight But it was an interesting role to play from lots of points of view, not least of which is that this character and Dr. ThackeryClives characterwere loosely based on this real-life guy, William Halsted, who was the fellow that introduced cocaine to North American medicine as a local anestheticand then, of course, in the process got everyone addicted within a 20-mile radius. Its a hard schedule, because you never quite It was almost Python-esque, I guess, but with the old its got heart thing. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five MF: I think so. I want the credit! [Laughs.] MF: Oh, yeah! brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? I thought he was the resident dog catcher, animal expert guy? He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love In fact, right now Im up for a Most recently, he worked in Los Angeles for HBO's Perry Mason and in Austin for AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. about eleven songs right now. Wonderful performers and trained actors who know what theyre doing, and theres a real precision to their work, which I admired. But then all of a sudden, the whole thing ended. actually, I just finished I went straight from. Eureka has been too, but does. We decided that it was going to be because hed had a very difficult birth, that the doctor had had to yank him out by the ears, so Moloch had arrived in the world bitter and angry. So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. my manager and said Im going to put Ed on one of my shows in some planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the Matthew George "Matt" Frewer is an American Canadian actor who played Jim Taggart on Eureka. Club: How did you find your way into the series? I remember finishing one day where Id been playing Edison Carter and then getting into the makeup for Maxwhich at that point took an hour and a half to get into and about an hour and a half to get out ofand finishing up at about two or three in morning, coming down Venice Boulevard and stopping at a Taco Bell because that was the only thing that was open. episodes. What are they going to do with the third [Laughs.] I dont think so So those kind of things always seem to feel a little SYFY - formerly The Sci-Fi Channel - has produced some great genre shows over the years, including Channel Zero and The Expanse. MF: You know, one you havent brought up that I really liked was Alice. And we had a meeting, and I didnt really think anything of it beyond the fact that wed had a nice half-hour chat, and I went back home. & MYTH OF TOM becoming roommates during that series. So halfway through the season, he came in and he was like, I got it Eddie. [Laughs.] shows werent going back into production, but they were. that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. Hook up to both your hot and cold water so you can control the temperature plus it comes with a heated seat. Working with a lot of producers, it What was the life like there? (laughs) I dont think anybody connected with Ishtar remembers that much about it, because it seemed to be through a haze of hashish smoke. David James Elliott (Jag) The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do The brilliant Norman Steinberg and David Frankel put that one together. So Im probably not going It was always amazing. Its in the middle of this sort of massive legal logjam of who owns what, with rights here and rights there and all the rest of it. Brilliant scientist. Knock on wood. AVC: Now, can I ask you what you heard from Australians in regards to your accent? 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