Brian Letscher has seen his "Scandal" character Tom Larsen grow — from a bit part as a Secret Service agent in the ABC drama's first season to a B-613 agent who played a major role in the death of the President's son at the end of Season Three.
While recurring as Tom on "Scandal" Thursday nights, on Friday Letscher joins the cast of NBC's supernatural drama "Grimm" in a two-episode arc — as a monster with the ability to absorb his victims' memories and sell them to enemy powers.
"He's basically a gun for hire," Letscher tells The Post of his "Grimm" role. "People who hire me want whatever knowledge/secrets are in other people's brains and pay me to go get that. So it's high-stakes."
Playing a creature with an octopus-like head and tentacles added via computer-generated imagery was a much different acting experience than Letscher's previous roles ("Hollywood Heights," guest spots on "Pretty Little Liars" and "Law & Order: SVU"), all of which have been grounded in the real world.
"It was weird. You definitely had extra takes," he says. "The coolest part was learning how to morph. You want to have this very specific physical movement that ties into your character so everyone's [creature morph] isn't the same."
After years of guest spots, "Scandal" has turned into Letscher's big break, with a shocker on last week's episode that saw Tom dragged in for questioning after evidence was found linking him to the meningitis strain that killed President Fitzgerald Grant's (Tony Goldwyn) son.
Facing being found out, both former B-613 commander Rowan Pope (Joe Morton) and the unit's current leader, Jake Ballard (Scott Foley), try to convince Tom to turn on the other.
"That was tough. I think Tom up until this point has been a loyal soldier," Letscher says. "He takes orders and does not question those orders and carries them out without question and without emotion.
"That scene on the park bench [with Rowan and Jake] was a real eye-opener for me and one in which I learned a lot about Tom," he says. "It's the first real moment that it wasn't just a 'yes-sir' moment. Tom really got a moment to be conflicted and think about things and to question his choices."
Ultimately, Tom was forced to give up Jake when Rowan took over his interrogation, and he ended the episode being hauled out in handcuffs.
"I don't think he wanted to do it at all but it was the only choice he had at that moment," he says. "I think I found a deep loneliness in Tom in that episode."
Letscher spent the first six years of his career as a college football coach in his native Michigan before burning out on sports and deciding to pursue a career in acting (his brother Matt is also an actor).
As for what awaits Tom on "Scandal," he can't say a lot.
Show creator Shonda Rhimes keeps all her actors tight-lipped, so Letscher can't tease much of what's next except to say viewers haven't seen the last of Tom.
"The repercussions for what he did at the end of Season 3, and in last week's episode, continue to deepen for him and people around him," he says.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
‘Scandal’ actor pulls double-duty as ‘Grimm’s newest creepy creature
Dengan url
http://susuvirus.blogspot.com/2014/10/ascandala-actor-pulls-double-duty-as.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
‘Scandal’ actor pulls double-duty as ‘Grimm’s newest creepy creature
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
‘Scandal’ actor pulls double-duty as ‘Grimm’s newest creepy creature
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar