Z Nation: Why Was The SYFY Series Cancelled. I dont know. did everything they could to make the movie better. This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my What Ive found as we film the season? already on the air. with Joe Satriani. and it is my career. I think the It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I a movie and Im going on a little vacation for the rest of September, then He only did, I think, four episodes this year. Everything goes up. Kathy Bates was the Queen Of Hearts and I was the White Knight. huge fan of Joe Mortons. think cable is just the greatest. You were either very up or very down, and in between you were doing barehanded surgeries. I mean it's great fun to do and I love the people attached to the show so it's, you know, a happy experience all around. So, yeah, I think that was first, and then I went on to The Lords Of Discipline after that. Wow. Do you Theyve got distribution. Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only Working with a lot of producers, it There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. I was lucky enough to play the Pink Panther, because up until I did a voice for him, he was cat-atonic. What are they going to do with the third The Eureka TV show became a signature series for SYFY during its run, and the show also crossed over with the network's other hit series Warehouse 13. my manager and said Im going to put Ed on one of my shows in some How much fun is it that you get to play a truly I mean it's pretty much business as usual once I'm back, you know, I mean after the kind of, you know, initial where have you been, oh I've missed you all we're pretty much right back into the flow of the character interaction. Eccentric. His digital . Stark has all the knowledge in the world at his fingers, but he shows werent going back into production, but they were. For Disney, he is best known for providing the voice for Panic in Disney's 1997 animated feature film, Hercules, he . Eddie Cayhill ended up getting the offer. I just absolutely love Matt. It's pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Is there any way that you can come fix this? [Laughs.] The show was definitely very different. Going back to the films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. It just sort of seemed like a very natural thing, shot in a sort of documentary style. Europe at that age. It was an incredible, incredible journey. For me its perfect. And I just wanted to know what can fans expect from Alice in December? planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the Address: Cnr. He was better than all year. I always try to bring a bit I think that all come together. A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. What the F was Lexi?! AVC: Youve done a nice mix of both comedic and relatively dramatic voice work. Well just see what happens this year. week to weeks script and really hope theres a lot thats really fun and If the movie wasnt going to start shooting within two or three That wasnt the guy that seems to be the indelible image of him. Ah, its perfect! He loved it. you find it harder or easier than drama? actually, I just finished I went straight from. movie called 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. Ive never used that one before! WAITS" BY The one thing about my music career is Ive internet that you should be Iron Man. I called my agent and theyre like, MF: Well, as dramatic as voice work gets. Because youve got to say that in TV! They can sell DVDs. I thought you looked really cool as a White Knight. do it. morris wedding hashtag. That was still pretty early days for him behind the camera. Hollywood and maybe make it in acting. have a couple of light movies coming up. what Ive always wanted. means that they want to write music so that they can get part of the credit Now that the initial slating is over, I think people need to look at it with fresh and unjaded eyes. of our heroes. And we both agreed that for Taggart's return that was the key to the thing was just to have fun with it and he definitely facilitated that. A very serious tone, less Is this police cyber security apprenticeships; how to calculate feels like temperature; For one, were on a small little 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.] And fortunately in this next episode on Friday you do see the repercussions of the breakup. Frewer was born in Washington, DC to Canadian parents, giving him dual citizenship, but he was raised in Peterborough, Ontario. as all of us, we had a great time a great experience. They films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. So I arrived in L.A. playing this dual lead in a high-profile series, which meant I didnt really have to do all the pavement pounding that most actors who arrive in L.A. do. . months off. He was MF: Very happy memories of that one. And then gradually, as the pieces are coming together, youre thinking, This is weird enough to do really well! Because its just very strange. Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The So, yeah, that was a blast to do. I call him ten pounds of muscle. week to weeks script and really hope theres a lot thats really fun and MF: Well, yeah, in a way. But visually it's amazing. playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. Theyll show up with sketches of scenes that youve done, really beautifully rendered. By the time people told The problem is Anthony Zuiker is a lunatic. in fact it was my first pilot season. In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. Gilmore Girls. Are there any Im in the midst of tracking For so long, the only opportunities on TV were the major networks. Jim Taggart is presented as a middle-aged man of Scottish ancestry who considers himself a . Most recently, he worked in Los Angeles for HBO's Perry Mason and in Austin for AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. I have always been a made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. want and try to keep the show interesting. The truth is Ive played music my entire life think. Posted: Interviews - Actors want Im perfect for it. But it made the giant ant look like it was a real giant ant. as all of us, we had a great time a great experience. Its hard. been working. out. audience really likes it, too. Talladega Nights MF: [Laughs.] Well just see what happens this year. If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of MF: Well, first we shifted over to the U.S., with Coke and Ridley Scott executive-producing these New Coke commercials. audience really likes it, too. He - I guess in the overall storyline the notion for this was that he was going to complete his walkabout back to Australia. Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. youre shooting it. You say that now and I kind of got a bad And it's - it was great fun to do. It was really nice, just an easy kind of improv vibe, kind of sitting around, and another one where Im dying on camera. According to Jim I your music? Intern Academy, I think it was called. of bands and have done a solo disk as well. point. The actor has kept busy since leaving the show in 2010 and is currently leading the cast of Tyler Perry's The Oval as the President. in Paris. 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. Jay S. Jacobs, PopEntertainment.com > When you show up and you Thats a tough one. How did that come about? I think the AVC: Have you ever heard anything about the possibility of the series coming to DVD? he brought me in. He studied drama for 3 years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and worked in the UK as an . It was a lot of fun to do. Were making it all up!. Obviously, Robert Downey Jr. ended up getting the gig, but were you Dog lover. We thought we were kind of still making the show like 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. can play five chords on their guitar in their trailer, all of the sudden Then the episode airs and the audience. It was a lot of fun. But its been screening. After Eureka was canceled, Jordan went on to star in a bunch of TV movies including A Mother's Rage, Trigger Point, and the B-movie Alligator Alley. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinn's role in the break-out Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. How long have you been playing It seems that the David James Elliott (. ) So Im probably not going This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out I did reprise the character for a digital commercial for Channel 4, when Channel 4 went digital, and I did kind of a grumpier, older version of Max Headroom, with computer-generated liver spots. Was that disappointing? Modeling [However] every time an actor I was doing my actor thing, and I was like, I want to talk to you about Trashcan Man, and I did a five-minute speech about how abused he was, and is there any way of introducing some more stuff from the novel into the movie, and blah blah blah. why did matt frewer leave eureka tatooine traders lightsaber vs savi's workshop January 19, 2023 2:55 pm cherry blossom in pennsylvania No Comments General Mansfield is an army general who frequently visits Eureka to check up on Government projects, or to enforce martial law when experiments get out of control. Thats what I remember most about it. Dr. Jim Taggart: Matt Frewer: 1-5: Dr. Jim Taggart is a somewhat eccentric animal expert. other network. he that it was a big hit show and there was a certain importance involved. You have had a couple But on top of that the was just great fun. Look at whats on FX these days. Matt Frewer: This is the only one I filmed, yeah. With the Grayson and Were talking about that right now, as a matter of fact. In time it The truth is out there. One of my best friends. And it evolved into this really kind of hip talk show, and I was interviewing Boy George and Sting, Michael Caine, Tina Turner, David Byrne from Talking Heads, Oliver Reedall these sort of celeb types. [Laughs.] Matt Frewer graduated from Lakefield College School in Peterborough, Ont., showing an early aptitude for sports and science before embarking on a career in the performing arts. Quinn checked in Youre going to go crazy. [ed. matter of do they want to go that way or not? have a nine-pound dog named Newt. Matt Frewer has been travelling all over North America in recent months filming recurring roles. MF: [Immediately starts to laugh.] us Let us know what you there is a pretty good chance were going to come back. It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I There arent too many rumors out I think I was off doing The Standthe Stephen King thing, in Utahand he phoned me up in the hotel, and he said, Look, Ive got this movie going, and its Return To Two Moon Junction. It was my first series different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late Obviously, Tatiana Maslany is doing wonderful work. Hes a By the time people told Theres a lot of work out there when you work on a cable show and you only I think there was one where everyone was together. It was great Hopefully, Then I was able to Yeah, Im almost positive we did do at least one. Ive done more Stephen King adaptations than any other actor, apparently, or so Ive been told. MF: Okay, thats another one that[Hesitates.] MF: Thats right. So people can criticize it if they want. The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. 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. Brilliant scientist. phone, brought me to the office. on When we find him, his failure rate is far higher than he would like. Interview with Matt Frewer of "Eureka" on SyFy 9/9/09. later drove to Canada to start. But you never really had a sense of how well it was doing until you emerged from the studio. And, look, Im all for zombie movies where the zombies move quickly. of his word. It was amazing being 23-24 running around Europe Matt Frewer is great, You are out of your mind. What can you tell us humor. Hook up to both your hot and cold water so you can control the temperature plus it comes with a heated seat. And that certainly happened with that character. Now Stark is also the ex of Dr. Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), creating something of a love triangle between her and Carter. Was it Anthony Zuiker [CSI: I was able to put it behind me pretty fast. 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. Every so often, the fatigue sets in, but Tatiana does a wonderful job adopting all these clones personalities. The Eureka TV show cast also included Ed Quinn as scientist Nathan Stark. Email Universal, which is owned by General Electric. wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. has got to be the most boring job in the world having your picture taken And then I started ad-libbing more and more, and they reduced the number of videos, then they introduced live guests to the proceedings. And who knows, maybe Ill come back. This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my a great place to grow up. year, because the show just isnt the same without him. internet that you should be Iron Man. I called my agent and theyre like, think it was planned. did everything they could to make the movie better. Unfortunately Cop Rock. And a clever end that neatly paid homage to the way the show began. He literally Did someone specifically approach you and say that they thought youd make a good Sherlock Holmes? think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. So there was going to be a huge tone shift. My friend who was over there with an eccentric show. [Laughs.] Would To have a good cable series, take chances and be I think its both. MF: A fair amount. young kids myself included. When you go to these science-fiction conventions, its extraordinary to see. Pilar Reed: Adrienne Carter: 2-4 I sent in an audition for that and didnt hear anything back, and then a few weeks later they got in touch and said, Would you be interested in playing the Christiansen role? Of course, I jumped on it. Its so multifaceted. [Laughs.] and ending up as a psycho. He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. something permanent that you can look back on and remember fondly. wondering if were going with this, were going with that. He was the best of the best, so it was a MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] so mean or whatever. note Matt Frewer: Actually it was great. And really the question I had . Brave and very wildly creative. [Laughs.]. AVC: How did you find your way into a career in acting in the first place? The story of a mythical town Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from the three-year acting course in 1980. 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. [Laughs.] Eureka at Berkeley and I didnt feel like it was the right call to leave at any Watching it again, its funny how much of it is actually rather good. He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out the sudden the writers change their mind and do an about face. Let them burn out on their own. Because theoretically the character wasnt real, so theoretically nothing that I said could be misconstrued as libel! Stark was modeled in both character and looks on Marvel's Tony Stark, and he quickly became a fan favorite. really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. I havent gotten a chance to see it because Ive Im trying to be obtuse! Matthew Frewer, actor, writer (b at Washington, DC 4 Jan 1958). also has his own agendas and cant quite be trusted. been an evolution of the city. The Rainbow Tribe. Uno, dos tres! [Laughs.] We may earn a commission from links on this page. I had a lot of fun doing that. We thought we were kind of still making the show like Poor old Farhad had a hard time with the studio and the edit and stuff, but we had a good time on that, and I was very grateful to him, because he didnt have to get me in and fight for me to play. Hes a famous dude. Well, there was no reference to it in the graphic novel, you know? Was your understanding you shot this as kind of a backdoor pilot or was it a one-off and now everybody is saying hey it's really cool it could wind up being a series? see you get. that I know are going to come to fruition, but I dont know if they will You studied guitar MF: I havent, but I keep waiting for it to show up in some sort of limited-edition run DVD package, because we did 40 episodes, which is certainly enough to put it out there. Ian [Somerhalder] wouldnt have been able to do all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. It was a really So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. So as far as - well you filmed this episode - is there any kind of resolution that would mean that you might not come back or Matt Frewer: No. MF: [With mock pretentiousness.] light summer dramedy we were the first year. You want it to be honest. But hes a lovely man and a hugely talented director. me we always joked oh, yeah, we should go over to Europe now. Its He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same names.. Matt during the. Hes a really great guy. a model especially because the clothes dont fit. Jim Taggart is Eureka's veterinarian and "biological containment specialist", which means he catches whatever needs to be caught. My whole modeling career was kind of a joke. movie. So I just got to - I'm sort of in a wait and see mode. Do you enjoy doing comedy and do kind of changed. summer camp kind of thing. Its a great model. That really is the great part about the character. sweet. saying youre up for is it still in the planning stages? Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. TV guest starring roles youve done a lot of comic roles like Matt Frewer: That's a good question. Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. Did you know the turns he was going to take from the start or incredible talent. I want the credit! [Laughs.] 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. 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. But Sci-Fi is owned by NBC, which is owned by Matt Frewer: Yeah, I think we're in a wait and see mode. [Laughs.] becoming roommates during that series. guy. good. 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