The
third season of Falling Skies is already upon us and the fight continues.
During an interview to Collider, Noah Wyle, who also produces the show talked
about the changes in season three and about gathering knowledge, to play his
parts.
“Question:
Noah, how has it been for you to have so many changes in dynamics, this season?
NOAH WYLE: Well, we took a lot of big dramatic risks, at the
beginning of this season, especially from where we left the character, at the
end of last season. We had a seven month time jump this season, we had
the character go from not wanting any additional responsibilities to suddenly
becoming the President of the United States, we had the baby, my son was
infected with an eye worm, and we have an alliance with another race of alien
beings. There’s a lot to wrap your mind around, very quickly, as the season
unfolds. In a lot of ways, this is our best season, but it was the one we
had to work the hardest at because it required a lot of diligence and attention
to detail because we had to make sure these huge dramatic narratives were going
to mete themselves out appropriately, over the course of the season, and each
culminate and peak, at the right time. I think we modulated it very
well. I’m very proud of this season.
…
Noah,
how much knowledge do you actually absorb from playing characters who are experts,
or do you forget it after you shoot it?
WYLE: It’s like cramming for a test. I enjoy the
detective work. I enjoy reading. That’s one of the things I like
best about my job. But, it’s really that I need to know it on this day,
so I make sure I know it on that day. Maybe it stays, maybe it
doesn’t. Some stuff, you remember. I could theoretically do a
thoracotomy, but I wouldn’t want to. This is a show that I’m so glad we
don’t shoot in Los Angeles. If we were all going home to our own
apartments and beds, and answering phone calls and paying our bills, it would
be really difficult to maintain this insular structure. But, the fact
that we’re all sequestered on location, out of our comfort zone and away from
all of these distractions, really helps a lot. Will Patton loves reading
military history, and I do, too. Most of our conversations have to do
with talking about military history because it’s important for the characters
and it’s something we both have an interest in. But then, I saw Will a
couple months ago and the last thing we talked about was military
history. So, it’s really specific to the work environment.
…”
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