In
a recent interview to collider actor Rob Kazinsky, who is currently playing a
fae named Ben on True Blood talked about getting into the show, being the new
love interest to Sookie and his time in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim,
“Collider: How did you come to be a part of this show?
ROB KAZINSKY: It was the standard, completely normal
scenario. I had just wrapped on Pacific Rim. My agents had been
saying, “There’s this great character coming up on True Blood. You’re going to go in
for that. That’s the next thing for you.” I was like, “Okay, I’ll
go and audition.” I went down there and did my job and met Anna [Paquin],
and we did tests on it. It come in the completely normal way.
…
Regardless of how things play out over the season, your character
is clearly there to catch Sookie’s eye. What’s it like to be the new guy,
coming in to Season 6 and trying to win over audiences as a possible love
interest?
KAZINSKY: It’s intimidating, for sure. There is the Eric
(Alexander Skarsgard) camp, the Alcide (Joe Manganiello) camp and the Bill
(Stephen Moyer) camp, and I know the fans of those guys are going to hate
Ben. But honestly, if they give him a chance, they might really be
pleasantly surprised by what happens. Unlike those guys, this is the
first time that Sookie has not been trailing in the wake of something more
powerful than herself. This is the first time she’s found somebody equal
to her. This is probably the first chance she has at a realistic future with
somebody, and being happy. But this being True Blood, things never go the
straightest course. Speaking of those previous three, there is certainly
an intimidating menagerie of ex-boyfriends to contend with. They share
something not more meaningful, but unique, and that the others didn’t.
Is Ben a guy who can hold his own against supernaturals?
KAZINSKY: He is fae, and therefore a creature of the
light. He has the same powers that Sookie has, but greatly
amplified. However, fae are and shall always be vampire food. I am
playing a faerie, but I’m 200 pounds of hair, so I’m going to be a tough, manly
faerie. At the end of the day, they are still vampires, and he is still
fae.
…
As well known as this show is for getting its cast naked, was
there any level of intimidation for you, on that end?
KAZINSKY: Of course, there’s massive intimidation, massive
fear and massive vanity. It’s a really weird thing to have to do.
But, they’ve been doing it for so long on this show that they’re like, “Just
take your damn clothes off!” Nobody cares. Everybody has been
naked. If your main character, Sookie, is getting naked all the time,
than you damn well better get naked, too. And they make it so comfortable
for you. The first time I did it, I was standing there completely naked
and really nervous. I did one take, and then after that, I didn’t even
put my pants back on. I was like, “Yes! I’m naked, guys! Look
at me!” It’s really, really weird, but kind of freeing. I had a really
weird moment when I was doing ADR, and I was watching a sex scene that I was
in. I had this really detached moment where I realized I was looking at
my own behind in third person. How many people get to see their own
behind from a third person perspective? It’s a very weird job.
What was it like to be part of a film as high-profile as Pacific Rim?
KAZINSKY: It’s a pinch yourself moment. Being a part
of True Blood is phenomenal, butPacific Rim was my first lead role in any
major movie. Every day that I was filming that, and every time I see a
trailer, I pinch myself. I’m like, “Have I actually just done a Hollywood
movie?! Really?! That’s crazy! I was stacking shelves, not
long ago, in a supermarket. What the hell?!” To be on set with
people like Guillermo del Toro, Charlie Day and Idris Elba, and working with
those guys is just like, “How did this happen to me?!” And then, I went
to watch a movie in a theater, a couple weeks ago, and the trailer came
on. My face is in the trailer, and then my name came up on the credits,
and this is the dream you dare to dream, that came true. Even with all of
the hype and everything attached to it, I am supremely confident that it’s
going to live up to the hype, and then supercede it. Guillermo is not
only the most talented director that I’ve ever met or worked with, but he’s
also the nicest human I’ve ever met. And he’s so funny. He doesn’t
have a single story that isn’t hilarious. He’s such a good man. I
will do anything for Guillermo del Toro, if he asked me. I would give him
my first-born child.
Who are you playing in the film?
KAZINSKY: I play a character called Chuck Hansen, who is the
finest soldier left in the Resistance. He is the best pilot still
around. Him and his father, who’s played by Max Martini, are the go-to
team. They pilot a ginormous robot called Strike Eureka, which is the
strongest and the fastest and has 11 Kaiju kills. At the end of the war,
there’s not much left. It’s left to us, and it’s left to Charlie [Hunnam]
and Rinko [Kikuchi] to try to save the world. It’s no big deal!
…”
0 Comments:
Post a Comment