Copper
is back on tv with a second season. Copper is set in 1865 New York City, just
before President Lincoln’s assassination and tells the story of Detective Kevin
Corcoran (Tom Weston) who tries to bring order to the chaos of the city and his
personal life.
The
actor gave a phone interview to collider about returning for a second season
and the changes in it. Attention may contain spoilers.
“Collider:
This show gets a lot of promotion, with billboards on Sunset Blvd. and posters
all over the subways of New York City. What’s the strangest place you’ve
ever come across an advertisement for the show?
TOM WESTON-JONES: Kyle Bradstreet, one of the writers,
showed me a tag that someone had put up. It was just a small little tiny
poster that someone had put somewhere in Brooklyn. I actually haven’t
come across any because I literally haven’t left Canada since we’ve been
filming. I’ve been a bit of a hermit. But, my friends have been
sending me photos, which is always nice. That’s always good. It’s a
little strange when you can’t see them in the flesh. You just hope that
they do you justice.
…
Were
there any major differences in Season 2, compared to Season 1? Did having
a new showrunner (Thomas Kelly) affect things?
WESTON-JONES: I think a lot of people who have a first
season under their belt and start another season, with most shows, they’re
likely to say that things have improved, and I can definitely say that’s the
case with this show. On my end, just watching it, I think you can see
that the show has changed, visually. We also have a new D.P. this year,
Pierre Gill, who I think is amazing and who has shot the show really
beautifully. And Tom Kelly has really streamlined a lot of the things,
like a good showrunner should do in the second season, and really trimmed it, a
little bit. It flows a lot better, and the story itself has been fine-tuned.
It’s all character-motivated and character-driven now, rather than being an
episodic thing that someone can tune into to see a detective story of the week,
and then tune out again. Now, it’s all about the overall arc.
That’s what we’re interested in watching television for now. So, there
has been some shifts, and I think they’re all for the better. People will
enjoy the show more this year because of the changes that have been made.
The story unfolds so quickly this year, with everybody. As the story
progresses, people will be surprised by just how much happens, in a short space
of time.
…
What’s
it been like to add the new actors to the cast this season, with Donal Logue,
Alfre Woodard, Billy Baldwin and Eamonn Walker?
WESTON-JONES: It’s almost like starting a new job, when you
have someone coming in, because you have to get to know them from square one,
as we all did last season, when we first started. But, we’ve been so
lucky that everyone who’s come in has really, really wanted to work incredibly
hard. They’re very much cut from the same cloth as the actors here
are. We just really enjoy the piece, I suppose. We’ve been very,
very lucky with the caliber of people we’ve had. It’s been very, very
good. You’ve gotta pinch yourself when you see the cast list of people
who have come in. I’ve had a lot of scenes with Donal, and I’ve enjoyed
working with him, so much. You always like to learn from people, as a
young actor. I think every young actors says that, but it’s true.
Donal has been doing the job for years, and he still comes in with the same
amount of enjoyment. He still cares so much about the piece that he’s
acting in, and that’s so refreshing. I love that.
…
Do
you find yourself being very conscious about how far you’re pushing things with
this character, and how far you can go and still hold the audience on his side?
WESTON-JONES: Yeah! That’s one thing that I remember
talking to Larysa Kondracki, the director of a lot of the episodes this year
and one of the producers on the show, about how far we can test the audience,
in terms of seeing Corcoran as being a very selfish man and a real
asshole. The quality of an anti-hero is that they’re selfish and commit
selfish acts, but you still can’t help but feel for them and watch them and
care for them. Certain things do happen this season, where I think that’s
going to be tested quite a lot. I’m looking forward to seeing what the
fall-out is. Everyone in the show is morally questionable, so no one is
perfect. But to have the person who is leading the charge on morality,
doing some of the things he does, I think it’s very interesting to see what we
try to get away with. I’ve just gotta wait and see if we do. I
think we have. I think it’s been very well constructed.“
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