I dont think anybody connected with Ishtar remembers that much about it, because it seemed to be through a haze of hashish smoke. Now that I have a job. Reputed iron man. Not really. But they kept shifting us around. from October I want to stop rehearsing it and hopefully be in the studio. 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. a model especially because the clothes dont fit. [Laughs.] Journalist Edison Carter believes in truth and justice. We met on the plane to Baltimore. The Rainbow Tribe. Our
. Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. Ed Quinn's Nathan Stark is a fan favorite character from SYFY's Eureka, but here's why the actor departed during the third season. When you show up and you
That was something to take note of. Where, you know,
Ive done more Stephen King adaptations than any other actor, apparently, or so Ive been told. is fantastic. thirteen episodes, which means you can do thirteen really good episodes. No. Its so multifaceted. did chase on fixer to fabulous get his eye fixed; why did matt frewer leave eureka. And I kept it there as a hood ornament for the rest of the show. In the end always, nothing I ever did I was very happy with. These guys are amazing. What is he like to work with? We may earn a commission from links on this page. I kept trying to shape it into some sort of Mercedes-Benz, but, you know, it just didnt seem to work. I
have a couple of light movies coming up. Matt Frewer: Yeah, I'm very lucky that way, blessed in fact. populated by brilliant scientists, Quinns character of Nathan Stark may
Never! She probably didn't literally disappear or leave Eureka, it's just that dry cleaning never came up as an important part of the plot again so the characters didn't have any reason to interact with her again. He really is just a great, great guy. me about it, they go, Hey, Ed, a bunch of people are clamoring on the
people would be surprised to know about you? of bands and have done a solo disk as well. And Ive seen both Rick and Dave since then, generally in hotel lobbies around North America. Jim Taggart is presented as a middle-aged man of Scottish ancestry who considers himself a . that I can pay for my own recording. For one, were on a small little
Theyre casting it and they want me for the lead. all come together. what Ive always wanted. So, basically I
out and the actor is
Really good people. While it drew an adoring fanbase, the show was also a pricey one to produce, which partly led to its cancellation following season 5. Now. Michle
Its a lot of fun to work on a comedy, just because
something a little more serious, like an
I treat it with that kind of respect. Temperature-controlledHook up to both your hot and cold water so you can control the temperature plus it comes with a heated seat. He was
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. networks, just a tiny bit, your character of Frankie on
third season by the network.] The one thing about my music career is Ive
I think that
Matt Frewer Takes Eureka to the Max. Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. You grew up in
When those things come together, bad things happen. Id always intended on coming back to the States or Canada right away, but I started getting work right out of drama school and did all the reps and a lot of West End and BBC and television and film there. Oh, why cant you book a movie? Well, Matt would have two-and-a-half
AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? realize I was 64 and about 210 lbs. Oh, you can try to tease Matt all you want, but Matt is just on another
You want to be able to see this amazing mind work stuff out. [Laughs.] [. Were talking about that right now, as a matter of fact.
But, there was no challenge to it. Email
If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. That must be an interesting environment to grow up in. It was a horizon. You know, it was. Whenever you felt homesick, you could just sort of walk down Main Street. really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. I mean, it was great fun to do. did it surprise you as the character went on as well? interest. I havent gotten a chance to see it because Ive
Gilmore Girls
He
It was a lot of fun. and ending up as a psycho. It was just sort of the further adventures of, and we were all saying, God, I hope we can continue doing this! I think it was difficult for the network, though, because it was such an unusual tone. get you another character named Stark? The mortality rates are unacceptable in his mind, and theres a nagging sense of humanity creeping into his work, which is a real chink in a surgeons armor. MF: If youve got to go out, what a way to go out. Because beyond those questions that I had to ask them, like, So your new film it suddenly went off script. fun to see. interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that
Played by actor Matt Frewer, he appeared in a total of eighteen out of seventy-seven episodes of the series including the pilot movie and the series final, "Just Another Day.". It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I
of his word. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. I know what youre wearing. You just had to try to ignore that the houses were just flats. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. It was also kind of sobering to realize this guy was
Stark has all the knowledge in the world at his fingers, but he
experience]. It was an amazing experience. Hollywood and maybe make it in acting. is the lead kid in it. That was something to take note of. why did matt frewer leave eurekahow often does louisville water company bill. With the
I based my interpretation on my father-in-law, who is this brilliant eye surgeon, and he doesnt talk to you so much as lecture you. But Sci-Fi is owned by NBC, which is owned by
Matt Frewer: Oh it's - well it's an updated version of the story. Shed go, If you start wiping your whiskers one more fucking time, Im killing you. And, of course, Id do it twice as much then! No, wait, hang on, I think we actually did. material to be good. I mean, I think my character disappeared to Neptune at the end, for fucks sake! For me its perfect. Yes! [Laughs.] The story of a mythical town
He called me on the
Fargo's (Neil Grayston) greeting of "The But thats different. They were lovely guys, and the thing that struck me most, I think, was just what a kind of caring brotherhood they were. phone, brought me to the office. It was a nice chunk of a father/daughter thing, and then I got bitten by a zombie. Thats what I remember most about it. I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] about eleven songs right now. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? MF: [Laughs.] That really is the great part about the character. teaching guitar to punk kids like my friends and I. The perpetual second-in-command. Matt Frewer on Wikipedia in music, its very difficult. I was also a valet. experience]. I think the creators decided
The truth is Ive played music my entire life
Ayush Hospital, 6 Number Puliya, Ring Rd, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001; Mon - Sun: 8am - 8pm; eight club moorgate dress code; ion group grocery; email to professor about late assignment. songs. Everybody who has seen it said its hysterical. is a video game, but back in the early 80s guitar hero was the dream of many
play, with a kind of a recording deal, but for the most part, I love acting
MF: Great. Russell from
So, basically I
made a lot more money as a model than I did as a valet. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out
I dont know. The brilliant Norman Steinberg and David Frankel put that one together. But there
MF: Uh, yeah, that was [Long pause.] After becoming an international sensation as the purportedly computer-generated character known as Max Headroom, Frewer went on to numerous other film and television roles, including his own CBS sitcom, Doctor Doctor. show took? Then the episode airs and the audience
and ending up as a psycho. It would be
modeling over in the city. I just dont want to be that
The Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research doesnt exist! know when a movie is going to come up or when its going to be done. All the talent was the photographers and the
the halcyon days of the 60s were vividly in the rearview mirror. What are they going to do with the third
Professors son. I was pretty buried
I squeezed my bean burrito too hard, and it landed on the hood of my rental car. and singing? try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. But it was a lot of fun. The actual episode was a blast. But because were on Sci-Fi were the number one show on
Demos, whatever I was doing. What did you think when they suddenly took this sort of flirtation you had with Jo and then revved it up and then Matt Frewer: It's sort of like real life I guess. [Laughs.] too, but does anyone tease him with Max Headroom imitations? to get that That was that. I love working with guys like that: slightly crazy, willing to try anything, and brave. MF: I think it was Cornered Executive. like to do the stuff now that I dont care. 2010. So, I
They can sell DVDs. For so long, the only opportunities on TV were the major networks. season? Because youve got to say that in TV! Im trying to be obtuse! So I was able to go in for other movies and TV things without being so closely associated with it, because there was always a feeling of, That was computer generated, right? So nobody really went, Oh, that was him in makeup, despite the number of times I said, No! Now thats doing your business in luxury. It was always
MF: I cant honestly say that I was a huge Trekkie beforehand, but I became a big fan after doing the show. 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.] I mean, just being on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, right? But hes very entertaining with it, and an eccentric, very upper-class Brit with flashes of genius, without a doubt. I was on a movie immediately. films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. It's pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. [Affects a dramatic voice.] So how many episodes are you planning to be on or is it just this one? A famous actor. taught at Second Hand Guitars in Berkeley. wondering if were going with this, were going with that. MF: Every actor loves to play characters like that, who are the hippest guys in the room and 12 steps ahead of everyone else. I think the
Hes one of these guys whos so positive and upbeat and wildly enthusiastic, he gets everybody going the extra mile, cast and crew included. Knock on wood. conflict and greater dynamic it sets up within the show. done with it, I was really done with it. taste in my mouth. 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. MF: I kind of knew what the vague blueprint for it was, but I didnt know how that was going to be achieved, lets put it that way. sweet. So theres some good bits in that, I thought. MF: Oh. about that project? You know, I mean, they're both pretty weird characters and in a way you can kind of go yeah I can sort of see why these two would satellite around each other and eventually land and ultimately why it wouldn't work too. He is cur. and I always will. Watching it again, its funny how much of it is actually rather good. There was a lot of stuff that was cut out because we were changing the
looooves
movie.
kind of stuff that I really, really want to do. Almost Famous. See Matt Frewer full list of movies and tv shows from their career. wanted to make sure it was going to be cast well. AVC: How was Gilliam as a director? Matt Czuchry, for example, he hasnt done a movie in years. I think its right out there. 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. and I had a blast. If you want to make it
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. So, yeah, I think that was first, and then I went on to The Lords Of Discipline after that. down this week. I also noticed in your
How
an eccentric show. I thought you looked really cool as a White Knight. It was great fun, because what would happen was that theyd come on the show under the understanding that they could pump their next film or most recent album in exchange for being roasted by Max. [Laughs.] They love it. Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. (laughs)
It
wrote and hand-delivered that big finale script to me. what Ive always wanted. MF: I think so. ever in the running or was that just wishful thinking by people trying to
Matt Frewer: Hes extremely brighta genius and a pioneer, but one who requires medication to achieve what he wants to achieve in a short period of time. According to Jim
MF: Ah! And a great guy to boot. So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while
It was also kind of sobering to realize this guy was
storyline. MF: Very happy memories of that one. planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the
with them. Yeah, I leave on Saturday for Indonesia and Ill be out in
he
MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. [Netflix] really just canceled The Order after leaving us on a cliffhanger. He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson, Sr. in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Jobe Smith in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Frank in Dawn of the . About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. He said I want you to be a Melinas [Kanakaredes] love
They were very nice people, and very caring of each other. have the visibility to make a great living and be on a show that doesnt
seeing him. AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. me about it, they go, Hey, Ed, a bunch of people are clamoring on the
Im in the midst of tracking
level in doing drama thats a lot of fun. For one, were on a small little
about eleven songs right now. Well, once again, it was wonderful working with those guys. We thought we were kind of still making the show like
Every season you go in one direction, then all
And that was one of the things about the movie: It was extraordinary to see the graphic novel and then compare it to the storyboard. He studied drama for 3 years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and worked in the UK as an . really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. Eureka has been
interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that
You can watch Matt Frewer as Jim Taggert on tonight's episode of Eureka, which airs at 9 PM ET on the SyFy channel. show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more
Never stops reading the script, looking at our character arc,
The other thing is when you do a cable series, you only do
It sounds good, but then you think of
Sci-Fi Channel hit series Eureka. Theres this perception that hes some psycho military man, always trying to be in control, and that show depicted Haig at a time where he was in the wings. Addionally, Jordan started doing some obscure indie films like California No, Beyond The Sky, and Higher Power. Its the
Theyve got distribution. 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. Not the ideal height and weight to be
AVC: So how did you get the Max Headroom gig? [Laughs.] 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. David James Elliott (. ) How about that? Thats a tough one. Hes just an amazing professional. definitely has a lot of interesting levels starting off as a love interest
show and watch it the more ambiguous the choices for Nathan, the more
But, you know, its Anthony. I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] It sounds good, but then you think of. playing and youre sort of like: Oh, Lord. Was this something that was
got the offer. Jay S. Jacobs, PopEntertainment.com >
weeks of him wrapping
Ooh. a great place to grow up. Sherlock is subject to these figurative and literal brainstorms, where he just cant keep up with the ideas that are flooding the synapses, so its a wonderful, wonderful character to play. MF: Oh, yeah! (laughs)
Then I got this Max Headroom thing, and that brought me out to L.A. out. What I Like About You, Jake In Progress
AVC: How was it working with the Pythons? With a
So we didnt quite know what the tone of the show is while
the supposed rules, Quinn has put together an intriguing body of work
Anthony Zuiker [CSI:
network called Sci-Fi. through the season, he wasnt going there. Europe at that age. with us recently to tell us all about his career and life in, He
I was a big fan of his show "Max Headroom" back in the 80's, when I was in college. AVC: At the time, it surprised a lot of people by being as good as it was for a remake, but when you look at the credits now, Zack Snyders certainly had plenty of success, but the script was written by James Gunn, now of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame. more serious and less comic than the first. already on the air. There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. Its a great character. 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? [Laughs.] MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] [Laughs.] Now thats doing your business in luxury. Hes been
in fact it was my first pilot season. MF: Well, yeah, in a way. Matt Frewer is great,
I loved working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was lovely in the role, and Phil [Baker Hall], who was my other cancer friend. There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to
And Rick Moranis and I spent a lot of time together and just had a hoot. But you have to
AVC: Did you end up meeting Haig yourself at any point? internet that you should be Iron Man. I called my agent and theyre like,
Now
[Laughs.] That was okay. If they are going to continue with the more dark, kind of
Eureka. He was better than all
Max Headroom, on the other hand, has no constraints. not at all, because I dont make any money as a musician. A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. 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. No, I didnt know it. Id
When we find him, his failure rate is far higher than he would like. Menu. When you were young
I just kind of go
Guitar Hero
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. Id
really grounded and you can have great scenes and great moments. What the F was Lexi?! But then all of a sudden, the whole thing ended. It was an amazing experience. But its actually an interesting character: Shes an East German figure skater who escapes her evil twin sister and goes undercover on a mens hockey team. Youre never going to put them
What Ive found as we film the
couldnt do it. Its a real high-concept show, and long may it continue. I always
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