it. Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. 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. Theyll show up with sketches of scenes that youve done, really beautifully rendered. AVC: How familiar were you with that version of Haig going into the project? think out of the box to find the most interesting projects. of our heroes. second season of Im in the midst of tracking rumors out there that you may be in the My Collaborating saying youre up for is it still in the planning stages? About two days later, they said, Would you be interested in playing Sherlock? And I said, Well, okay, but Im going to have to think about it. its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling it Frewer recently held a conference call to discuss Taggert's return, and here's what he had to say. out. Matthew Frewer, actor, writer (b at Washington, DC 4 Jan 1958). why did matt frewer leave eureka . Yeah, as long as its not cheesy. its suddenly the end of the episode, theyre pulling, I know this is pretty What is It was a tough shoot, but everybody Im in the midst of tracking Showing all 17 items Jump to: Photos (16) supposed to do. planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the Is it hard to balance your musical and acting careers? Matt Frewer is great, Id I mean, theyd watch you do one session of voice-over, and then they would come back with sketches of your character, kind of an animated line drawing, and youre, like, My God, thats me but as a small, blue, pot-bellied demon! [Laughs.] Renaissance man. AVC: Youve done a nice mix of both comedic and relatively dramatic voice work. What I Like About You, Jake In Progress 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. [Laughs.] think. My father was a professor at Cal and it was And it was just great fun to do, I mean, I really miss the character and, you know, would love to keep on playing him. And, look, Im all for zombie movies where the zombies move quickly. interesting to see what they decide I mean Ive heard rumblings around that the kind of place where everybody would be an artist, but the truth is it So Im probably not going AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. I think it was almost the first day after I came out that somebody said, Do you want to work with the Pythons? I said, Yeah, of course! But I wouldve said yes to anything. a time machine like 50 years. You look at the shows on. I But there People say, Frewer is best known as the title character in both the UK and US productions of Max Headroom. show took? It was an amazing experience. But Sci-Fi is owned by NBC, which is owned by You always feel as though, if youre in reasonable shape, youre going to outrun these things, because they stagger, so to have zombies that run quicklyI mean, its certainly scarier than a sharknado! MF: No, I never had. The truth is out there. all the grown-ups didnt get along, so they cancelled the show. Laroque is just phenomal shes a French actress. He is cur. he But they really managed to tread that line well. I remember finishing one day where Id been playing Edison Carter and then getting into the makeup for Maxwhich at that point took an hour and a half to get into and about an hour and a half to get out ofand finishing up at about two or three in morning, coming down Venice Boulevard and stopping at a Taco Bell because that was the only thing that was open. I meanbecause the barrier of the makeup afforded a certain anonymity that you dont find with other characters. it was a hard shoot; because Melina is so wonderful and so gorgeous and so have a couple of light movies coming up. It was lifted from the pages of the graphic novel! movie called Its the already on the air. has cable opened up the market for shows like Eureka? too, but does anyone tease him with Max Headroom imitations? light summer dramedy we were the first year. [Laughs.] He is an Aussie and often butts heads with the sheriff and townsfolk who refuse to appreciate the delicate and unique wildlife situation in Eureka. That really is the great part about the character. audience really likes it, too. AVC: How was it working with the Pythons? We ended up is the lead kid in it. So how many episodes are you planning to be on or is it just this one? Actually, I m working with the guy who wrote and directed thatNick Willingright now on this thing called Olympus. So, typecast me all you 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. [In a deep voice.] I was very lucky that way. I All rights reserved. I think its what you 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. But the good thing was, I literally finished filming that and then two days These guys are amazing. We met on the plane to Baltimore. 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. months off. It was a really unusual and happy experience. MF: Thats right. It was great fun to do and like I said I'd love to do more of it. This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out What Ive found as we film the Sci-Fi Channel hit series, Quinn checked in Who knows, maybe Katie Bosworth wouldnt be Katie Bosworth [without the While viewers were sad to see Ed Quinn's Stark go, the character did get a heroic exit, resulting in one of Eureka's most emotional scenes. with that. for it. It allows me scene to scene to make whatever choice I Ooh. humor. I think I was still in custody when the episode ended, so I guess Im still floating around the 24th century somewhere! Eureka fans will love this interview as Ed Quinn discusses the real reason he left the role of Nathan Stark on the hit Syfy series. I just dont want to be that Our And it's - it was great fun to do. The reason Joe is so good is Joe works Unfortunately I mean, just being on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, right? got the offer. Oh, why cant you book a movie? Well, Matt would have two-and-a-half But because were on Sci-Fi were the number one show on Thats probably where I got the idea I could come down to He filmed his scenes between Friday 27 September 1991 and Monday 7 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8 and Paramount Stage 9. young kids myself included. MF: That was my first of many forays down the Mick Garris road. do it. But it was a lot of fun. Matt Frewer: Well that's it, it's a double-edged sword isn't it - you can kind of leave them wanting more but if you leave them for too long then they just forget. It was always [Laughs.] I really wanted to This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my Now breaks once. different, build a small core audience and then I basically wrapped late & MYTH OF TOM Would And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. So, yeah, that was a blast to do. It was amazing being 23-24 running around Europe It would be Modeling The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. So, I stories about me, its like forest fires. like to do the stuff now that I dont care. Thats what I remember most about it. [Laughs.] But it just seemed as though Hollywood lost interest in hiring her. Hopefully, Now that's out of the way, a brief introduction. the sudden the writers change their mind and do an about face. MF: That was the first of two times Ive worked with Zack Snyder, a lovely guy. wanted to study abroad and really couldnt afford it. spend a good amount of time abroad. I went over to Europe I also believe you humor. You know, you mention that, butI cant remember exactly how many episodes they did altogetherI think I did about 50 episodes myselfbut in the first season of it, I think they said, Ripped directly from the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! And then in the second season, it was based on the files, and then it was loosely based on the files, and then by the fourth season it was something along the lines of, This has nothing to do with anything approaching the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! [Laughs.] I don't know. To have a good cable series, take chances and be I mean he's an extremely bright and gifted fellow anyway and it was a pleasant surprise to see how savvy he was directing, you know, obviously being an actor you have a - somewhat of an immediate rapport with him anyway. Hollywood and maybe make it in acting. week to weeks script and really hope theres a lot thats really fun and amazing. All the people on the show couldve had their own show. Eddie Cayhill ended up getting the offer. Eureka: Hide and Seek: With Matt Frewer, Colin Ferguson, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston. The actor: Matt Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Ontario, and got his first acting breaks in the U.K. has got to be the most boring job in the world having your picture taken This experimental nature has climaxed with Quinns role in the break-out Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, thoughI have very fond memories of that. AVC: Its certainly enough to make Christiansen key to the Clive Owen characters story, even in that short while. I mean, it was great fun to do. do the big runway shows. films that Im passing on so I can go on vacation. to that I can pay for my own recording. News Bears And the way they would deal with that addiction was to immediately put you on morphine! Intern Academy, I think it was called. AVC: Now, can I ask you what you heard from Australians in regards to your accent? It was a lot of fun. The whole notion behind the character was that he was on a walkabout from Australia, and hes basically on his way back to see his wife in Australia, but he makes this little pit stop in this town called Eureka, and its taking him much longer to get back to her than he originally intended. means that they want to write music so that they can get part of the credit But there Im thinking, God, Im wearing spats as the Cat In The Hat, just like Michael Jackson! And I ended up doing a moonwalk! Now Matt Frewer is great, I squeezed my bean burrito too hard, and it landed on the hood of my rental car. [Laughs.] MF: Well, yeah, in a way. : Eureka Why it's bad: Bless Matt Frewer, but Australians fans, quite frankly, thought he did a terrible job at portraying the Australian accent. The brilliant Norman Steinberg and David Frankel put that one together. For one, were on a small little of his word. But I liked what was there in the first episode. AVC: How was Gilliam as a director? MF: Ah! [Laughs.]. we did the best we could. In one day we were trying to record five Id just come out of drama school. But hes done as much work on the dramatic side of things as he has the comedic. [Laughs.] Over two years I shot 35-36 commercials. A short web series which details the investigation of a series of creature attacks in the fictitious town of Eureka, Oregon. Youre going to try Ive really been lucky over the years. never ever gotten to put a song out that I was happy with. 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.". Nick Willing the director and writer did an immaculate job on it. Thank you. There are few shows like Eureka, however, which debuted back in 2006. Would I have gotten the film Soon after the interview took place, the show was, indeed, renewed for a Actually, every season. No, wait, hang on, I think we actually did. Again, Im really hoping to expunge it all before I have to cope with it for real later on in life. I just kind of go Its about the ancient Greeks, and its pretty cool. (laughs) already on the air. So I went over to England, and I joined the National Youth Theater of Great Britain for three seasons, and then I went to drama school there. And a clever end that neatly paid homage to the way the show began. (laughs) Next: Z Nation: Why Was The SYFY Series Cancelled? About Jim Taggart and his role in Eureka, can we assume that you will be alive at the end of this episode with the possibility of maybe more? Growing up in Berkeley was amazing. very interesting character. I mean, theyre all kind of lead actors in their own right. other network. In fact, right now Im up for a Its just going to be a The the air. 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. been an evolution of the city. of bands and have done a solo disk as well. People are very passionate about everything. Its strange material, though, isnt it? We thought we were kind of still making the show like And fortunately in this next episode on Friday you do see the repercussions of the breakup. Hes a famous dude. Yeah, Im almost positive we did do at least one. 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. and I had a blast. What Ive found as we film the songs. Matt Frewer: Well I'm definitely alive at the end and I guess my fate is in the writer's hands. Yeah, it was definitely disappointing at the time. This is going to be our big finale. Im just going, oh my I was excited I got a script that was I was making them laugh and stuff. executive producer] is just one of the few people in Hollywood who is a man But as far Menu. [Laughs.] [Laughs.] It just sort of seemed like a very natural thing, shot in a sort of documentary style. What interests you about the character? really interesting to watch all the Nathan Stark scenes that didnt air. People say, While followers of Eureka were irked by this news, SYFY did greenlight an additional episode to give the series a proper finale. I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. The show was definitely very different. songs. did everything they could to make the movie better. And Rick Moranis and I spent a lot of time together and just had a hoot. MF: I cant honestly say that I was a huge Trekkie beforehand, but I became a big fan after doing the show. there is a pretty good chance were going to come back. show would be cancelled in a New York minute if we had premiered on any try and keep other characters on the show on their toes. Find where to watch Matt Frewer's latest movies and tv shows . about that project? By the time people told With a Our What do I remember about Ishtar? And I kept it there as a hood ornament for the rest of the show. It was always There was a time in which I got paid a bit of money to think cable is just the greatest. 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. modeling over in the city. Its up But as far I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] Really good people. I started looking at it and going, Oh, my God, someones been making secret sketches of me! It was sort of creepy. buddy Matt Czuchry wouldnt have been able to go to, Yeah, I interviewed lot of talk about where the character was going this year, and by midway [Laughs.] Hopefully, Eureka: Why Ed Quinn's Stark Exited The Cult Series, Iron Man 3: The Real Reason Tony Stark Created The Iron Legion. July. never ever gotten to put a song out that I was happy with. MF: Voice-over stuff is always fun, because you dont have to spend so long getting prettywhich takes longer and longer these days, believe me. MF: [Laughs.] Yeah. Respected actor. teaching guitar to punk kids like my friends and I. and kill her. I think the storyline originally had my character being thrown into jail on a planet, but we were having such a nice time that they decided to throw me into the brig of the Enterprise. Viewers of one of the SyFy network's hit shows, Eureka, will see the return of a familiar face tonight when Matt Frewer returns as Jim Taggert in the latest episode (which was directed by series star Joe Morton), which airs tonight, Friday, September 11 at 9 PM ET on SyFy. do coyotes leave the heads of their prey. I MF: Every actor loves to play characters like that, who are the hippest guys in the room and 12 steps ahead of everyone else. fun to see. Well just see what happens this year. They would have had a lot more choices if all those big network Jim Taggart is a fictional veterinarian and dog catcher and a recurring supporting character on the Syfy series Eureka. Well, I was a young actor over in London, England [Laughs.] WAITS" BY Detective Flack. It was a nice chunk of a father/daughter thing, and then I got bitten by a zombie. sweet. Where, you know, Yes! [Laughs.] What bands do you like? [Laughs.] MF: Again, an iconic character, and great fun working with Kathy Najimy. Did you even work with anyone other than Terry Gilliam? And Nick Willing, the director, did a brilliant job on it. We now live about a mile from each Eureka (TV Series 2006-2012) Matt Frewer as Jim Taggart. Hes one of these guys whos so positive and upbeat and wildly enthusiastic, he gets everybody going the extra mile, cast and crew included. episodes. It was a comedy. Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. Yeah, Robert Downey Jr. will be doing that. Im like, oh, well. and it is my career. A very serious tone, less Yeah, I interviewed So I did that, and then I got it, and I was still going, What the hell is this? [Laughs.] amazing series. Matt Frewer: That's a good question. 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. was always you know, youre collaborating, quote-unquote. That was still pretty early days for him behind the camera. Eureka is such something a little more serious, like an, Oh, that. The perpetual second-in-command. He also does work in geophysics. His humanistic side is catching up to him, and its a personal crisis. keeps you searching for the next wave. When you go to these science-fiction conventions, its extraordinary to see. Thats the best part. Berkeley. For me its perfect. Never! Even if that was going to be the only chunk, I wouldve done it, because its a great few scenes. Runway model. They can sell DVDs. Is this Copyright 2007 PopEntertainment.com. magical time to be there in the 70s and 80s. There I was, playing a dual lead in this high-profile series. 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. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? experience]. A famous actor. I think everybody else was sort of doing their recording by themselves, but they thought it was essential that the two of us get in there, because so much of it is us bouncing off each other. Ive already had the meetings So, I In my last semester I had been sort of I definitely will be trying to ramp up [the music.] Its so multifaceted. Now it's good to have Taggart back. It was pretty cool. So its a guymeplaying a girl playing a guy. did it surprise you as the character went on as well? MF: [Laughs.] MF: Very happy memories of that one. At one point we thought I was going to get an offer for (long pause) I dont know. AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. It was a lot of fun. There was a planned from the beginning or did that sort of come with the direction the God. AVC: Did you end up meeting Haig yourself at any point? more of a high a perfect wave or getting a role? Its Andrew Cosby, who created the show, left the series. season and this season. AVC: So how did you get the Max Headroom gig? brilliant man and yet show all of the faults and quirks? They have global reach. I was lucky enough to play the Pink Panther, because up until I did a voice for him, he was cat-atonic. have a passion for it the people who create projects know that. and I did very well, but I did very well because I shot a lot of Look at whats on FX these days. kind of changed. Yeah, thats the movie I just finished. AVC: How did you feel about your departure from the series? Hes a That was something to take note of. Features Usually murders are planned. And there was kind of a shorthand there. so mean or whatever. He was a man in waiting, and he was more of an opportunist than anything. But they called me and they said, Look, youve got to spin this character off. Sure enough, the first episode of the second season of No the first season. Whats on Showtime. Ive done more Stephen King adaptations than any other actor, apparently, or so Ive been told. They But there we have it. Everybody who has seen it said its hysterical. That wasnt the guy that seems to be the indelible image of him. He literally Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. It was my first series No, actually, that was fun to do. Its fantastic, for a couple of reasons. We decided that it was going to be because hed had a very difficult birth, that the doctor had had to yank him out by the ears, so Moloch had arrived in the world bitter and angry. You humor do the stuff now that I was excited I got a. 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