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Thanks 4 joining us Eric! Any opening comments for the fans?
A: Hi, thanks for coming!
Q: You come from a large acting family, would you welcome the opportunity
for one of your siblings to guest star?
A: Yeah, if it were up to me. It would be great to have the opportunity to
work with one of them. I haven’t done that before
Q: What do you do 2 prepare for a scene?
A: Different actors work differently on the set. Mia, Kate and Lisa live
together, so I spend a lot of time at their place. Mia always liked to
prepare her scenes a couple of days before. Kate liked to generally read
them for the 1st time on set. We have so much freedom with the words on the
show that a lot of what comes out in the scene isn’t even scripted.
Q: What's your fav part of working on the show?
A: Just the opportunity it provided me personally to be involved with
something that deals with prejudice and minorities and society’s perception
of women and homosexuals.
Q: What about your character makes him such a voyeur?!
A: I think Mark is a typical heterosexual male who’s grown up in LA under
the influence of reality TV. The lines of his morality I don’t think are
very apparent to even himself, initially. And he becomes exposed to a world
that’s existed around him but that he’s never been aware of.
Q: Is your character falling for Shane?
A: I think he finds her effect on others fascinating. And at this point
isn’t even sure himself where his fascination begins or ends.
Q: How much input do you have into development of your character?
A: Obviously there’s an initial concept for the character. But, so many
things that go into that. Ilene is very collaborative with us but often what
winds up making the cut of the episode can steer the audience’s perception
differently than what we’d planned, so it’s more of a long term process.
Q: What's it like being the new guy?
A: Initially, it was difficult to fill the shoes of Tim, because he was a
great actor and the audience, cast and crew loved him. More recently it’s
been a sort of disturbing response in my personal life. Because people have
not been able to disassociate me as an actor from the character I’m playing.
But it’s definitely the best crew I’ve worked with. I’ve had an amazing
time.
Q: Do you see your character as typical of how most hetero males see
lesbians?
A: I think that it’s too early to tell what Mark’s perception of lesbians
is. While I don’t think Mark represents “the heterosexual male” by any
means, I do think that there is a fantasy and lack of respect towards
lesbians by a large amount of heterosexual males.
Q: Did you watch the 1st season of the L Word?
A: Yes, did you?
Q: Has working on the show made you more aware of peoples opinions of the
gay community?
A: Absolutely. It’s been alarming and disappointing.
Q: Do you find any characteristics of your character in yourself?
A: I do think life reflects art, or art reflects life. Mark’s revelations
throughout the course of the season have certainly mirrored some of my own.
Q: Any closing comments before we end, Eric?
A: Goodnight, thanks for coming. Bye!
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