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Gonna watch THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS tonight for Miles's birthday movie and I am excited to get my Matt Frewer on -- Alex Kittle But wait a secondwe thought Taggart was Eureka's erstwhile veterinarian and biological containment specialist? Upon the announcement of Eureka being canceled, Berg revealed exactly why Syfy decided to cancel their long-time staple (that continues to grow in popularity), and it all has to do with profit margins. Lets hope Eureka does too. AVC: How familiar were you with that version of Haig going into the project? After putting our heroes through so much misery and heartbreak in season five, "Just Another Day" wisely decides to let them off the hook and give them their happy endings. show got canceled, I watched his sitcom "Doctor, Doctor", which I loved. Matt Frewer: Oh thanks. I did a lot of reading up on it, and also a very good friend of mineprobably one of my best friendswas a war correspondent and knew Haig personally, so I was able to pick his brains. Its very rare that its sort of a clumsy accident like that. A lot of them are very shy and sensitive, but theyre very talented. I think I was still in custody when the episode ended, so I guess Im still floating around the 24th century somewhere! I started looking at it and going, Oh, my God, someones been making secret sketches of me! It was sort of creepy. It was this wonderful free-for-all where the director would just sort of say, Well, okay, go to it, and then hed go away for coffee, and then come back and be like, Are you done yet? Not yet! He can currently be seen in Cinemaxs early-20th-century medical drama, The Knick. TVGuide.com: What projects are you currently working on?Frewer: I'm working on a show for the CBC, which I went into right after Eureka wrapped about four weeks ago, called Intelligence. Ducktales Fanfiction Louie And Della, Eureka is supposed to be a secret town, so how come there was no problem for Jack's sister's babydaddy in getting there and being able to talk to Fargo about scientific stuff? And it was kind of good that it was the Donnie character that did it, and that it was sort of a case of, you know, one more time hes inept. MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. [Laughs.]. Interview with Matt Frewer of "Eureka" The finale gave us callbacks and cameos galore, happy endings for all the townspeople, and one last chance for Sheriff Carter to be the big dumb hero. Matt Frewer is also a committed environmentalist and spokesperson for the Rainforest Action Network. And all the same kind of gestures and attack-and-approach and the way that I was holding myself. Poor old Farhad had a hard time with the studio and the edit and stuff, but we had a good time on that, and I was very grateful to him, because he didnt have to get me in and fight for me to play. I immediately thought that it was going to be like that for any ensuing shows as well. But, yeah, that was sort of easy. [7] From 1993-1995, Frewer voiced the Pink Panther for the television series. Usually murders are planned. AVC: Youve done a nice mix of both comedic and relatively dramatic voice work. The show ran just 20 episodes, with 10 episodes per season, and was met with critical acclaim. Pauletta Washington Father, Matt Frewer: Yeah, I think we're in a wait and see mode. What's the big surprise behind the return of Eureka's 'Taggart'? So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. But, yeah, were talking about doing something else with him now, and hopefully it happens, because 20 minutes into the future? So I just got to - I'm sort of in a wait and see mode. 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. Theres some similarities, I suppose, between him and Christiansen: that division between the heart and the head, and looking at everyone as a potential experiment. Australia. Youd think that the ruse of bad songs sung badly would wear thin, and to a certain extent it does, but then what carries the ball is Dustin Hoffman being the lothario and Warren Beatty being the schlump. Marshall Stouffer Wikipedia, [Laughs.] There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. " /> Monarch Chrysalis Timeline, All the people on the show couldve had their own show. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) your appearance on the preview at Comi-Con probably I think elicited the He's going to be coming back as Taggart this Friday, Christopher Denham Wiki, 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. 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. Theyre slowly but surely killing her. Venomous Champagne Snake Bottle, like - they're like house guests and, you know, some are unwanted and As a sort of postscript - there's quite a bit more stuff in this episode that I left to one side, like the cameo by Grant Imahara of Mythbusters or Dr. Parrish's nudity. So its a guymeplaying a girl playing a guy. He was very analytical and cold until the paternal and somewhat confusing feelings for the original clone crash the party. Coordinator: The next question comes from Ian Spelling, sifi.com. Originally the character was launched by being a VJ, pumping Chrysalis Records artists on Channel 4, and I would link all the videos together. Ive never used that one before! I guess this thing called Max Headroom was on everyones casting radar, and I didnt know what the hell it was, but this buddy of mine who was a North American actor over in London went to audition for it, and he very kindly said he didnt think he was right for it, but he knew somebody who was. And some coped with it really well, and others didnt. I just went on and on, and hes listening very politely. p#si_captcha_code_p { clear: left; padding-top:10px; } Matt Frewer: Oh thank you very much, you're very kind, thank you. It was great seeing him. And this was his next port of call was to do ice core samples - take ice core samples in the Arctic so there you have it. [8][10] He has done voice-over work on several animated projects, including Batman: The Animated Series (1993) and The Incredible Hulk (19961997). img#si_image_log { border-style:none; margin:0; padding-right:5px; float:left; } It was lifted from the pages of the graphic novel! And Rick Moranis and I spent a lot of time together and just had a hoot. Thanks for doing this. Interview with Matt Frewer of "Eureka" The finale gave us callbacks and cameos galore, happy endings for all the townspeople, and one last chance for Sheriff Carter to be the big dumb hero. img#si_image_reg { border-style:none; margin:0; padding-right:5px; float:left; } He was very analytical and cold until the paternal and somewhat confusing feelings for the original clone crash the party. If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. Frewer portrayed Matt Praeger in Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal from 19972000. In seasons four and five she is the head doctor due to the effect of their journey to the 1940s. MF: Very happy memories of that one. Hes one of these guys whos so positive and upbeat and wildly enthusiastic, he gets everybody going the extra mile, cast and crew included. Pauletta Washington Father, Jim Iaccino: Okay. 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