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They deserve a new season, is one of the best series on TV, and the cast is very passionate about it, which doesn't happen that often.
Part of an interview of CBR with Brian Austin Green:
Part of an interview of CBR with Brian Austin Green:
What’s the word on season three? Have you heard anything yet?
No. Nobody’s heard anything. I’ve heard a lot of speculation, you know, people saying that it won’t be back but we thought that after our first season. We thought that again after the thirteenth episode of this season going into the back nine. We’ve kind of been the show that’s fought its way through and I don’t think we’re done. I don’t necessarily think that FOX is done with it. They really enjoy the show. It’s just that a show like this has a very specific audience. It’s a really intelligent show and for the people that don’t watch it every week, there’s no possible way they could follow it. Josh doesn’t want to dumb the show down for the people that don’t follow it, just so they can tune in whenever they want and sort of pick up wherever we are in the story. So it’s a tough line, you know, it’s a very unique series that way. I mean, it’s incredibly serialized and incredibly intelligent.
Were you surprised when you found out that you were being killed off in the penultimate episode of the season or were you more surprised to find that you would be returning at the end of the finale?
Josh Friedman and John Worth both sat down with me probably three weeks before that second-to-last script even came out. They said, “Listen, we want to sit down and talk to you.” I said, “Oh this can’t be good news if the two of you are sitting down with me.” They said, “We’re killing Derek.” I said, “Seriously? You’re killing him? Like dead?” “Yeah, like Derek’s dead in the second to last episode,” they said. I was like, “Okay?” Then they said, “We’re bringing him back in the last episode.” Then they told me how and they told me why. They told me what they’re plans were for season three. And at that point I was so excited to do it.
The only thing I wasn’t excited about was showing up on the day to shoot the bit where Derek gets shot. It was an odd feeling. It was an odd feeling sort of across the board. The crew, the cast, even though they knew I was coming back in the next episode, everybody was still really uneasy about it as they’ve grown to love Derek. There’s something really endearing about him. I love the way he went out. I love that Josh made the choice that he did. He wanted him to go out like a warrior, like a fighter. There wasn’t this big, long, drawn-out thing where everyone’s crying saying, “Derek no, stay with us, don’t go.” I’m not pounding on my chest, bleeding and coughing. That’s the reality of war. When people die in war it’s not glamorous, it’s not very heartfelt. For the most part it’s immediate, it’s loss and you move on. I love the fact that Sarah, being a warrior, did just that. She took his wallet, took his gun and moved on because it’s what you have to do. I think it was really brave and really exciting.
I know people were speculating that that was why I went and did a pilot, because I was killed off the show. And that wasn’t the case at all. I knew I was coming back.
Do you think the news that you had shot a pilot along with the fact that Derek was killed so suddenly helped add to the mystery and suspense of the show?
Yeah, I actually think it worked out well for us. I mean, everybody just assumed at that point that Derek was completely finished, which was great. I think if I wasn’t doing something else, people would of said, “Oh no, it’s ‘Terminator.’ He’ll be back next episode or it’s a dream or something.”
So if there is a season three and your pilot gets picked up as well, how does that work for you as an actor? Which show are you obligated to first?
Well, the pilot I did in second position, which I was really fortunate to have happen. That’s kind of a rare case where another network will pick up an actor for a show in second position, meaning that if “Terminator” gets picked up they just have to recast. They have to go out and cast again and find someone new to play the character that I played in the pilot. They’ll have to re-shoot all my stuff and kind of start over. But “Terminator” is in top position for me. I love the show and the last thing I would want to do is leave. We all love it. As a cast, we all still talk and we’re all really hopeful that the show comes back because we really love making it. We love it. I talked to Summer [Glau] the other night. We were saying what a great episode the finale was and that we just need to keep our fingers crossed. So everybody’s hopeful.
It seems that fans have had a very positive reaction to you in your role on the show. As a sci-fi fan yourself, were you concerned with earning their approval when you first took the part?
Well, thank God they do. It could have gone either way, you know? Look, everybody knows that. It could have worked really well or not worked at all. I grew up loving “The Terminator” as a kid. When “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” came out, it was just one of the most incredible movies I had ever seen at that point. So for me, it was important. I understood that. I understand the fans in the sci-fi community. I understand their passion for what they grow up loving, watching and reading. I understand that if somebody is going to take that and recreate it in anyway, then they better do it the best ****ing way they can.
I grew up loving “Star Wars.” That was my thing, “Star Wars” and “Battelstar Galactica” when I was a kid. But more so than “Battelstar” was “Star Wars,” it was just the most incredible franchise to me. You know, I was so excited when the new films were released. Then obviously, being an old school “Star Wars” fan, I was a bit disappointed by the way the new ones came together.
When I went into “Terminator,” I felt like I better ****ing kick–ass with this character because he’s related to Kyle Reese. I know Kyle Reese is one of the most beloved characters in the franchise so I knew there was a lot riding on it.
Finally, without giving away any of the future plans that you and Josh Friedman have talked about, is it safe to say that if the series continues it will take place in this new timeline and continue where the finale left off?
Well, it would have to in some way. If that’s the last thing we see, I would assume -- but it’s Josh Friedman, you never know. Our first episode of the new season could be on top of a tree. Every time I think I have some sort of idea of where it’s going, and I have some lame concept of what I think it’s going to be, he always surprises me and comes up with something way better than I could have planned. So I have total faith in him. I have faith in our writing staff and our producers and everyone involved.
I think we have one of the best cast and crews on television and it’s a complete collaborative effort. Everyone in every department absolutely loves what they’re doing and everybody works as hard as they can to make the absolute best show that we can. You know, at the end of the day, even if -- God forbid -- season three doesn’t happen, I feel really fortunate to be able to look back on the two seasons that we’ve done and know that we really made two incredible seasons of television. It will be a really cool DVD series for people to watch as long as they want to.
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Now I have nothing to watch on Friday nights until Monk & Psych start back in the summer.
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