Post by Ginne on Apr 5, 2002 20:37:34 GMT -5
I transcribed the short interview in case you couldn't see it! ;D
Host: Simon Baker plays a corporate attorney sentenced to serve time with child services after he’s arrested for drugs. Could be pretty sappy, but tonight the show’s star lets us in on the key that keeps the show mahvelous, not maudlin. Take a look as we put The Guardian under the spotlight.
(opening credits of The Guardian)
Host: Aussie actor Simon Baker starts in The Guardian as Nick Fallin, an arrogant attorney with a lucrative career and plenty of cocaine at his disposal. But when the high life comes crashing down around him, this hot-shot gets a much needed wake-up call.
(the voice of the judge in the opening credits sentencing Nick)
(scene from Family of Nick talking to Jeremy)
Host: Busted for drug use, Fallin is ordered to perform community service as a child advocate. Now the self-indulgent lawyer is forced to focus his attention on others.
SB as Nick Fallin: Believe me, no one cares about your problems.
Host: It’s that complexity that Baker says attracted him to the role.
SB: The nature of the character, the fact that he is flawed and that he can have one thing going on externally and then another thing going on internally and the duality of that. It’s nice.
Host: Baker, who first gained attention in 1997’s Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential as a morally challenged actor, seems to revel in playing complex characters. But Baker insists that he’s nothing like the men he plays.
SB: (grinning) They’re so different, so funny. They’re very different. I know the character very well now because I’ve just about done a whole season of playing the guy, and, uh, I know generally how to approach things in the character’s mind set.
Host: Now, a man used to spearheading big business deal seeks redemption by fighting for kids caught up in difficult circumstances, sometimes by bending the law.
SB: (grinning) This show is more about the gray area that sits between the law and what is right and wrong and it’s not always the same thing and our show sort of dances around in that middle ground.
Host: Baker says that it’s that battle between good and evil that attracts fans and according to Nielson’s, keeps The Guardian in the top twenty since its debut last year.
SB: (serious) It’s the characters that the audience cares abut and how they’re affected by the plotlines.
(cuts to Nick confronting the gay judge in Men from the Boys)
SB as Nick: I know what’s going on here.
Judge: Do you?
Host: And as long as that intensity remains in Nick Fallin’s character, Simon Baker doesn’t mind playing a man whose morals are constantly tested.
SB: (serious) As long as they have a heart and a core and a gut to them, then I think they’re successful and they work.
Host: Simon Baker plays a corporate attorney sentenced to serve time with child services after he’s arrested for drugs. Could be pretty sappy, but tonight the show’s star lets us in on the key that keeps the show mahvelous, not maudlin. Take a look as we put The Guardian under the spotlight.
(opening credits of The Guardian)
Host: Aussie actor Simon Baker starts in The Guardian as Nick Fallin, an arrogant attorney with a lucrative career and plenty of cocaine at his disposal. But when the high life comes crashing down around him, this hot-shot gets a much needed wake-up call.
(the voice of the judge in the opening credits sentencing Nick)
(scene from Family of Nick talking to Jeremy)
Host: Busted for drug use, Fallin is ordered to perform community service as a child advocate. Now the self-indulgent lawyer is forced to focus his attention on others.
SB as Nick Fallin: Believe me, no one cares about your problems.
Host: It’s that complexity that Baker says attracted him to the role.
SB: The nature of the character, the fact that he is flawed and that he can have one thing going on externally and then another thing going on internally and the duality of that. It’s nice.
Host: Baker, who first gained attention in 1997’s Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential as a morally challenged actor, seems to revel in playing complex characters. But Baker insists that he’s nothing like the men he plays.
SB: (grinning) They’re so different, so funny. They’re very different. I know the character very well now because I’ve just about done a whole season of playing the guy, and, uh, I know generally how to approach things in the character’s mind set.
Host: Now, a man used to spearheading big business deal seeks redemption by fighting for kids caught up in difficult circumstances, sometimes by bending the law.
SB: (grinning) This show is more about the gray area that sits between the law and what is right and wrong and it’s not always the same thing and our show sort of dances around in that middle ground.
Host: Baker says that it’s that battle between good and evil that attracts fans and according to Nielson’s, keeps The Guardian in the top twenty since its debut last year.
SB: (serious) It’s the characters that the audience cares abut and how they’re affected by the plotlines.
(cuts to Nick confronting the gay judge in Men from the Boys)
SB as Nick: I know what’s going on here.
Judge: Do you?
Host: And as long as that intensity remains in Nick Fallin’s character, Simon Baker doesn’t mind playing a man whose morals are constantly tested.
SB: (serious) As long as they have a heart and a core and a gut to them, then I think they’re successful and they work.
