William Fichtner interview. Names Shredder.

sgtfbomb · 06-26-2013, 12:25 PM

Fichtner is a fantastic character actor. To be fair, actors usually aren't all that interesting in interviews, possibly for many reasons. For one thing, it might have simply been a busy day for Fichtner, considering that the guy is now doing press for The Lone Ranger.

I can also think of very few interviews that I've seen with actors -- at least, A list actors -- that have been interesting.(There's an enlightening documentary on Netflix on the lesser profile actors -- including X-Men's Bruce Davison -- that's quite an eye-opener, with quite a few decent interviews.) For example, Brad Fitt is a great actor, with chaotic roles in Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, True Romance, etc., and yet, in interviews, he comes across as boring and uninteresting.

Then there's the fact that a lot of people conducting the interviews, particularly the v-bloggers/wannabe journalists of our generation, aren't great conversationalists either. Now, I love documentaries, behind the scenes stuff, and interviews with the crew, all that jazz. I eat that s*** up, but on reflection, I tend to find the directors (for the most part, barring Nolan, Lucas, and Zemeckis, who tend to be complete bores compared to the enthusiastic ramblings of Spielberg, Joe Dante, Sam Raimi, etc.), screenwriters, and the technical crew, such as the SFX/make up guys (like Rob Bottin, Richard Edlund, etc.), cinematographers, and so on, to be more interesting than A-list actors. B-list actors are another story. (Bruce Campbell is really fun to listen to.)

At the end of the day, it's not what the actor does outside of the movie -- whether he jumps up and down on a couch or is a complete bore in an interview -- it's what he does in the movie.

06-26-2013, 12:25 PM	#27
sgtfbomb Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Internet Posts: 830	Fichtner is a fantastic character actor. To be fair, actors usually aren't all that interesting in interviews, possibly for many reasons. For one thing, it might have simply been a busy day for Fichtner, considering that the guy is now doing press for The Lone Ranger. I can also think of very few interviews that I've seen with actors -- at least, A list actors -- that have been interesting.(There's an enlightening documentary on Netflix on the lesser profile actors -- including X-Men's Bruce Davison -- that's quite an eye-opener, with quite a few decent interviews.) For example, Brad Fitt is a great actor, with chaotic roles in Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, True Romance, etc., and yet, in interviews, he comes across as boring and uninteresting. Then there's the fact that a lot of people conducting the interviews, particularly the v-bloggers/wannabe journalists of our generation, aren't great conversationalists either. Now, I love documentaries, behind the scenes stuff, and interviews with the crew, all that jazz. I eat that s*** up, but on reflection, I tend to find the directors (for the most part, barring Nolan, Lucas, and Zemeckis, who tend to be complete bores compared to the enthusiastic ramblings of Spielberg, Joe Dante, Sam Raimi, etc.), screenwriters, and the technical crew, such as the SFX/make up guys (like Rob Bottin, Richard Edlund, etc.), cinematographers, and so on, to be more interesting than A-list actors. B-list actors are another story. (Bruce Campbell is really fun to listen to.) At the end of the day, it's not what the actor does outside of the movie -- whether he jumps up and down on a couch or is a complete bore in an interview -- it's what he does in the movie.