等剧无聊，发点旧闻吧。。。不过还是有新槽点的，比如小白狮子是怎么用起twitter的呢？居然还要人教，啧啧。
Get ready to meet a whole new Beast. New Zealand actor Jay Ryan plays the Beast in The CW’s new Beauty and the Beast TV show. Vincent is still the beast, but he’s not the Ron Perlman living in the sewer beast. This Vincent is a military experiment who has a more human form and a more monstrous side. He’s still protecting Catherine (Kristen Kreuk), but Catherine is a cop in this show, so they’re both dangerous.
We met Ryan over the summer when he attended the Television Critics Association party for The CW, CBS and Showtime. He was hanging out with his friend Lesley-Ann Brandt from TV’s Spartacus: Vengeance and made time for me to talk about Beauty and the Beast. Make sure to add Beauty and the Beast to your TV Watchlist.
Beauty and the Beast’s Jay Ryan
Fanhattan: When you were pitched or went out for Beauty and the Beast, were you worried there would be heavy, heavy makeup?
Jay Ryan: Not really. I kind of was expecting it. I watched old videos because I was a fan of the original series, and I’d watch videos of Ron Perlman’s interviews before it where he spoke about the makeup process and how rigorous that was for him. So I thought, “I can do this.” But I did it once and I was like, “Oh, my gosh.”
Fanhattan: Would you have done the full makeup like Ron Perlman if they’d asked?
Jay Ryan: Yeah, I would have. I probably would have found it difficult to get through it, but I think if Ron Perlman can do it I’ll give it ago too.
Fanhattan: What do you think about making this a military curse of sorts?
Jay Ryan: It’s actually what made me want to do the series. I wanted this show to be not a mimic of anything that had been done before. That would’ve just been boring and would’ve failed immensely because the other series had just done so well. So the uniqueness of the backstory of this beast, beasts set in modern day post 9/11 in this monstrous hungry world is what excited me, and how hard it is for someone to hide in this world now. So that’s the challenge that the writers have is sticking Vincent in while he’s being hunted down by this government agency that created this experiment.
Fanhattan: Are you glad you don’t have to live in the sewer?
Jay Ryan: I actually was hoping. You know what I really loved about the old series was the community of outcasts that live in the sewer. So the writers are going to nod to the original series now and then which is going to be cool to see what elements they bring from that.
Fanhattan: Vincent enlisted because of 9/11. What do you think about adding that background to a fantasy/romance/action story?
Jay Ryan: 9/11 was the cause of his two brothers passing so he was going in to fight for their memory I guess. I think it’s touched on in the pilot. I think it’s a great backstory to bring into this world and make it a believable scenario.
Fanhattan: Would you like Ron Perlman to come on your show?
Jay Ryan: I think Ron Perlman is one of my favorite character actors. I don’t think he probably would. He’s got such an amazing career already but yeah, I would love him to come on. We’re talking about Linda Hamilton coming on possibly later on down the track. She wrote Kristen and I an amazing signed photograph the other day wishing us the best for the show which was lovely. On the original poster of the show. Yeah, Ron Perlman could definitely come on but I don’t think CW is probably his market. He’s doing movies with del Toro and stuff.
Fanhattan: You’ve been working for a long time, but how big a break is this to be the lead in a CW series?
Jay Ryan: It’s huge and a lot of people took a leap of faith in casting me I guess because I was an unknown foreigner on such an iconic show that’s pretty buzz worthy I guess. So I’m glad that it all worked out because the tables were against me. I was shooting a Jane Campion miniseries for BBC and Sundance. I had half a shaved head. I looked like a complete outcast, not Hollywood at all. So when I walked into the room and started taping for these guys, everything was against me. Then the schedules clashed and I couldn’t make it work but I had a lot of great people rooting for me. The producers, the creators, Gary Fleder who was our director on the pilot, they really pushed me over the line and made it ok for the studio and the network to say yes, and tick the box. So, you know, I’ve got a lot of people to thank.
Fanhattan: Was it a really competitive audition?
Jay Ryan: I think anything in America’s competitive because it’s more people hungry for the role. But I was lucky. I got a call. I got asked to audition for this. The casting directors, Sherman Knight Casting, they had seen me before in a previous thing and got the tape out and showed the creators on the first day, and said, “This is your beast.” So they watched the tape. They liked the essence that I had and they tracked me down from there and kept on testing me and gave me notes. I was sending tapes from back home and then they eventually they brought me over. I did a test deal. I had to fly back to shoot and then when I got off the plane, they called me back and said, “Come and test read again with Kristen Kreuk.” So they kind of had me in their minds from day one but a lot of people just have to say yes in this industry. A bit of a lotto ticket. All my numbers came up.
Fanhattan: What was the previous tape they saw from?
Jay Ryan: It was for a film called Something Borrowed. It was a test I put down and for some reason something that I’d done in that two years ago sparked their imagination to cast me in this role.
Fanhattan: Did you end up in that film?
Jay Ryan: I just tested for it. I didn’t get the role but it’s lovely. I love telling my actor mates that story because we do all these auditions and we just think they’re a waste of bloody time, but it shows that people are actually watching and taking note.
Fanhattan: How can you prepare for the fan interaction that will come with The CW?
Jay Ryan: I just take my lead from Kristen. She’s done 10 years of it and she’sso level headed. She’s so calm about it and she keeps a low profile. She does her professional self at these interviews but she also has a life outside of it and I tend to do the same. But their fans. They’re the reason why we’re working so I’m going to give them the time of day.
Fanhattan: She did it before there was Twitter. Will you be on Twitter with them?
Jay Ryan: The network, CW, man, they’re all about Twitter. They’ve got me on Twitter. Actually Lesley-Ann my friend from New Zealand, who’s on Spartacus, she has been teaching me how to Twitter because I’m slowly building up a fan base on there. I see the value of promoting the work through it.
Fanhattan: Right, because you don’t want to reveal too much but you want to be genuine.
Jay Ryan: Yeah, there’s a nice way to keep them in touch and not give too much away. It’s hard though because sometimes you have a few to drink and you’re like, “Should I tweet or not?”
Fanhattan: No, you should not. How was your experience at Comic-Con?
Jay Ryan: It was great. We had a full house of 5000 people in the ballroom to see the preview and the response was amazing. It was really lovely to hear fans of Smallville and fans of Beauty and the Beast get up and ask questions and be really intrigued. And we were behind the screen listening to every little nuance and laugh and clap and boo, booing for the bad guys of course, not for the show I hope. All the things we want our audience to feel through the first ep, they got so we’re on the right track I think.
Fanhattan: Have you done any physical training for the action parts?
Jay Ryan: Yeah, I have. I trained in physical theater as an actor.
Fanhattan: Is physical theater a special thing?“I think the audience will almost have the same experience as the beast, so they’ll get to hear what he hears from miles away. They’ll be able to see his point of view. If we had smellovision, they’d be able to smell the scents too.”
Jay Ryan: It’s a mix of dance, grand theater, mask, Lecoq work which is like an Italian style of theater. So it’s very physical in its nature so I’m used to using my body in performance. I’ve also been training to bulk up for the role and do a bit of harness work as well, so getting used to having that wedgie. But as the series progresses, the beast within him, the chemical buildup is going to be stronger. And so too will his strength and his beastly qualities.
Fanhattan: How did you want to differentiate your beast from all the other werewolves and monsters we see on TV?
Jay Ryan: The beast is DNA mutation and it’s created by a scientist basically who’s taken every strong piece of DNA from the most vicious animals in the world and put them in to these soldiers. They become killing machines. So I base mine on the qualities of these animals and therefore I think I’m going to be very different from any vampire or wolf, I hope anyway.
Fanhattan: Will we be able to pinpoint what comes from each specific animal?
Jay Ryan: I will be because I’ll be creating it, but I think the audience will almost have the same experience as the beast, so they’ll get to hear what he hears from miles away. They’ll be able to see his point of view. If we had smellovision, they’d be able to smell the scents too. We can’t go that far but we can imply and let the audience understand why this guy experiences.
Fanhattan: Have you thought about animals you haven’t used, that you’re saving for down the road?
Jay Ryan: I’m going to let that be dictated by what they write and find and animal that best suits the situation.
Fanhattan: Is this beast as much of a Jekyll and Hyde, does his personality really change?
Jay Ryan: I think it’s very Jekyll and Hyde. I think it’ll become very Jekyll and Hyde as we go because Vincent is this guy trying to reclaim his humanity and suppress this demon inside of him. He doesn’t like it, he wants to get rid of it but this demon eventually is forcing up over him so it’s like these two people fighting against each other.
Fanhattan: But as the beast, he’s still protective of Catherine, right?
Jay Ryan: No. The Beast, yes, has a connection. There is an element of danger with the Beast and Catherine though that he could attack her at any moment and we’re going to play with that in the series. So the beast is dangerous I believe. I think he has a serial killer quality to him and I think that Jekyll and Hyde thing is going to be a strong avenue for us to explore in the series.
Fanhattan: Will Vincent have a nemesis for Catherine’s affection?
Jay Ryan: Yes.
Fanhattan: Have we met him yet?
Jay Ryan: Yes, Max Brown, English actor who plays Evan, the forensic scientist. So Evan starts to find evidence of the beast and Catherine has to start lying about it. He thinks she’s seeing someone else but really she’s seeing the beast. Hebelieves it because he’s infatuated with her. Once he does find out about who Vincent really is and how he taps Catherine’s affections, it’s going to be a big triangle there, a dangerous triangle.
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I love this interview so much

好吧，我啃的好辛苦= =&&……好吧

其实想想jr还是幸运的，第一次在美国拍戏就拿到了主角。。

好喜欢他们啊~