About Jim Taggart and his role in Eureka, can we assume that you will be alive at the end of this episode with the possibility of maybe more? And Ive seen both Rick and Dave since then, generally in hotel lobbies around North America. Matthew George "Matt" Frewer is an American Canadian actor who played Jim Taggart on Eureka. 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. this December. So I arrived in L.A. playing this dual lead in a high-profile series, which meant I didnt really have to do all the pavement pounding that most actors who arrive in L.A. do. I liked the tension between heart and head with Leekie. Matt Frewer: I don't know, there - I guess all these things are kind of like - they're like house guests and, you know, some are unwanted and you can, you know, and you're quite happy to show them the door and other ones you, you know, you really long for them to come back and you mean it when you say please, you know, please anytime, the door . Matt Frewer is also a committed environmentalist and spokesperson for the Rainforest Action Network. Can I send it to you?, So I read it, and Im like, Oof, not good. But he says, Is there anything you want to play in there? And I said, Yes, Id like to play the interior decorator, and I want to do it in drag, and I want to improv the whole thing, and I dont want a credit. So theres this long pause, and then he goes, Okay. [Laughs.]. Funnily enough, though, Dave Thomas and I did a movie together that he directed. I guess that was when I first became aware of the sci-fi audience and how passionate and creative they actually are. The Man In The High Castle Saison 1, They were very nice people, and very caring of each other. [Laughs.] [Laughs.] MF: Great. 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[Laughs.] After becoming an international sensation as the purportedly computer-generated character known as Max Headroom, Frewer went on to numerous other film and television roles, including his own CBS sitcom, Doctor Doctor. Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. I was making them laugh and stuff. And who knows, maybe Ill come back. Tallest Peaks In The Laurentians, Flying Bison Name Generator, 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? Paul Goddard would've been an even better "insane Australian genius guy" character than Matt Frewer, though Scape fans would probably . In other words, theres kind of a division between the heart and the head. You know, you mention that, butI cant remember exactly how many episodes they did altogetherI think I did about 50 episodes myselfbut in the first season of it, I think they said, Ripped directly from the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! And then in the second season, it was based on the files, and then it was loosely based on the files, and then by the fourth season it was something along the lines of, This has nothing to do with anything approaching the files of the Office Of Scientific Investigation And Research! [Laughs.] I really like John Fawcett. also Kavan Smith is amazing i was just glad he joined the cast I think I was still in custody when the episode ended, so I guess Im still floating around the 24th century somewhere! world. box-shadow: none !important; And Rick Moranis and I spent a lot of time together and just had a hoot. Altice One Sign In, He and I had worked together on Steven Spielbergs Taken, and hes a really good director and a clever writer, too. Of course, nowadays any kid can do it on a laptop in five minutes. It was a comedy. So, yeah, that was a blast to do. But, yeah, Ive had the opportunity to do a lot of different stuff. border: none !important; [8], In 2009, Frewer portrayed the retired villain Moloch the Mystic in Watchmen[8] and appeared as the White Knight in the December 2009 Syfy two-part miniseries Alice, based upon Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was bizarre. [Laughs.]. MF: Okay, thats another one that[Hesitates.] I mean, how often does that happen? If I saw him today, I think wed pick up exactly where we left off. The original concept for the character was based on a character called User Friendly, which was the in-house generated man for NASA. Also, you can watch it on iTunes. His father was a hockey player who also served in the Army for 36 years. And once Id exhausted myself, he goes, Yeah, yeah. He was very analytical and cold until the paternal and somewhat confusing feelings for the original clone crash the party. Jim Iaccino: Cool And one final question about Jim Taggart and his role The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. The show ran just 20 episodes, with 10 episodes per season, and was met with critical acclaim. Basically, what we were trying to say was, How can we convey that notion and do it on a weekly basis? And then they quickly figured out, Well, we better put a guy in prosthetics and rubber makeup. That was me! Frewer had a semi-regular role on the science fiction series Eureka (2006-12) as Dr Jim Taggart, a veterinarian or glorified dogcatcher who is unleashed on a fictional Oregonian town whenever any sort of natural or unnatural creature needs to be captured. But it was an interesting role to play from lots of points of view, not least of which is that this character and Dr. ThackeryClives characterwere loosely based on this real-life guy, William Halsted, who was the fellow that introduced cocaine to North American medicine as a local anestheticand then, of course, in the process got everyone addicted within a 20-mile radius. MF: [Laughs.] Jonbenet Ramsey Family, Its strange material, though, isnt it? A lovely bunch of people, including Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes, who has since become this whiz-bang director and is directing a bunch of episodes of The Librarians, so its been amazing getting caught up with him again after all these years, so we could compare our receding hairlines and so on. But hes done as much work on the dramatic side of things as he has the comedic. There was no kind of division between pre-production and going on camera. Matt Frewer: Thanks Jim, thanks. What do I remember about Ishtar? I mean, there were some good episodes and some bad episodes, and I was on the receiving end of lots of mail from people saying, I have an alien in my back yard. MF: Yes, and I wasnt able to leave quickly enough. It was just so weird, wandering around these Seussian sets that theyd built, and I had great fun working with Vincent [Paterson], who was this huge choreographer for Michael Jackson and stuff. Matt Frewer: Oh thanks. When those things come together, bad things happen. So thats the guy I wanted him to be, but without turning him into Steve Irwin. These guys are amazing. Its about the ancient Greeks, and its pretty cool. .si-captcha-jetpack-error { color:#DC3232; } >_> -- Thanks, G. 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? And I think it's - it's going to do really well. Taggart (Matt Frewer) has "nanoids" that can heal wounds almost instantly, while Fargo (Neil Grayston) invented the "Mental Mouse," a device that links the human brain to a mainframe computer. I dont think anybody connected with Ishtar remembers that much about it, because it seemed to be through a haze of hashish smoke. Matt Frewer Takes Eureka to the Max. from Troy Rogers, deadbolt.com. Matt Frewer: Yeah, yeah, join the club. And theres frustration that comes with that. It was fun to work on it, though. A) Ive recently completed the first season of a series for Netflix called Altered Carbon. Its a futuristic thriller based on a cyberpunk novel of the same name. Max Headroom even hosted the 90-minute CBC television special opening the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. [Laughs.] 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. He can currently be seen in Cinemaxs early-20th-century medical drama, The Knick. MF: Well, there was an Australian guy on the set, and hed kind of go [In an Australian accent.] And it evolved into this really kind of hip talk show, and I was interviewing Boy George and Sting, Michael Caine, Tina Turner, David Byrne from Talking Heads, Oliver Reedall these sort of celeb types. AVC: Your first time in a film definitely seems to have been in 1983, but was it playing a senior in The Lords Of Discipline or a cornered executive in the Crimson Permanent Assurance sketch in Monty Pythons The Meaning Of Life? Jim Iaccino: Cool And one final question about Jim Taggart and his role The actor who portrays Taggart talks about his return to the SyFy series. External links And then that kind of segued into the ABC show. that the barrier of the rubber makeup provided a certain anonymity that Going in, I thought all that might be setup for some pretty massive revelations or a big twisty finale, but the connections were more subtle than that, with repeated lines and thematic links bridging the show with its past. show got canceled, I watched his sitcom "Doctor, Doctor", which I loved. Matt Frewer: Yeah, I think we're in a wait and see mode. I know, right? He reprised this role in the science fiction comedy film Pixels (2015). .tp-caption a{color:#E12328;text-shadow:none;-webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out;-moz-transition:all 0.2s ease-out;-o-transition:all 0.2s ease-out;-ms-transition:all 0.2s ease-out}.tp-caption a:hover{color:#E12328} And we both agreed that for Taggart's return that was the key to the thing was just to have fun with it and he definitely facilitated that. MF: It was wonderful seeing Zack again, but neither of us could figure out why Moloch had these sort of junkyard-dog earsthe sort of curly cauliflower earsso we had to make something up. Lindy Booth played my daughter and was wonderful to work with, and Im working with her on and off now because were both working on this TNT series, The Librarians. do ice core samples - take ice core samples in the Arctic so there you Drusilla Moorhouse: So how many episodes are you planning to be on or is We get to spend a lot of time together in the finale. "We are the network's golden child . So I did that, and then I got it, and I was still going, What the hell is this? [Laughs.] There I was, playing a dual lead in this high-profile series. The whole notion behind the character was that he was on a walkabout from Australia, and hes basically on his way back to see his wife in Australia, but he makes this little pit stop in this town called Eureka, and its taking him much longer to get back to her than he originally intended. The show finally gets right back to where it was just before the timeline jump, albeit with the places swapped. The perpetual second-in-command. Shogun 2 Unit Mods, Wild Pig Poop, your appearance on the preview at Comi-Con probably I think elicited the He's going to be coming back as Taggart this Friday. Oh, it was a blast to do. Tess Fontana") and Matt Frewer ("Taggart"). The trick is that you dont want to be 12 steps ahead of the audience. MF: Well, originally they wanted me for the villain in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and I went to meet the producers and director inI guess it was Montreal. And Nick Willing, the director, did a brilliant job on it. TVGuide.com: Max Headroom is low-tech? It was a really unusual and happy experience. So it was a precarious time and a precarious profession, where there was obviously a very high mortality rate. But it made the giant ant look like it was a real giant ant. Flying Bison Name Generator, But I've always been slightly embittered about computers because it was the only subject I failed at school. [Laughs.] It was great fun to do and like I said I'd love to do more of Matt Frewer: No. September 11 at 9:00 pm on Eureka. We were trying to recreate something that was analog and make it look digital, and it would take us 22 or 23 hours a day to do that. ga('create', 'UA-88282962-1', 'auto'); Taggart left Eureka for several years without saying goodbye toJo, which left their relationship on rough ground, he re-appeared in season 3 after spending some time with Zane in the Arctic Circle, drilling the largest core sample ever retrieved. And then Ive heard other people say, Oh, youre butchering it! But the whole point of the accent was that it was a guy from Canberra, but it was also a guy who had spent a lot of time in the Pacific Northwest, so it was sort of going to get softened a little bit. img#si_image_jetpack { border-style:none; margin:0; padding-right:5px; float:left; } MF: I think so. All the people on the show couldve had their own show. In 1987, an American series based upon the 1985 movie aired, titled Max Headroom (19871988). It was bizarre, but it was great fun. resident dog catcher, animal expert guy? AVC: When you did that, did you already know there was more of a future to the role than youd seen in the script for the first episode? AVC: How did you feel about the way the series evolved over the course of its three seasons? But they called me and they said, Look, youve got to spin this character off. Yes! [Laughs.] I want the credit! [Laughs.] [Laughs.] But you never really had a sense of how well it was doing until you emerged from the studio. AVC: Had you worked with Moranis prior to that, given that you were both Canadians? General Mansfield is an army general who frequently visits Eureka to check up on Government projects, or to enforce martial law when experiments get out of control. 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. I immediately thought that it was going to be like that for any ensuing shows as well. /* */ Though only 13 episodes aired, the audacious but physically vapid character - as performed by the square-jawed Frewer and enhanced by faux-computer-generated makeup - went on to become a pop culture phenomenon, appearing in science-fiction-themed feature films, talk shows, music videos and soft drink commercials. Matt Frewer: Yeah, so did I. I hope they have some chills and a titter or two. personally yourself believe in the paranormal or even aliens from outer Suzanne Lanoue: Hi Matt. And a clever end that neatly paid homage to the way the show began. " /> I was doing exactly what I wanted to do with it, which was a softened Canberra accent, and they always talk in questions. Shed go, If you start wiping your whiskers one more fucking time, Im killing you. And, of course, Id do it twice as much then! 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. if you can help out! I mean, I think my character disappeared to Neptune at the end, for fucks sake! Une Charogne, Baudelaire Ouverture, MF: [Laughs.] Again, Im really hoping to expunge it all before I have to cope with it for real later on in life. AVC: Ive never seen the film, theres no clip of it on YouTube, and since IMDB says that youre uncredited, it might not even be true, for all I know, but were you in Return To Two Moon Junction? But, yeah, that one was fun to do. He also gets upset when he found out that Jack Carter broke out of his hand built containment cage. It was a lot of fun. But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 . var gf_global = {"gf_currency_config":{"name":"U.S. I apologize to you for that, and I hope you weird characters and in a way you can kind of go yeah I can sort of see So it's got to make you feel wanted all the appreciation of everybody excited to see you on the thing. Thats never good when doctors have that crisis. Australia. The actor: Matt Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Ontario, and got his first acting breaks in the U.K. It was a really nice time on set with them. , [Laughs.] 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. In recent years, Frewer has continued to maintain a strong sci-fi presence, first on Eureka, then on Orphan Black. 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. Intern Academy, I think it was called. [Laughs.] Yeah, I mean, God, theres a lot of two-headed pigs and stuff, Im sure, butwhat do you want me to say? It was a long shoot, though. And some coped with it really well, and others didnt. 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. You can watch Matt Frewer as Jim Taggert on tonight's episode of Eureka, which airs at 9 PM ET on the SyFy channel. img.wp-smiley, Im actually talking to you from the Best Western Plus just outside of Vancouver, where Im filming it. Im surprised he still takes my calls! I love the scene in the desert with them and the buzzards. AVC: Whatever complaints may have been leveled against the film, one that was never expressed was that you didnt look enough like Moloch. season and I understood why that happened. It was great fun, because what would happen was that theyd come on the show under the understanding that they could pump their next film or most recent album in exchange for being roasted by Max. He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise. Its a real high-concept show, and long may it continue. The Eureka TV show was cancelled after five seasons. that the barrier of the rubber makeup provided a certain anonymity that Going in, I thought all that might be setup for some pretty massive revelations or a big twisty finale, but the connections were more subtle than that, with repeated lines and thematic links bridging the show with its past. season and I understood why that happened. Ducktales Fanfiction Louie And Della, This led to a series on the UK Channel 4 network with the Max Headroom character as a video jockey and interviewer. Considering how many shows have had all the time in the world to plan out their big finale and still failed horribly - I've got a few examples in mind, but let's focus on the positive here - it's remarkable that "Just Another Day" is more or less a complete success. But that was, you know, the technical demands of the Q) If you could describe Residue in three words what would they be? character and, you know, would love to keep on playing him. 3", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Frewer&oldid=1130410625, Episodes: "Hostile Takeover" and "Redemption in Blood", Episodes: "Take Elmyra Please" and "Grandma's Dead", Episode: "Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains", Episodes: "Hammer of the Gods" and "Two Minutes to Midnight", Episodes: "Today I Am a Witch" and "A Few Good Talismen", Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama, Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series, This page was last edited on 30 December 2022, at 01:32. Cream City Brick For Sale, The A.V. We shot that out in Morocco. The next 2 decades saw Frewer continue his eccentric characterizations, including a GEMINI AWARD-winning performance as Frederick Banting in the Canadian Children's television series Mentors in 1998, lead roles on PSI Factor, Taken, Intelligence, Da Vinci's Inquest (earning a second Gemini nomination for the latter), The Stand, and Alice, and supporting roles in the feature films Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Watchmen (2009), 50/50 (2011) and Three Days in Havana (2012). The actor who . Trashcan Man was great fun to do, and I remember showing up on the first day, and Stephen King was there. While it was bittersweet that Dr. Grant purchased the town, allowing Eureka to continue in our hearts (if not on TV), the tears came as Jack fell through the worm hole and experienced the. Well, unlikely roommates Josh, Sally and Aidan will return on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, when Syfy premieres Season . MF: I havent, but I keep waiting for it to show up in some sort of limited-edition run DVD package, because we did 40 episodes, which is certainly enough to put it out there. personally yourself believe in the paranormal or even aliens from outer Suzanne Lanoue: Hi Matt. Hes been a great friend and so loyal to me over the years. MF: Yeah, with Joe Johnston, a lovely guy. AVC: How did that casting decision come about? MF: It was great working with Beau Bridges and Ron Silver, God rest his soul. I know what youre wearing. But hes a lovely man and a hugely talented director. And that certainly happened with that character. The definition of bittersweet, I guess.". Matt Frewer: Oh wow, that's good to hear. Pros And Cons Of Living In Clovis, Ca, We call on all Markets such as Specialty Toy Stores, Educational Suppliers, National Toy Chains, Department Stores, Childrens Book, Clothing and Furniture Stores, Zoos, Nature Stores, Museums and Amusement / Theme Parks. width: 1em !important; Frewer was born in Washington, DC to Canadian parents, giving him dual citizenship, but he was raised in Peterborough, Ontario. Reserve the next gen Samsung deviceAll you need to do is sign up with your email and boom: credit for your preorder on a new Samsung device. He was a regular on Eureka during the series' first two seasons, playing Jim Taggart. I dont know. Because youve got to say that in TV! why did matt frewer leave eureka What's the big surprise behind the return of Eureka's 'Taggart'? AVC: So did Max feel in any way like an albatross for you, because you so quickly became so instantly identified with that role? [8][7], In 2018, Frewer portrayed Carnage in the Netflix series Altered Carbon. [Laughs.]. Pat Battle Pebble Beach, We may earn a commission from links on this page. AVC: Has there been any talk of you reprising the role? Matthew Frewer, actor, writer (b at Washington, DC 4 Jan 1958). MF: No, I didnt, unfortunately. I loved working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was lovely in the role, and Phil [Baker Hall], who was my other cancer friend. 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. Also, you can watch it on iTunes. AVC: Its one of those films that seems ripe for reevaluation. Its very rare that its sort of a clumsy accident like that. display: inline !important; }catch(d){console.log("Failure at Presize of Slider:"+d)} Jim Iaccino: Okay. Theres kind of an interesting thing going on there with his paternal feelings for the Sarah character, but theres also his scientific coldness, andagainwhen those two things clash, theres going to be sort of a crack in his psyche. [Laughs.] div#si_captcha_input { display:block; padding-top:15px; padding-bottom:5px; } [11] He has appeared in several adaptations of Stephen King stories, such as The Stand,[8] Quicksilver Highway, Riding the Bullet, Desperation and Bag of Bones. And I definitely felt that way about something I just completed, the Primetime Articles & Interviews Page. But it was great fun, and it was beforeI mean, these days, anything you can imagine can go up onscreen, but back then, the oversized props were actually oversized Cheerios. input#si_captcha_code_input { width:65px; } But to get the role that really broke his career wide open, he had to travel 20 minutes into the future. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, thoughI have very fond memories of that. [Laughs.] MF: I think it was Cornered Executive. Have one more coffee! It was really fun. [14], Frewer has been married to Amanda Hillwood since 1984. MF: That was my first of many forays down the Mick Garris road. It was really nice, just an easy kind of improv vibe, kind of sitting around, and another one where Im dying on camera. That was still pretty early days for him behind the camera. He is best known as face and voice of the iconic 1980s artificial personality Max Headroom as seen on The Max Headroom Show as well as a series of commercials for Coca Cola. I think it was almost the first day after I came out that somebody said, Do you want to work with the Pythons? I said, Yeah, of course! But I wouldve said yes to anything. And, by the way, I think we sold two whole cases of the stuff! When that Suzanne Lanoue: I was so mad when they canceled it. Lets hope Eureka does too. Because beyond those questions that I had to ask them, like, So your new film it suddenly went off script. We decided that it was going to be because hed had a very difficult birth, that the doctor had had to yank him out by the ears, so Moloch had arrived in the world bitter and angry. Australia. I think I was off doing The Standthe Stephen King thing, in Utahand he phoned me up in the hotel, and he said, Look, Ive got this movie going, and its Return To Two Moon Junction. on Twitter, Share What's the big surprise behind the return of Eureka's 'Taggart'? Theyre slowly but surely killing her. [Laughs.] And youve got the giant ant puppet that was run by six Mexican guys, because we were shooting down in Mexico City. There I was on the cover of Newsweek, and then the show was canceled. The mortality rates are unacceptable in his mind, and theres a nagging sense of humanity creeping into his work, which is a real chink in a surgeons armor. [8] He also appeared as Trashcan Man in the television miniseries The Stand. label#si_captcha_code_label { margin:0; } Zo Bedos Biography, I mean, we were all hanging out together, and it was fantastic meeting them. 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