Learning the lines day in day out can be tough, but that’s the job. You just gotta do it, with no time to stress or overthink. This, however, while a challenge, can in fact be freeing. In between scenes you don’t necessarily have time to breathe and prepare as you're being rushed through make up and costume changes and then you’re on to the next one. This means you don't get much time to anticipate or reflect. Often a day can be more than 10/20 pages, all of which you have to get done before the day is out. When you're working on a feature film, a day can be spent focusing on 2 or 3 pages. The main challenge was the sheer amount we had to get done. What are the challenges and the highs that you experienced during filming? Didn't have time to become a god tier computer programmer unfortunately. But in this case, it was the history of the CIA and broader American history and foreign policy. What motivates them, what they’re scared of, where do they come from etc etc etc. Usually the process for getting your head inside any character is similar. How was it to get into your character’s psyche? How was that process like? We can't be surprised when these things inevitably come back to haunt us. We've seen illegal wars, we've seen disproportionate response, we've seen the toppling of democratically elected leaders, we've seen our country selling arms to deplorable regimes that use them against civilians. A broader answer would be that Joe's frustration with American foreign policy and politics, and the UKs for that matter, resonates with me. When you make a show like this you shoot all the episodes out of order and I’d rather pull my own teeth than sit down and watch myself for hours on end. Which episode resonated with you the most and why?Īgain, a slightly difficult question to answer. I also am one of those actors who doesn't take much pleasure watching his own work, and so I’m afraid i don't know any of the quotes off the top of my head. I'm afraid these quotes were different on the scripts than the ones that ended up being used in the show. Do you remember any of these quotes/ episode titles and if you do, do you have a particular favorite among them? I always forget everyone else’s story lines!Įach episode title is a part of a quote. Oh god, I'm the worst at summing up shows in a succinct way. How would you describe the show to those who haven’t seen it yet and what’s unique about the show?
While Season 1 was far more kinetic, season 2 is more psychological. What does season 2 have in store for the audience? Sometimes you've got to do a bad thing to stop a worse thing from happening. Once Joe enters the field himself, he releases that things unfortunately are not that simple and real life consequences make tough real world decisions less binary and far more complicated and nuanced. His idealistic position is one that has been formulated in relative safety of the classroom or round the dinner table, benefiting with the benefit of hindsight. While this is definitely a cathartic way of thinking, its also highly unrealistic, ineffective and actually unachievable. He has that youthful instinct to want to burn the broken system down, as he sees it, and rebuild. I think when you first meet Joe, he has a strong idealistic streak verging on naivety. This sort of connects to the first question. How would you describe Joe Turner’s evolution throughout the seasons of the show? Just take a look at the CIAs involvement in South America during the 20th century. I think a lot of people recognize that America has done business with the world, often using underhand and forceful tactics to ensure economic success at home. I think a lot of viewers identify with the this. In season 1 Joe finds himself complicit in this self-perpetuating system, and therefore reinforcing it. When it comes to terrorism, which is Joes area, perhaps work to treat the source of the problem, as opposed to bombing the shit out of the symptoms. Joe believes, as i do for that matter, that what goes around comes around. Joe recognizes America's economic success partly comes at the price of the suffering of others who are out of sight and out of mind. I think the writers did a very good job with instilling conflict into Joe.
What’s the best part about playing Joe Turner?
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