For veteran actor Matthew Del Negro, Showtime’s “City on a Hill” was a return to his roots.
The 48-year-old Dale Negro quoted the Post as saying, “It’s good for me because I’m reuniting Boston in the early ’90s – I stayed at Boston College from ’90 to ’94, so it’s a little bit It’s a homecoming. ”
Now moving into its second season (until 10 pm on Sunday, March 28), the crime drama is set in the 1990s criminal justice system in Boston, centered around assistant DA Duressy Ward (Aldis Hodge), Trying to improve the bureaucracy with corruption and sluggish FBI agent Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon), which is not governed at all by the book.
Dale Negro, who has been regularly relegated to the series for season 2, plays Chris Cassen, Sergeant of the Youth Violence Strike Force – or gang. While season 1 centered around bank robbers in Boston’s neighborhood Charlestown, season 2 focuses on a federal housing project in Roxbury that is full of drug violence and residents who mistrust law enforcement.
Del Negro said, “I am the sergeant of the gang unit, and there is a lot this season.” “There are incidents in the real world that occurred last year that make us feel like we are treating them a little too much: policing, race relations. This is indeed a great quality to show. It is character-driven, but also deals with some real issues. But this happens through the lens of a period piece, so it is slightly more accessible. ”
To prepare for the role, Del Negro did extensive research, including watching documentaries such as “fallen” And “Flint Town,” Riding with the police and spending time talking to former detective friends.
“That was really important, because you’re not only getting a chance to play a job game, you’re actually meeting these people and listening to their sense of humor and what they do and how they get it , Get the distinction of this, “said. “To every one of them I talked to, I ask, ‘How do you move forward when you have a very hard day on the job?” And for the gang unit, they would say that their job is to get guns out of the streets. If you can do that, it’s a very specific task – you’re going to lose a lot of fights, but hopefully win the overall battle.
“For me it was consistent with being an actor, where there are a lot of rough days where you go to audition and don’t get a role. How will you keep that hope and the overall vision and purpose? So it’s a The jumping off point was because you can see how easy it would be for these people to get overwhelmed. “
The prolific actor is known to appear in the host of iconic shows including “The Sopranos,” “Scandal,” “West Wing,” Teen Wolf, “and” Chicago Fire. “Although many are in the crime genre, they have a counter to it. Not a special attraction, he said.
“I’m interested in now that I’m able to play roles in that world – I think I’m probably cast on the basis that maybe I have a certain body type that puts me in that world, but I didn’t do that Is. Seek it. Really, the thing that will inspire me is that you can find great content and great collaborators, no matter what you are. “
Del Negro also starred in his performance. A podcast called “10,000 Nos” Where he interviewed several stars of his “City on a Hill” including Kevin Bacon.
“Kevin sat down with me, and this episode will arrive this Friday, just before the second season premieres. ‘10,000 NOs’ means that you have to overcome a lot of rejection where you’re going. “
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