Jonathan Tucker said that his stint on HBO’s “Westworld” ignited his interest in taking a deep dive into a new genre.
“I love sci-fi, and I haven’t done it in a meaningful way,” said 38-year-old Tucker.
Because of which he got his new NBC show “Debris,” (Monday at 10 pm), a play from JH Wyman, the executive producer of “Fringe”. The story centers on two agents investigating an alien spacecraft that has landed on Earth, scattering debris – including strange carcasses – including corpses – between which it comes into contact. .
Tucker said, “I could only play like ‘Westworld’ in that world.”
“Contact” is one of my favorite movies. I loved all the original ‘Twilight Zone’, and I loved ‘Black Mirror’. They have been informative for the ‘wreck,’ “he said. “And I went back and saw ‘The X-Files’, which is really the dynamic between Grip and those two characters. [Scully and Mulder] Is very successful. “
Like the “X-Files”, the agents of “Wreck” are an odd-couple duo with different sensations: Finola Jones (Rian Steele) of M16, an idealist who thinks that the other qualities of Wreck are due to humanity Might be able to help, and CIA agent Brian Beneventi (Tucker), an ex-Marine vet who fears what alien technology might do in the wrong hands.
“One of the things that is fun for the audience of this show, and for me and my co-star Ryan, we are responding to things that are totally brilliant and other than that – but here on earth is a very Great experience, ”Tucker said.
“I was interested in the backstory for Brian, a former Marine Special Forces based out of Afghanistan, and gives that character some traumas – especially where Brian has to understand that empathy and vulnerability are assets to succeed in the team. Are. Story. “
While the sci-fi genre may be new to him, a character with an intense backstory is familiar territory for Tucker. In addition to “Westworld” (he played the role of military officer Major Craddock, one of the show’s robots “in Futuristic Park”) and movies such as “Hostage”, he is known for playing live-wire characters who commit crimes Bring unexpected energy. -dramas such as “justified,” “city on a hill” and “state.”
“I think everyone is a lot less boring than they think, and everyone has a story to tell,” he said. “And I’m excited about being on a network. I’m doing all this cable work and sometimes it can be hard to find and watch people – so the idea of coming to a big stage was great. “
As “Wreck” moves forward this season, Tucker said it will balance its sci-fi concept with human questions.
“What is meaningful for us on the show is that alien technology – while exciting – is a drain for us to ask the big questions about humanity and who we are on Earth. Let me talk to a NASA astronaut We had the opportunity, and the things we were talking about were, ‘What changes when you come home, what does that look like through that new lens?’ You go somewhere, see something, or know about something new and the biggest change is within your heart and how you experience the life you were living before presenting that new experience.
“We are asking the question, ‘If you know that there is intelligent life there, how does it change your experience on earth?” Do you hold your children differently, do you call your mother more, do you buy expensive bottles of wine?
“Those are some of the issues we’re trying to shake.”
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