[VIDEO] On set with the stars of “Killjoys”

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INTERVIEW! KILLJOYS Wayward Soldier Luke Macfarlane Talks Level 6 & D’avin’s Challenges!

14/07/2016

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Killjoy newbie and recent Red 17 Immune Arkyn abductee, D’avin, has had WAY TOO MANY terrible, horrible, and very bad days! And, the outlook for season two doesn’t look to call for many Sunny and 70’s experiences. Seriously folks, the Killjoys universe gets a lot bigger this year.

“Being level six does not mean you are an asshole”

Luke Macfarlane was careful not to spoil too much, but did reveal a few choice hints on what fans can expect. “I think what we can tease is…we learn a lot more about what a level 6 is and that it’s not as simple, as good and evil as we originally thought. What makes a level six that becomes a big story point. The actual physical make up of a level six. Being level six does not mean you are an asshole. You learn a lot more about it and that has been around for a very long time. They have some evil plans.”

“The first episode is really action packed. Insane. There was no easy episode. The action this season comes in all different shapes and sizes. Because the story is so dense, there isn’t really anything that not significant. Anything that is brought up about a character, or a prop get pulled back in.

“Humor Drama and Pain are very close to each other.”

KILL109_DuoThis season was a challenge for the cast. “The lighting shift scenes from violence and then right into humor and then into pain.It’s hard to know how to play it. “Humor Drama and Pain are very close to each other.”

When asked to describe this season in one word, Luke thoughtfully replied, “Family. I think we learned last year what it means to love each other. This year it is more about what we can bear. How much weight we can take on. How much we can understand each other and still stick together. The three of us – we challenge each other a lot. This year D’avin is with two people he cannot control an it has opened him in a very deep way.”

“I like the masculinity of Davin.”

KILL2_DavinAngryLuke appreciates D’avin’s temperament and straight forward personality. “I am really grateful to get into a character like Davin. I like the masculinity of Davin. His ideas and who he thinks he is. D’avin often reacts first from his gut than his head. And, that is something that I as a person I don’t do. I over think things a lot.”

In closing, Luke revealed his favorite episode. “I am looking forward to five because it is a John episode. I want to see how it all turns out.It’s John’s big episode.”

Killjoys airs Friday’s at 9 pm, only on Syfy! Tweet with us @nicegirlstv & @PxlWvr as we live tweet each episode.  Check out our earlier interview with Hannah John-Kamen , Aaron Ashmore! Need more Killjoys? Read all our coverage here!

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Killjoys’ Aaron Ashmore & Luke Macfarlane Talk New Big Bads & Uneasy Alliances

14/07/2016

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Steve Wilkie/Syfy/Killjoys II Productions Limited

On last week’s episode of Killjoys our favorite space bounty hunting trio finally made their way back to Old Town. They found about what you’d expect from a town that was recently bombed, but there were some surprises for the team, notably a new big bad named Liam Jelco (Pascal Langdale). The Company officer looks like he’s ready to cause all kinds of problems for the Killjoys and Pawter (Sarah Power), the good doctor who actually was left behind at Jelco’s compound. As if that wasn’t enough to deal with, the trio also found themselves in a reluctant alliance with the very much not dead Turin (Patrick Garrow) to get to the bottom of the corruption in the RAC .

How will that alliance go given the team’s somewhat contentious relationship with Turin? Just how worried should we be about Jelco and what he has planned for the Westerlyns? In part two of our exclusive interview with Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlane, the men behind the Jaqobis brothers, give us some of those answers. Ashmore also discusses some upcoming complications that could get between John and Pawter’s burgeoning relationship.

The TV Junkies: At the end of the second episode we learn that you guys are going to work with Turin to take down the RAC? What’s that involve and can we really trust him?

Aaron Ashmore: Turin, and Patrick who plays him, are so good that you just love to hate him because he’s such a jerk, but he is trustworthy. We start to realize that and work with him in certain ways.

Luke Macfarlane: Turin is one of those really funny characters where we were all like ‘there’s something up with you! You’re suspicious!’ So as characters we all love to ride him and make fun of him all the time, but we’ll discover that ultimately he’s very useful and actually quite loyal and friendly to us.

TTVJ: In Episode 2 we’re introduced to another big bad in Liam Jelco. Besides being the “dickiest dick who’s ever dicked,” what can you tell us about Jelco and how the team will butt heads with him this season?

AA: He’s probably one of the most interesting new characters we get to see on the show. Again, like many of the characters you don’t exactly know where he’s coming from–how good, how bad, how impartial. I think the actor Pascal who plays him does a fantastic job because by the end of Episode 2, when we’re in his office, he almost has this light air to him, but by the end we see him flip over to be incredibly dark and incredibly bad. People are going to really love to hate this character. He’s a great new bad guy.

LM: And such a fantastic actor! Really wonderful.

AA: But in real life he’s such a gentleman and nice guy. I just had a baby and he came by and dropped off spaghetti sauce and pasta. He’s genuinely a nice guy, but boy can he play a jerk!

LM: He is not nice to the people of Old Town!

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Syfy/Bell Media

TTVJ: John and Pawter seem to be getting closer and closer. Will that continue and will her family cause any complications for them?

AA: Yes. That’s what the Nine do right? The Nine are constantly causing complications. In this world they are the wealthy ones and have all the power, and much like real life, are the ones causing most of the issues. We do get to see more of Pawter and her backstory. We learned at the end of Season 1 that she’s a pretty, pretty princess and one of the Nine. We see those dynamics of her interacting with her family and see a little bit more about the Nine as well. So far we’ve only scratched the surface with Delle Seyah (Mayko Nguyen), but we get to see a whole other side of the Nine and a whole other family, which is Pawter’s family.

TTVJ: One of the things that’s fun in Season 2 is we start to explore more of the other characters and their backstories as you said. Have there been any revelations about anyone that really surprised you?

AA: Thom’s [Allison, Pree] stuff in the first couple of episodes is fantastic. We get to see his darker, more dangerous side, which who knew existed? We get to see more of Pawter and her backstory, but also more of Alvis (Morgan Kelly) which is really interesting. One of the things I really enjoyed about the first season, and found very intriguing, was the religious aspect of what was happening in the Quad and we get to explore that more through Alvis. I think people will really enjoy that.

What do you think of the alliance with Turin and what kind of trouble will Jelco cause? Sound off with your thoughts in the comments below! Be sure to check out Part 1 of our interview with Ashmore and Macfarlane.

Killjoys airs Fridays at 9p.m. ET on Syfy and Space Channel.

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Killjoy V Killjoy: Aaron Ashmore Interviews Luke Macfarlane

08/07/2016

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At the end of the first season of Killjoys, it looked like the band might be breaking up as their newest member, D’avin, was banished to Arkyn before he could even send his bounty hunting pals so much as a text message. The plot twist alarmed actor Luke Macfarlane, who wondered if his character might be about to get killed off the show. Luckily, rescue awaited him, but not before D’av was subjected to green goo-filled spa days—an immersion therapy made all the more relaxing with a crew of camera guys watching. If you want to hear more of Macfarlane’s take on the second season of Killjoys (including how to play the newly invented Killjoys drinking game) check out this Killjoy v Killjoy clip in which he’s interviewed by co-star Aaron Ashmore.

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Killjoys’ Aaron Ashmore & Luke Macfarlane Tease an Upcoming Rift

07/07/2016

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Steve Wilkie/Syfy/Killjoys II Productions Limited

The Killjoys are officially back and after that action-packed premiere episode, dare we say better than ever? The space adventure series following three bounty hunters wasted no time jumping right back into things as Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) and John (Aaron Ashmore) successfully rescued D’avin (Luke Macfarlane) on Arkyn from the maybe not so evil clutches of Khlyen (Rob Stewart). Seemingly unaffected by the Level 6 green goo, D’avin is back on board the Lucy with his team as they prepare to head back to Old Town and see what remains after the Company bombing last season.

In order to get a better idea about team dynamics after the reunion and what lies ahead in Season 2, The TV Junkies recently chatted exclusively with Ashmore and Macfarlane. In the first part of that interview, the actors discuss D’avin’s role on the team this season and how the team may be affected by his changing viewpoint on Khlyen. Then stay tuned next week and come on back for the second part of this interview.

The TV Junkies: As a viewer it was so much fun to get those first few episodes and jump right back into this world. I have to imagine you guys felt the same way, but were there any new challenges with coming back for Year 2?

Aaron Ashmore: There’s not really challenges, but there’s expectations that you want to make things bigger and better, entertain people and keep everybody hooked. That first episode though the script was so cool, so big and with so much action that I feel like we achieved that.

Luke Macfarlane: That’s always the big fear, ‘how do we make it more exciting? How do we up the ante?’

TTVJ: A lot of Season 1 saw D’avin trying to figure out how he fits into the trio, but now that they’ve rescued him he seems to be feeling much better about his role. Is it safe to say at the start of Season 2, after they’ve rescued him, that the team is stronger than they’ve ever been?

LM: I think that’s fair to say, but as the season goes on it does fracture in more unique and unexpected ways. As far as D’avin and his insecurities around being such a jerk about fitting in, he becomes much more confident in his role with both his brother and with Dutch. That was such a propelling theme last year–‘What do we do about D’avin?’–and I think he got better.

AA: I think as distant as we were towards the end of last season because of some of the things that happened–D’avin’s switch being thrown and putting us in a very weird place–the fact that we thought we may have lost him, and then we get him back, automatically bonds us. There’s no questions about his loyalty or how we feel about him because we were willing to risk everything to get him back. Once we do, that in itself just solidifies this team together … for now, until things change.

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Steve Wilkie/Syfy/Killjoys II Productions Limited

TTVJ: Michelle [Lovretta, showrunner] has said that she wanted to give D’avin some hope and not be so hard on that character. Do you find that to be true in Season 2 and is he playing nicer with others?

LM: He’s definitely playing nicer with others. I think it’s funny though because Michelle also said she enjoys letting D’avin get the shit kicked out of him. He’s definitely the guy that gets punched in the face a lot, gets goop blasted in his face and he ends up in a lot of bathtubs filled with things. He’s not as poor at integrating socially, but he certainly takes his fair share of hits. Michelle really relishes beating D’avin up a bit, but I enjoy it too.

TTVJ: D’avin seems to have realized that Khlyen may not be the big bad enemy they thought he was. Will John and Dutch soon start to see this point of view as well?

AA: That’s a huge part of the second season is trying to figure out who Khlyen is and how he fits into everything. Obviously it’s more complicated than we first thought so it’s a really big part of it. It will take us awhile to figure that out, especially for Dutch because her feelings are so complicated and tied into this guy that it takes us awhile to figure that out.

TTVJ: Luke, you and Rob were so good in those scenes in the premiere. Can we expect more D’avin and Khlyen goodness to come now that Khlyen seems to have him on his side?

LM: Rob and I got to work together quite a few times this season which was really nice. He’s still essentially Dutch’s “father,” but I’m the first person to identify that maybe he’s not what he seems. We definitely get some great stuff to do together. In fact there’s a really fun “Freaky Friday” Rob and Luke episode which involves me looking at a lot of Rob’s scenes and doing a lot of Rob impressions.

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Steve Wilkie/Syfy/Killjoys II Productions Limited

TTVJ: We’ve heard there may be some tension between Dutch and John this season. What will that be like?

AA: That’s the big thing for John this season–how does he feel about what’s going on in this world? Being a killjoy means you have to be impartial to everything. You have to fill the warrant and that’s it. You can’t pick a side and that becomes very difficult for John. He wants to help people and as a killjoy he’s not allowed. So he starts to examine that to see if he still wants to be a killjoy and obviously that plays out with his relationships with Dutch and D’av. It gets complicated as we move forward and try to figure out how this team is going to work, if we’re all going to stick together, if we can all stick together. It gets interesting.

Are you enjoying Killjoys Season 2? Does this talk of changing team dynamics have you worried? Sound off with your thoughts in the comments below!

Killjoys airs Fridays at 9p.m. ET on Syfy and Space Channel.

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[PRESS] “The Night Shift” & “Killjoys”

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Cast Of Syfy’s ‘Killjoys’ Discuss Higher Stakes Of Season 2

27/06/2016

Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlane recently chatted with press about the second season of Syfy’s “Killjoys,” promising more challenges for the crew, and shared how they’ll cope with the chaos gripping the Quad.  ( Syfy )

On Syfy’s Killjoys, the stakes are higher than ever as the series goes into its second season.

The Quad is on the brink of an interplanetary war, and although the crew of Lucy, as bounty hunters, have sworn to remain neutral in events, their histories just might not let them do that. Can they deal with the sins of their pasts to save their futures?

The stars of Killjoys — Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlane — recently spoke to press about what fans can expect in the show’s second season and also talked about the pressure that comes with following up on its excellent first season.

Within their organization, Killjoys rise in rank through levels. One in particular remains a mystery: Level 6. Although we’ve seen hints of what a Level 6 Killjoy is, it still remains an enigma. Now that D’Avin (Macfarlane) has reached that level, though, will we finally learn more about it?

“You know, I remember being very concerned about it,” Macfarlane said. “Oh, what are we going to do with my character? Finally, I’m in Level 6. So, I think what we can tease is that we learn a lot more about what a Level 6 is. That it’s not as simple and it’s not as good and evil as we originally thought. I think I’ll also tease by saying it’s what makes the Level 6 that becomes a big story point, the actual physical sort of makeup of a Level 6, that becomes a big clear point.”

So, what can fans expect during Killjoys‘ second season? The cast spoke about that, including moments they’re excited for fans to see.

“Well, definitely I think this season, what fans definitely need to expect is the world is a lot bigger,” said John-Kamen. “And we just discovered Arkyn, and with that comes really, really awesome new and exciting characters.”

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Although fans have seen some of Dutch’s past, John-Kamen hinted that more of her backstory will soon become relevant.

“We’ll be seeing so much more of her past come to life and that’s the real battle — that Dutch herself [struggles] with what’s good and what’s evil,” she said.

John-Kamen also promises that fans will soon see a different side of Khlyen.

“So with Khlyen and Dutch, it’s really obviously [a] very complicated, conflicted relationship, because he’s the guy that she just wants to hate,” she said. “And obviously, at the end of season one, he’s taken D’Avin away. And we know that he has. But definitely with Khlyen, there’s going to be more of an understanding of why he’s done what he did — why he’s done what he’s done in the past. And I think for an audience member as well, it’s going to be a bit harder to just see Khlyen as the bad guy, I mean there’s more understanding of his character.”

Ashmore spoke about the changes the show will see in its second season, especially with the challenges the team overcame in season one.

“I think on some level — even though we sort of explore the team sort of being pulled apart in the first season and this world sort of being torn apart, we really continue with that and sort [out] what that’s going to look like and how is our team going to stick together through all these insane things that are about to happen to them,” he said.

Season one saw a lot of character growth, particularly for D’Avin.

“I think, for D’Avin, I think, his relationship to both of them is defined by this acceptance that you can’t kind of control people,” Macfarlane said. “Because I think his whole life leading up to (inaudible), he can control people, whether that’s violence or over sex. And here, he’s with two people that he can’t control and it’s open, kind of softens him in a very deep way that can make relationships deeper.”

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Following up a successful first season brings with it a lot of challenges, as well as pressure.

“I think, for me as an actor, I mean this and season one as well, taking on a role that is, it requires a lot of emotional strengths, a lot of physical strengths,” John-Kamen said. “And suddenly for this season the stakes are higher and especially with other characters you should love and [be] close to. And so I think — I think this season with stakes being raised so high, I find the emotional strengths that the character has and trying to hide it as well. So it’s that — it’s that conflict within Dutch. It’s yes, that was very tough for me this season.”

Ashmore agreed.

“I think, yes Hannah, you’re right about this, sort of … what I think is really difficult about this, doing the show — and I think you touched on it, Hannah — are the stakes,” he said. “There are no scenes. There’s no time where we’re just kind of sitting around and it’s just chill and it’s really conversational. It’s always — and as much as it keeps the tone of it, fun and moving in that — it’s very fast-paced like there’s always so much going on in these scenes, there’s always tons of information, there’s tons of emotional stuff in every scene, in every episode.”

Killjoys returns to Syfy on July 1 at 9 p.m. EDT.

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Luke Macfarlane and Rob Stewart on the New Dynamics of Season 2

06/06/2016

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(Photo credit: Steve Wilkie/Syfy)

In part four of our Killjoys set visit interviews, Luke Macfarlane and Rob Stewart talk about the complex new dynamics of Season 2, and how every character’s story influences the others. Macfarlane mentions that D’avin learns what makes him unique to the team this year. He also discusses his character’s PTSD and it being realistically portrayed via sci-fi. Ready to learn more of Khlyen’s backstory? Stewart tells us we will, but you will have to tune in to the season to learn more. Our final interview is coming up, so check back with us in a few days for that!

Knowing Khlyen is behind a whole lot of this stuff D’avin and Dutch have had to experience, is there this ongoing tension when you guys are on set?

Luke Macfarlane: It’s interesting why the show does this successfully and we continue things in the second season. The question of what is an enemy? What is something we’re afraid of and constantly trying to figure out? When is a father figure a bad person or when is he good, what does it mean to discipline or support your child, when are you just a bad person? D’avin is someone usually very principled until he meets his brother and Dutch, he follows the order of the code, so [Khlyen’s] very confusing to me.

Rob Stewart: I think you’re right but we definitely explore that in a much deeper way in the second season. As an actor opposed to the character, in the first season I only got to work with Dutch, which was great and we create this wonderful relationship, very confusing for both of us as none of us knew what was going to happen next. But when I first got to work with Luke, that was more me as an actor, this is a fun, new dynamic and change to be complex. Some of the things we have had a chance to do, to create the respect for my little girl’s boyfriend, sounds ironic and diminishing, but there is a sense of respect. All those things he says ironically, there’s a sense of giving him credit for that. For me as an actor, working with Luke was a real fun challenge and to create a new complex relationship that will confuse that.

Should we read into that then, that your guys are together and still shooting Episode 6?

Rob: It’s alphabetical! Makes no sense. We don’t know why they did this…

For Khlyen going after D’avin was as much about hurting Elena as it was about the larger mythology, where do we find him this season?

Rob: I’m going to correct you from saying hurting. As I’m not entirely sure as there’s still parts of Khlyen that I’m still in the dark on. I’m a fan of the show and read the scripts like a fourteen-year-old nerd so I think hurt would be disingenuous of me to say. I would say help. Even though I do everything horrible to her. It’s a father-daughter relationship that’s very complicated and I do tough things.

Luke, after playing the husband in Brothers and Sisters and then the Night Shift, D’avin is a different character, at the time did you think about being typecast and how have you settled into this role?

Luke: It’s also interesting as you never know what roles are going to pop up. I think as most actors, your eager to try something totally different. I loved Scotty and then Captain Rick in The Night Shift but we love to try different things. I think there was a part of me eager to play somebody more physical in their lives and in the last four or five years that’s what was more interesting to me. I’m very excited to have action in my repertoire now.

How have you settled into your role?

Luke: The weird thing with Brothers and Sisters, I did 100 episodes of that character so it’s always about figuring it out with every passing episode. I feel incredibly settled and firm in who he is through this season. It’s away a fun thing to convince people when they recognize you from something else.

Are we going to see D’avin as a character go beyond his tortured mind back to his more confident self?

Luke: Very much so, that was a piece of storytelling in the first season, they had a relationship so something had to come along and mess that up. This time they are more of a triad. We are all really needing of each other. For me, talking to the writers about it, how am I necessary to the group, what do I bring to it? Obviously I’m a fighter and strong, but Dutch can beat up anybody, so how am I different? John is the tech guy and the great friend. So this year, D’avin has discovered what is special about him and it’s a big point where he figures out this thing that now has makes him necessary and special to the group.

Your character has PTSD, is that something you are looking to explore more, what have you done to study that?

Luke: I have a couple friends who are former veterans and they said “You can’t tell PTSD in the future, in the sci-fi world.” Maybe because it would somehow be irreverent and not be realistically portrayed in a contemporary setting. But this show actually stripped away everything and made it about the trauma, the way we cope and being violent and hypersexual. These are all things I discovered as there is a need to create conflict and embrace it as it feels real. This was interesting to me. I seem to constantly keep playing characters who have PTSD.

Brothers and Sisters seemed to touch on that too, how do you articulate that narrative of the genre plays rather than the traditional drama?

Luke: I think what I was trying to say is that in sci-fi we get to strip away everything and don’t have the constraints, we can go very big with it. I think it’s interesting as we didn’t know it was PTSD at first then we had to look at the symptoms more, rather than the cause as much.

Rob, with each layer that gets peeled away with Khlyen, it’s like you have played five or six characters inhabiting Khlyen, what is the core of the character that exists in all those different iterations?

Rob: Love. It’s Khlyen. I can’t claim to be the one who figured that out. That was Michael Nankin in 106 who gave me that note. It was brilliant and changed the whole tenor of it. I always had that as I had a son and taught him how to sword fight since he was three years old. We have a lot of similarities, apart from the bad parts. So when I started work the first time, it wasn’t with Hannah, it was with the eight-year-old so all the paternal stuff comes out. No matter what the scenario, there’s a child with those eyes looking at you so all the paternal stuff comes out, you would be a stone if it didn’t. I think it was always there as any father would have that response. Then we did 106 and it sparked that whole thing. Even when we had that fight in 110, all those things I keep as my base, then I twist it and knot it up with bizarre things, but that’s the base for me.

Luke: It’s funny as we move into the second season, I think D’avin was the first person to see that in a way Dutch can’t. It’s like when you go “Mum! God, you’re so annoying” but actually it’s like, “Your Mum has a point.”

It could explain why Khlyen didn’t kill off D’avin right away, but he didn’t have any hesitation to kill off her first husband.

Rob: Because of that, yeah. That whole fear and apprehension of losing Dutch for all those years because of his rash action. He doesn’t want to make that mistake again. If anything he has learned very quickly and is devious and whatever his bigger goals are he’s going to be a lot more cunning about it. 201 is one of the best scripts I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. When we did the table read I felt like I was at a rock concert, so much energy, it’s such a good script.

Do we get to see any more of Khlyen’s backstory?

Rob: We do, that’s new to me. I heard that when I was getting prepped for this. We have to get the do’s and don’ts of what to say and what not to say. I just found that out extremely recently and so I’m really excited. I don’t know how deeply or in what way. I don’t even know what it is, I’m in the dark.

And you wouldn’t say even if you knew…

Rob: I wouldn’t be able to say but I would tell you I know with a smile on my face, all smug and Khlyen like, but that’s not the case.

After the cruelty and brutality of Season 1 and where they left things with Dutch and D’avin, is there a possibility he may want to pursue romance with her again or is that off the table?

Luke: It’s interesting, I know a lot of people thought it was a romantic triangle but I never saw it like that. It was like the PTSD conversation, she was there, she has it too, and it was a very confusing, wanting to bond or be a part of it. Or envious of whatever John has with Dutch. He thinks why he can’t be close with a woman like that. That was his way of trying to figure that out. In a weird way they almost need to get that over with. In Season 2 it’s a deeper sort of intimacy that doesn’t involve sex. Whether that’s romance, I don’t know, but it’s a different way to come to understand each other, I think deeper, maybe not sexual, or maybe.

Khlyen’s about the only one who isn’t getting any?

Rob: Thanks God at my age! I am so over love scenes. It’s fun when your 29 or 30. I never liked it. I did a show with 66 episodes and there were 66 love scenes at the beginning of every show and I just started hating it. I felt awkward and 70 people are watching. I can’t watch people kiss on screen. It’s so funny, I’m like a prude or something, I know they’re actors but I’m just like “Ahh!” I don’t know, I think these shows have ‘shipping’. If they introduce some wickedly powerful female who’s just evil, strong and messed up, she’d have to be wicked strong.

Does it annoy you that some critics say the show doesn’t have enough drama, would you like to see more of that?

Luke: Sometimes Aaron, Hannah and I are stuck on a ship on a rainy day and trying to do some small thing like sweep Lucy, I don’t know do you mean drama over the action? The action is an important part of the show, it’s the way we tell a story.

Rob: You always have those quick bits in between the acting and that’s where those moments come as you’re so good at it.

Luke: We have a ton of story, we work through a lot of story.

You get to have your downtime with Dutch, when you guys were stuck on the ship.

Luke: Right which is fun as we love that as it’s not rushing into a fight choreography, or getting rigged up.

You both have done series that are longer, so can we talk about the change in doing 10, do you prefer that telling a tighter story and telling it faster?

Rob: I prefer the show to anything I’ve ever done but I don’t think it has anything to do with the episodes. I don’t know about the compression, maybe. I just love the character, the people I work with, it’s fantastic but I don’t know a technical reason. In terms of 10 versus 22, it’s a lot easier for the lead actors as that’s a grind. The kind of work they do on a show, 22 is tough, so in that were probably saving lives. They can give it more and be more intense. For me it’s easier as I’m not in it as much. Good thing about 22, you’re rich after. That’s the funniest thing when in my twenties and thirties, it’s’ “I’m poor!” I was ready to declare bankruptcy. Then you get a phone call, then it’s “I’m rich”. The paradigm changed a bit. The quality is better and that’s why HBO and Syfy do it now, BBC had been doing it for years and the quality is light years ahead of ours. Now we’re getting the idea it’s better to focus and do really good work instead of just a lot.

Luke: It also forces the writer, you have to be very precise with every scene as there’s so much story to tell, there’s really no fat… like the sweeping scene with Lucy.

Do you get to interact with any outside characters we haven’t seen before?

Luke: We do yes! We all kind of do. That’s what’s interesting with Season 2. What bonds us, we all have our outside lives, but we all come back and it’s like the family’s back together. I have some stuff with Rob and the bartender at The Royal. We do get to work outside the family.

Rob: Which is cool as the triad get affected indirectly by these different, wonderful things but they all come back together.

Luke: Everybody’s stories influence everybody else’s story and you learn something.

Killjoys Returns to Syfy on July 1st at 9/8c.

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How The Creators Of Dark Matter And Killjoys Are Raising The Stakes For Their Second Seasons

04/06/2016

How the Creators of Dark Matter and Killjoys Are Raising the Stakes for Their Second Seasons

Last year, Killjoys and Dark Matter premiered on Syfy, two shows which returned to a formula that had been long missed by viewers: a story about a spaceship, its crew, and their adventures. Both series are poised to return for their sophomore seasons in July, and they’re coming back bigger than before.

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[VIDEO] “Killjoys” season 2: trailer and Luke’s interview

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