James Frain
James Frain
James Dominic Frainis an English stage and screen actor. His best known roles include those of Thomas Cromwell in the TV series The Tudors, vampire Franklin Mott in season three of the HBO drama True Blood, as Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, in the BBC drama serial The White Queen, as Ferdinand in Orphan Blackand as Theo Galavan/Azrael in Season 2 of Gotham...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 March 1968
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characters developing good happen last men season seven watching work
I was watching the last season of 'Mad Men,' and they're now so in their characters and they're so comfortable in their characters, and they're doing such good work. That can only happen from doing it over and over, and developing a character over seven years.
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Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You just get to fill out all the colors.
construct graphic maybe parts record
I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.
adapted
'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.
guy played
Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in 'True Blood'.
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Now it's all about the word of mouth, and watching a series on Netflix. That's the way people actually consume this stuff now, instead of waiting for a DVD release you're not really sure you want to buy. And I think it's fantastic, because then I can watch the shows that I missed, over a weekend. I love doing that.
beautiful beer cities
Bruges is a beautiful medieval city almost untouched by time. If you like jazz, you will be well catered for. If you like chocolate and beer, you will be in heaven.
auditions tvs agents
As movies and TV projects come up, they go out to the agents, and we just go out and audition for them.
television buccaneers novel
The Buccaneers was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.
fun real guy
And sometimes it's fun to be the guy who just really enjoys it, like the guy I'm playing now on The Cape. He's more that. He's much more flashy and debonaire and devil may care-ish. He just loves doing bad in the world. That's real fun to do.
fun character blood
Evil is a broad church. There are so many different ways to be evil. Sometimes it's fun to be the guy who doesn't know that he's bad, like the character I played in True Blood. He was pretty angsty about it, but he thought he was doing the right thing.
fun memories character
For all that Tron wanted to be, it ultimately had to be a fun ride for the audience and I was going to be one of the comic characters, and he was really on top of that. He was having such a good time doing it. That's my memory of it. I'd love to work with him again. I think he's great.
fun guy fiction
Working with Joe [Kosinski], definitely. I loved working with Joe. For a guy who doesn't really come from the fiction world - he comes from advertising and architecture - he's extremely easy-going and very calm. He's extremely detailed, but a very generous and fun director to work with. He really encouraged me to find the fun in the part and to have fun with it.
color trying shapes
The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.