Jesse Bradford is familiar with Indonesian movie lovers from various projects ranging from Flags of Our Father to Swimfan to Bring It On. And now, in his first consistent TV role since The West Wing, he plays an Ivy League-educated upstart working in a law firm alongside former Supreme Court justice Jimmy Smits on the upcoming drama Outlaw.
Just another courtroom drama? Well, perhaps it is, but courtroom drama is always interesting, isn't it??
I took the except of the interview on Jesse about how he loves his part in this new series from movieline.com.
Your character on Outlaw, Eddie Franks, seems a bit self-serious. What’s his arc on the show like?
Well, his main arc as you first meet him is that the rug’s been pulled out from under him. He had this very clear-cut career path that he was on. He’s played by the books, played by the rules all his life — doing that has gotten him very far — then suddenly his boss quits and he’s left flapping in the breeze. He has no idea what’s coming next, and it’s not what he bargained for. So this first arc you’re going to see from him is him trying to figure out if this is really where he wants to be — because quite frankly, it’s not. He’s got to decide if he’s going to pursue some other path at this point. You know, go work at a different firm, etc. That’s the first thing you’ll see from him.
The thing that’s coming up that’s interesting that you’ll see… the aura that he puts out into the world, what you kind of naturally assume, and what Carly (Pope)’s character Lucinda assumes about him, is that he’s had this kind of silver spoon life. He graduated at the top of his class at Yale, so it’s sort of a George Bush life where it’s all kind of handed to you. But you come to find out that his past is actually a lot weirder than you think. He’s been working his ass off since he was a child, essentially, to get where he’s at and effectively support his family and achieve everything he’s achieved. That’s part of the why he plays everything so by the book. He’s had this life of work. That’ll be an interesting thing you learn about him too. [Executive producer] John Eisendrath’s whole “thing” is about the secret lives we lead. I think he’s going to flesh that out with all the characters.
That’s a good question. I’m just going to say “no” on that because I’m searching my own life more than I am other shit. I don’t think I’ve done anything quite like this, this conservative, this buttoned-up. I could liken him in certain ways to my character on The West Wing, but that’s the silver spoon guy. This guy is not that although he comes off like that. You learn that he’s not like that.
I’m not a conservative person by any stretch of the imagination. That being said, what I do have is a strong sense of what’s right and wrong. I have a side of me that’s very obsessive, compulsive, meticulous — those are the things that I’m drawing from. There’s a side of me that goes, “There’s a right way to do this and a wrong way to do this.” And I’m not going to just do it the right way, I’m going to do it 100% the right way. That’s very Eddie. And that’s one of the qualities in me I can pull up and go, “There you go. That’s Eddie.”
Well, I do hope this series will last long and brings something fun and great for us the TV freaks. I can't hardly wait. And hey, look at the casts...Those twos are the guys from Dexter, aren't they?
For complete interview, just go to http://www.movieline.com/2010/08/jesse-bradford-talks-with-us-about-his-new-show-outlaw-and.php
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