Exclusive: BEING HUMAN’s Mark Pellegrino Interview
Seemingly one of the busiest actors working in television, Mark Pellegrino has brought us some incredibly memorable characters. He was the mysterious Jacob on Lost, the diabolical Lucifer on Supernatural, and Rita’s abusive ex-husband Paul on Dexter. Soon he will be vampire leader and Boston cop Bishop on Syfy’s new series BEING HUMAN, the American take on the current UK hit series about a vampire, werewolf, and ghost trying to find their place in the world.
Daemon’s TV recently talked to Mark about playing Bishop and the challenges of re-imagining a popular British series, as well as about his thoughts on how Lost ended and why Paul maybe wasn’t such a bad guy after all...
... What can you tell us about Bishop, the character you play?
Mark Pellegrino: Bishop is a very old vampire. He was turned in the 1600s in England and came over to the New World before the Revolutionary War to make his bones and his mark in the world. He has become the vampire boss of Boston. The vampire world is kind of organized the way that the mafia is, in families that govern each other. He’s become the overlord of Boston, so to speak. He turned Aidan, one of the main characters of the story, and Aidan has since had second thoughts about his lifestyle and is trying desperately to change it and I’m trying desperately to bring him back in the fold.
I’m assuming that Aidan is not the only vampire you’ve turned. What makes him so special that you want to bring him back into the fold?
Mark Pellegrino: Well, I’m hesitant to say because I want people to find out a little bit more about it, but suffice it to say that Aidan is an extraordinary character and has the brawn and brains to achieve my ends the way that I need them to be achieved, in addition to a couple of other things that I don’t want to say because I think they’ll be revealed in the show...
Being Human premieres on Syfy Monday, January 17 at 9pm eastern/8pm central.
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