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Collider [follow link for complete interview]
NOTE: Justified season two premieres on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 10/9C on FX
COLLIDER: Walton Goggins Exclusive Interview JUSTIFIED; Plus Updates on STRAW DOGS and COWBOYS & ALIENS
by Christina Radish Posted: February 8th, 2011
The popular and critically acclaimed FX drama series Justified, developed by Graham Yost and based on the works of crime novelist Elmore Leonard, returns for its highly anticipated Season 2 on February 9th. Fresh off the epic gun battle that concluded Season 1, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) must now face off against the criminal organizations that are moving in to fill the void left by the removal of the Crowder family’s criminal grip on Harlan County. One such foe is Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale), whose family has been the biggest pot farmers in Eastern Kentucky for generations, and which has undoubtedly led to their long-standing feud with Raylan’s family. Also returning this season is Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), one of the most fascinating and complex characters currently on television. Boyd is Raylan’s long-time friend and ultimate nemesis who is trying to prove to everyone, including himself, that he can reform his past extremist ways.
During a recent exclusive interview with Collider, actor Walton Goggins talked about the appeal of playing the intriguing and often morally ambiguous Boyd Crowder, how his character is starting to find some balance from his past behavior, and how much he enjoys learning about Boyd at the same time the character is learning about himself. He also talked about his roles in the upcoming feature films Cowboys & Aliens, directed by Jon Favreau and due out in theaters on July 29th, and Straw Dogs, also starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgard...
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CR: With the journey that he went on last season, was there anything that most surprised you, as far as the story arc went?
GOGGINS: Yeah, there were so many things that surprised me. I wasn’t surprised about how quick he assembled men and how quick he immediately went into the extremes of religious fanaticism because I think that Boyd Crowder was the kind of guy, last season, that didn’t understand grey. He only understood white or black – the two opposing colors on the spectrum. For him, nothing existed in the middle. He had to believe totally in whatever it was that he was believing in, at the time, in order for the universe to make sense to him, or everything would be chaos. I think that’s how he quiets his mind. If he were to make coffee, he would be the best fucking coffee roaster in Harlan County. That’s just how he is.
Now, Boyd Crowder this season, after going through this very dark period, is starting to find some balance. His voice has even changed, around Episode 5, and he’s still cool. The way that he’s approaching situations is different, and he’s trying to act in a different way. He still has his mind, and that’s how he’s able to solve these problems, but his mind is being more humble and tuned. It’s going to get really interesting, going forward. I think his showman will come back. That grandiose behavior will return, at some point, but that will even be different...
