COLLIDER: Creator/Executive Producer Graham Yost Talks JUSTIFIED Season 3; Hopes to Have Patton Oswalt and Eric Stonestreet Guest Star
by Christina Radish
February 13th, 2012
Developed by Graham Yost and starring Timothy Olyphant, Justified is based on the works of crime novelist Elmore Leonard. As Season 2 ended the Bennett family’s hold over Harlan County and marked the return of Raylan’s (Olyphant) old nemesis/friend Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) to the criminal life, Season 3 picked up with him finding out that he and his crew aren’t the only ones making a play to rule the Harlan underworld. Now, Raylan finds himself dealing with a pregnant ex-wife (Natalie Zea) while facing off against dirty politicians, a mysterious man named Limehouse (Mykelti Williamson), and an enterprising criminal from the Motor City (Neal McDonough).
While at the TCA Winter Press Tour, showrunner/executive producer/writer Graham Yost talked to Collider for this exclusive interview about where this season is headed, how the new criminal element will affect things, that he’s hoping to get Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) and Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) on as guest stars since they’re both big fans of the show, the pressure of not repeating yourself while living up to what fans expect, and how far ahead they plan out where things are going with the story...
... Collider: Having this proven track record of amazing guest stars for season-long stories, is it easier to get amazing actors to sign on?
Graham Yost: "George Clooney was begging to be on this show. No. It’s not easier. It’s still basic cable. We don’t pay a lot of money. You do it because you’re going to have fun, and I suppose that might make it easier. We’ve toyed with the idea of stunt casting in the past, to try to get someone big in, but the closest is getting Carla [Gugino] into this season. We’re also really interested in who the coolest actor is. We didn’t write Mags for Margo [Martindale]. We wrote Mags and then cast it, and Margo just jumped off the screen. We didn’t write Quarles and Limehouse for Neal [McDonough] and Ti [Mykelti Williamson], but as we were crafting the characters, I thought of them.
It would be nice if we got more people. We hear things. Someone will say that they love the show and would love to be on it. We’ve been trying, since the end of the first season, to figure out a way to get Eric Stonestreet on the show. He’s a fan, and we had a part, but we just couldn’t work his schedule out. That was the part that Pruitt Taylor Vince plays in the third episode, and was so spectacular that I’m fine with the way it worked out. But, we’ll always try to find a place for Stonestreet.
And, Patton Oswalt wrote a very beautiful little thing, in tribute to Margo, in the New York Times magazine. He likes the show as well. With him launching Young Adult, he was just unavailable. And the problem is, once you get towards the end of the season, there’s no room for guest characters because it’s then all about our serialized story..."
Justified airs Tuesday at 10/9C on FX.
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