HELL ON WHEELS - AMC TV: Q&A - Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon)
Posted by Elizabeth Cline
December 17, 2012
In this exclusive interview for AMCtv.com, Anson Mount, who plays Cullen Bohannon on AMC's Hell on Wheels, gets excited about Season 3 and talks about his Hurricane Sandy fundraising efforts...
Q: Hell on Wheels was picked up for a third season and got a new executive producer, John Wirth. Congrats! What's been your reaction?
Anson Mount: "I'm very excited about it. From what I understand, he's a hell of a leader and a hell of guy. We were emailing yesterday about our favorite bands, and I was like, "Oh, okay, we're going to like each other."
Q: What excites you the most about returning to the show?
Anson Mount: "First of all, I just love this job. It's my favorite job that I've had as a professional actor. I love getting paid to ride a horse. I love the amount of input that I get to have. And I'm excited to see, after the utter devastation at the end of Season 2, I'm interested to see where we start Cullen Bohannon. Everybody keeps asking me, "What's going to happen?" And I honestly don't know!" [Laughs]
Q: In your time off from the show, you've been raising money for Hurricane Sandy relief -- and your latest effort entails you running a marathon. Tell us more about how that came about...
Anson Mount: "About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it. So this year, I approached them and said, "Hey, why don't we use this crazy thing we're doing and try to convince people to donate money?" One of the organizations I saw kicking ass [in the disaster areas] is Team Rubicon. It's a 501-C3 of veterans who use their experience in military organization and deployment to get into disaster areas and provide relief. I wanted to help them, so we started this online fundraiser...and we're now the number one online fundraiser for Team Rubicon..."
Hell on Wheels season three premieres in 2013 on AMC TV.
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