FALLING SKIES -DAEMON'S TV: Exclusive: FALLING SKIES’ Colin Cunningham Interview
As fascinated as most of us are with aliens and alien invasions, shows revolving around them have had a bumpy history, something TNT is hoping to change with its highly anticipated epic summer series FALLING SKIES. Premiering June 19, the action-packed character drama follows a group of alien Armageddon survivors in Massachusetts who band together to fight back against the alien invaders.
Professor Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) is the de facto leader with two of his sons backing him up and the third in the clutches of the aliens. Dr. Anne Glass (Moon Bloodgood) is Tom’s confidant while John Pope (Colin Cunningham) is the leader of gang of marauders who likes killing aliens as much as he likes seizing any opportunities to profit from the chaos.
Daemon’s TV talked to Colin Cunningham about playing John Pope, what we can expect from Falling Skies and its aliens, and why we’re all going to love the show...
... It’s interesting that ‘Falling Skies’ is not so much about aliens invading as it is about the war since it begins six months after the initial attack.
Colin Cunningham: "It really is. It’s nice. I mean, hopefully audiences will respond to that very thing, but it’s not typical in that. The nice thing, bringing it back around to [Steven] Spielberg is that his projects are always about people and circumstances that are tough. Within this genre just happens to be an alien thing, but it’s not like it’s all visual FX or that there’s no heart or story. It’s real people and families trying to make the right decisions and do the right thing, and yet, you’re in the middle of war and it’s tough. It’s six months after, I guess, the end of the world. Ninety odd percent of humanity is gone and the survivors have begun to pull themselves out of the rubble and begin to come together and form a small militia and begin fighting back..."
Falling Skies premieres Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 9/8C. Cast includes Stargate SG-1's Colin Cunningham, Maxim Knight, Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Mpho Koaho, Sarah Carter, Connor Jessup, Bruce Gray, Dale Dye, Drew Roy, Seychelle Gabriel, Peter Shinkoda, Dylan Authors and James Collins.
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