COLLIDER: Silas Weir Mitchell of NBC’s GRIMM Talks About Joining the Show, Preparing for a Rising Level of Peril and Staying True to his Character’s Inner Violence
by Christina Radish
April 7th, 2012
Already renewed for Season 2, the NBC drama series Grimm, inspired by the classic Grimm’s fairy tales, follows Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), who discovers that he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms.” Charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world, he tries to hide the dangers of his new found calling from his girlfriend (Bitsie Tulloch) and his partner (Russell Hornsby), while getting help from Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), a reformed Grimm creature known as a Blutbad.
During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor Silas Weir Mitchell (Prison Break) talked about how he came to be a part of Grimm, how much he enjoys playing such an interesting and cool character that’s unlike anything else on TV, that the level of peril will definitely amp up as the underpinnings of the world come to a head, that playing Monroe is all about focusing on the humanity, and that he hopes to never lose touch with the violent inner nature of the character. He also talked about what draws him to specific characters and what it is about acting that appeals to him...
... Q: Is there anything that you’ve most enjoyed discovering about the character, over the season?
Mitchell: "One of the main things that I enjoy about it is just that the writers have created a very nice arc. It started as, “I don’t want this. I don’t need this. This is bad news.” And then, he started to trust this guy who is a natural enemy. And then, he got more into, “Wow, this is really cool!” There’s an excitable quality to Monroe that I enjoy. It’s almost like a kid in a candy store david-giuntoli-silas-weir-mitchell-grimmwhen he sees the trailer, and that’s fun. At the same time, the trailer is populated with things that have been used to kill generations of creatures. That tension is always there with Monroe. Nothing is over 100% one thing or another. There’s always an underlying sense of things. Even though we’re doing what’s good in the world, underneath it, I’m still working with a Grimm, which is insane, to begin with, and I’m getting into situations where I might have to use parts of my personality that I have tried to keep at bay, as far as the regimen that I keep so that I don’t lose my marbles. So, there’s always inner conflict, and I’ve just found that to be something that is fun to play and always there for me, in Monroe..."
Grimm airs Friday at 9/8C on NBC.
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