SCIFI AND TV TALK: Grimm's Russell Hornsby - Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Steve Eramo
08/13/2012
Over the past year, trying to keep the streets of Portland, Oregon clean when it comes to criminal activity has gotten anything but easier for police detectives Hank Griffin and Nick Burkhardt. Unknown to Hank, the sudden surge in bizarre crimes is due to Wesen, a species of mythical and supernatural creature that live among humans. Our hero is also unaware that his partner Nick is descended from a long line of profilers and hunters called Grimms, who risk their lives to fight the Wesen.
In season one of NBC’s hit fantasy/police procedural drama Grimm, Hank’s life is directly impacted by the Wesen. The first time is in the episode Game Ogre, when an escaped felon who is, in fact, Siegbarste, or an Ogre-like creature, comes after the detective. Later on in The Thing with Feathers, Hank almost dies after a beautiful Hexenbiest named Adalind Schade slips him a love potion in order to get closer to Nick. For actor Russell Hornsby, who plays Hank, his character’s ill-fated romance was all part of the job.
“From an overall story standpoint, what the [show’s] writers and I spoke about ahead of time was how would Hank’s love storyline move our story forward from an episode standpoint as well as for the series as a whole, and I feel that it definitely helped,” says Hornsby. “Obviously, Hank was impacted by the Grimm world, unbeknownst to him, which was exciting and, I hope, leads into some of the events that will take place in season two..."
Grimm season two premieres Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10/9C on NBC.
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