IGN spoke
with Burke and Spiridakos recently, where they shared their excitement for the
new show and working with its creators. Also they talked about their experiences doing Revolution.
Here is what Burke had to say:
“I just saw it the other day, and I kind of can’t believe I got lucky enough to be on this show. I cannot say enough good stuff about all of them. Kripke and I hit it off right away. I think we totally get each other. And Favreau, as a director, is an actor’s dream. He absolutely puts it in a different perspective, you know? I hope he’ll direct thousands more of them.”
Spiridakos
has this to say about Favreau:
“He’s wonderful. He knows what you’re thinking when you’re in that moment of not being able to go where you need to. He’s just very supportive, so smart and able to help us. He’s done such a beautiful job with everything so far. I’m a huge fan of his separately from this, so it’s been such an honor to work with him.”
Burke
talked a bit about his character Miles:
“He’s a little bit crusty on top but has some soft spots in the middle. But yeah, there’s nothing like being able to fantasize about playing a freedom fighter and then actually execute it. It’s been so much fun.”
Spiridakos
revealed the following about her character Charlie:
“She’s grown up in this type of world, so for her it’s not that overwhelming of a concept. But then with the changes that happen to her and that are going to be happening throughout the series, she grows, just like any other person her age would - through the loses and the challenges she goes through.” Added Spiridakos, “She’s a fighter, for sure. She’s a fighter. She’s ready to tackle it out if she needs to.”
Both
Charlie and Miles are handy with weapons, with Spiridakos explaining she uses a
crossbow in the series. Miles, meanwhile, has a big swordfight in the pilot,
and Burke laughed, remarking, “If you had told me a few months ago that I’d be
sword fighting, I’d have said, ‘You’re out of your mind.’ We have a fantastic
stunt coordinator Jeff Wolfe, who did all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
and stuff like that. So it’s big.”
The shows concept is pretty cool. I know I would be lost without my mobile
phone, let alone any form of electricity. Burke revealed that on the set the
cast and crew would talk about:
‘Well, what if this happened, and what if this.’ And the reality is, all this stuff is possible. Sure, we’re fictionalizing a lot, but a lot of this stuff is possible, a lot of the concepts and situations. But really the show, underneath all that, is really about what would people do? How are they going to connect, how are people going to find each other without all of these distractions that we’re so used to.”
Spiridakos
wondered what life would be like without power:
“You know, I’ve thought about that a lot." She mentioned to me that she was a gamer and brought up Fallout, noting, “I play that game and I love it. So I’ve kind of explored that realm of what that world would be like, and I think it’s terrifying. But it’s exciting in a way as well. It’s different.” And no, I couldn’t resist asking Spiridakos what other games she was playing, and she told me, “I just beat Uncharted 3, which is really fun. And then my boyfriend and I just got Rage. So we’re going to start playing that one and Mass Effect 3.”
Source: IGN
