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{ TV }
MiamiVice
JEFFREYDEANMORGAN
facescorruptionand temptation
onhisnewStarz series,
MagicCity
.
{
.
}
Brooding likeBrando,
JeffreyDeanMorganprovidesatightlycoiled,world-wearygravitastothe
newStarzseries
MagicCity
,playingaself-madehotelierwreathed insmokeandonlybarelymanagingthe
shacklesofmoney,corruption,violenceand love in 1950sMiamiBeach. (Thinkof itas
MadMen
inMiami.)
It’sastar-makinggig forthe46-year-oldMorgan,aSeattlenativewhospentalmosttwodecadespaying
dueswith televisionguestspotsbeforebreakingoutwithan indelible,poignant turnon
Grey’sAnatomy
.
Afterhigh-profilegigs in films like
Watchmen
, it’s tempting tosayMorganhasmade it, buthe’s thekind
ofmanwho’salwayswantingmore.
AMERICANWAY
:
Betweenyourchar-
acters in
Watchmen
and
MagicCity
, it’s
safe tosaynobody
smokesacigarbetter
thanyou.
JEFFREYDEAN
MORGAN:
Well,
thankyouverymuch.
When I saw the first
episodeof
MagicCity
,
I realized I had some
formof nicotineor
tobacco inmymouth
inevery single scene.
I’mnot going to lie: I
do likeagood cigar.
My character and I
have that in common.
AW
:
On
MagicCity
,
yourcharacter is
looking tohiresome
guyswhoare“not
crazy,buthungry.”
Whatdoes thatmean
toyouasanactor?
JDM:
My familywill
attest that crazy is
part ofwanting tobe-
comeanactor, andas
far ashungry, itwas
almost 20yearsof
lit-
erally
[being] hungry.
I’vebeenat this for 25
yearsnow, and for the
first 15years itwas
hard tokeepa roof
overmyheadand
foodon the table. But
persistence says a lot
aboutwho someone
is. Doyougiveup
easy? I don’t.Maybe
that’sbecause I didn’t
havea lot of other
choices I couldmake.
What else could I do,
really? I built fences
anddecks for people,
but I kept goingwith
acting.Maybe that’s
crazy.Maybe that’s
hungry.Maybe it’s
both. I’vebeen real
lucky.
AW
:
Ithasbeena
goodseveral years
foryou.
JDM:
But I alsoknow
that it couldall go
awayanyminute.
Maybe I’m just a
flavor of themonth. It
happens all the time.
AW
:
Sowouldyou
justgrabyour son,
getononeofyour
Harleysand ride into
thesunset?
JDM:
That doesnot
soundbad tomeat
all,man. [
Laughs
] If
I couldbegone into
simplicityhalf the
year and thenwork-
inghard, nose to the
grindstone, theother
half, thatwouldbeall
rightwithme.
GETTINGON
HERBADSIDE
{
}
LanaParrilla
ishavingadevil ofa timeon
OnceUponaTime
,makingdouble troubleas
theEvilQueenand themalevolentmayorof
Storybrooke,ReginaMills. She’ssoeffectiveon-
screen, in fact, that shesometimes freakseven
herselfout. “I fell into thischaracter sodeeply
thatatonepointwhen theycalled ‘cut,’ Iwent,
‘Who theheckwas
that
?’”shesayswitha laugh.
“I hadno idea ifLanawasstill there.”Sohowdoes
thesweetandamiableParrillasummon—and
thenstifle—her innerevilqueen?Sheoutlines
her three-stepprocess:
GETMAD
“Itcould reallybe
anything. Itcouldbe
thatmybreakfast
foodwasn’t really to
my liking thatmorning.
Sometimesyouuse
little things that [tick]
youoff.”
GETEVEN
“[Imagine]goingback
and tellingoff those
peopleyounevergot
towhenyouwere
younger. Thereare
somanypeopleyou
want topunish that
youneverwould in
lifebecause it’snot
inyournature.With
thesecharacters, I’m
able todo that.”
STEPAWAYFROM
THEDARKSIDE
“Because I’mplaying
suchanevil character
on thisshow that
couldgo foryears, I
have to findaway to
notget sowrapped
up to thepointwhere
Iget somethodwith
it.AfterGlennClose
did
SunsetBoulevard
,
shecheckedoutof
town fora fewmonths
tokindofdetox.You
need to findabalance,
especiallywith this
kindof character.”
