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Interview de Doug Jones pour le site Digital Spy datée du 11 juillet 2013. L'interview est disponible ici :
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Cochise is the biggest creature role you've taken on yet, in terms of longevity - did you have any concerns about taking on a part like this?
"This is my first time being a series regular on any TV show. I've done recurring gigs before - I would do a few episodes or something like that - but knowing that you are committing to a role that's guaranteed so many episodes per season, and has an option for two more seasons... you don't know how long you are going to go on for!
"It's up to the writers from this point on and that's rather intimidating - knowing that I am going to be in full rubber make-up, covered from head-to-toe, with a lot of dialogue. It requires a lot of time and a lot of commitment - that was rather intimidating, especially joining a TV series when it's already two seasons in.
"I'm the new kid, so you get to feel like you're the country cousin of the family... 'I hope they like me!' and it turns out they did. They finally get to talk to an alien in English, who's about their size and shape, so that was a kind of welcome relief for everybody!"
Cochise is almost the alien counterpart to Noah Wyle's Tom Mason - how does their relationship develop in the third season?
"It's a great relationship. When season three opens up, you will see we're seven months on from where we left off at the end of season two. So in that seven months, some camaraderie happened and some trust has been built, because episode one opens up with us in this huge battle, side-by-side on horses, shooting at the bad guys together!
"But the question remains... why did the Volm race land? What are we after, and what's in it for us when we beat the bad guys? So that question is going to remain, and that is one I can't even answer for you. That's up to the writers at this point, to see where they're going to take me."
What was your experience like working with Noah Wyle - does he rally the troops in the same way as his character?
"He is very much Tom Mason in real life. He's the lead actor who had a 20-year history on ER and has won audiences over for decades now. Of course, going into this, he was the biggest name on the show, the face that drew the audience in, so that gave him a lot of responsibility right off the bat.
"In addition to that, now he is one of our producers, so he has a lot invested in it. He's very team-orientated and he wants to hear everyone's ideas and he has a lot of ideas of his own.
"Falling Skies is different from the film world that I am used to - it's a very rapid pace they work at, decisions and changes are made regularly. Sometimes, you have a large scene of dialogue and you've memorised that and you're ready to go and then they change it on you the night before!
"Noah and I were in the season finale, episode 10, which I can't tell you anything about, but we have a scene together which was long and wordy between the two of us... and they rewrote it the night before. But he's such a pro - when the camera rolls, he is not acting, he is Tom Mason. He is living and breathing it and that makes you up your game - it makes you only a better actor when you're working with someone of that calibre."
Most of your high-profile roles have been 'creature' parts. Do you mind being known as the creature guy? Is that something that you have embraced now?
"I've had to embrace it. When I set out to be an actor in Hollywood back in 1985, I thought I was going to be a sitcom star - I wanted to be a goofy sidekick on television and as a tall, skinny, funny-looking fella, I thought that was going to be easy for me.
"What I didn't realise was that the creature effects make-up industry love putting monster make-up and otherworldly designs onto tall skinny guys - who they can build on without getting too bulky - and I also came with a background as a mime. But I had no idea how appealing I would be in that world, I didn't know that world was even a career option so it kind of blindsided me.
"But looking in hindsight, this was no accident at all - this was what I was meant to be doing. You get to work with great directors like Guillermo del Toro, movie after movie, you learn there is a niche for you. No matter how goofy or ill-shaped we are, or how little we think we fit in, there is a place for everyone."
Do you get a lot of fan recognition from shows like Falling Skies or films like Pan's Labyrinth where you are in heavy make-up?
"I get the best of both worlds. When I go to places like Comic-Con in San Diego... that fan base, those are the people who watch the DVD bonus features and have seen all my interviews and know what I look like as a real person, so I can't walk down there without, 'Oh my gosh, I love your work!' which is great. I get to be a celebrity for a week and that is fabulous.
"But when I go to a Starbucks coffee shop on a Tuesday in the afternoon, nobody knows who I am. I get to be incognito with my own face in public. That is kind of a gift, that I get to do both."
