Jason Isaacs Has Woken Up
Or has he? That’s the premise of Jason Isaac’s new
NBC series ‘Awake’ which sees his character, Michael Britton, experience a huge
personal tragedy and then follows his attempt to carry on with life. This
becomes so traumatic for him that he develops an alternate reality for himself
whilst asleep which he struggles to separate from real life. Leaving the viewer
to try and work out which life is the real one.
Through one our connections (yeah we’re potentially in the
mob) we’ve managed to get the rather impressive picture below showing Jason
Isaac’s head 20 foot high on a billboard.
The good folk at Buddy TV interviewed Jason Isaacs in
anticipation of the show airing the U.S.;
In a matter
of days the highly anticipated new drama Awake
will hit the airwaves. Despite it being in a historically bad time slot
(Thursday 10pm on NBC) I have high-hopes for this new, incredibly smart drama
about a homicide detective living in two different realities after a car
accident with his wife and son: One reality in which is son survives the crash
and his wife does not, and the other where his son is the one who perishes
while his wife survives. I was able to sit down with star Jason Isaacs on the
set of Awake to discuss the
show, the realities, and little bit about Harry Potter.
Explaining Awake
Isaacs takes on double duty with the new series. He's not only the star but a
producer as well. According to Isaacs, however, he nearly passed up the show
entirely. When he received the script he said it got tossed aside, but once he
sat down and read it he couldn't put it down and knew he had to be involved.
"In many ways I just took the job to find out what happens next,"
said Isaacs who thinks people should have no problem grasping what the show is
about. "They worried initially--the producers and directors and
writers--about if people would 'get it' and I played them this thing I've got
on my iPhone of my then five-year-old daughter Ruby explaining the plot to me.
Everybody gets it when they watch it and I think its very satisfying and
rewarding and fun. You can over complicate things when you explain it."
Which Reality is Real?
While Executive
Producers Kyle Killen and Howard Gordon dodged the question about which reality
is real, or if the writers know which is real, Isaacs had no problem waving
that little carrot in front of our noses. "I know which reality is real.
Myself and the writers know. The entertainment value for the audience hopefully
will be, first off, not knowing which world is real; just like Michael doesn't
know what's real. Also, the weekly stories, seeing what the consequences are
both professionally and personally for him of this very unique and troubling
situation he's in."
While some speculate that both realities are a dream and Britten himself is the
one who perished, the producers promise not to take the easy way out
(hesitantly referring to Lost's
horrible ending). So while the ending may "seem obvious" we are told
to keep an open mind. While there will be a resolution to a serialized conflict
during the first season, producers promise there will be much more of the story
to tell in coming seasons and that the ending is "hopefully many years
down the road."
Harry Potter
Isaacs is probably
most known for his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. It is a role that Isaacs is proud to carry
with him and hopes that his fans through Harry
Potter will continue to support his career decisions and tune into Awake. According to Isaacs he has
already received a lot of Potter support from the fans that attended the San
Diego International Comic-Con. "A lot of [Harry Potter fans] came out to Comic-Con. We showed the pilot to
thousands of people there and many of them, I think, were hoping I would turn
up with an elf," joked Isaacs.
When asked about
closing the chapter of Harry Potter
Isaacs got series for a moment and said "It was sad, actually. Two
weekends ago I went to Florida for the DVD release of the last film and it was
probably the last time [the entire cast] will all be gathered together and it
was heartbreaking because it was 10 years of very good times." Isaac
continued, "Apart from my own personal experience of it's great fun to do
with a lot of my heroes acting around me its also true that it was such a
relief and such an odd experience in 21 years of acting of telling a story that
you knew had an audience and you knew the whole world was waiting to see so
everybody felt completely empowered. Normally you have that undercurrent of
fear of 'is what we're doing good enough?' and 'will they like it? is what
we're doing working? we think it is...' but with Harry Potter its a 180 degree opposite. We knew we had something
that was beloved and we felt like we were curators of it and I'll miss that
experience, that's for sure."
Producing Awake
When asked about
the atmosphere on set, Isaacs shared with us his stance as a producer is to
maintain the element of fun. "I make sure nobody takes anything too
seriously. I gave a little speech the first day which is 'Let's nobody be a
dick. That was it. That was the whole speech. I bring a big boombox on the set
and play some very bad '70's disco and everybody is forced to dance in a very
undignified fashion so nobody is posing in front of each other and we try to
have a good time while shooting it because it may be the most popular show in
the world or it may have nobody and a dog watching it so let's just enjoy the
experience."
So, why should you
tune in? Straight up, because it's brilliant television. I had high hopes for
this show before I was able to talk to the cast and see the set, but after that
experience I have real conviction that this show can thrive. It is smart
television for smart people, and I know my readers are smart people, so it's a
perfect fit! Please tune into NBC Thursday nights at 10pm starting March 1.
Prove to me that we don't live in a world where shows like Awake get canned but the Kardashians still get their 47 shows
(or however many they have now) renewed.
Read
the original article on Buddy TV here
You can watch various clips and an excellent trailer on the NBC website.
Jason
Isaacs has been voice over artist at Another Tongue voice agency for 9
years.
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