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Brendan Fehr - December SFX magazine
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Thanks to Carmen for sending this to me written by Stephanie Conwell and Jayne Dearsley Some people say he looks like David Duchovny. Some say he lookd like Chesney Hawkes. The Sleepy Town of Roswell is embarking upon its third year of teenage strife, love triangles and hooky alien arguments. The show survived a nail-biting few months with no home before UPN picked it up and revived it, allowing Michael Guerin-alien kid, moody boyfriend of Maria- no weave his magic for another year. With is great for the actor Brendan Fehr, because his character is still a work in progress. "It's funny, I was looking back to the pilot and some of the early episodes and Michael was really lonely", he says wistfully. "You could really tell that the was on the outside, but he kind of fits in now. He's still the loose cannon in the sense that he's still got the temper and he's a little bit fiery, but the fits in a little more. He had to loosen up a little bit, but I miss the fact that he was really an outsider. I wanted to soften him up because I thought he was too hard and, now that I've softened him up just a tad, I want to go back to that hard edge" Anyone who thinks that Fehr is anything like the character he plays may be pleased to know that there are a few differences. The fact that people do confuse him with his Roswell alter-ego is a source of amazement to Fehr. " When you really think about it, it's weird that some people recognise you because they think they love you. It's like, "You like Michael, you don't even know me". They hold you in a some level of importance just because you 're on a show." Fehr smiles, then adds sheepishly "I read the script and It was actually really good..." Then of course, he auditioned for the part of Max, before deciding that the character of Michael was his kettle of fish. Luckily he "nailed it" and got the part. Although there was a bit of a delay afterwards.. “We waited for two months before the other roles were cast, and I was wondering if the show was going to get off the ground, because a month before they wanted to start filming, they still hadn’t found the Max they wanted!. I was like, “The one time I get a part, it’s going to all go up in smoke and they’re not going to be able to cast it and they’re going to push it and cancel it and I’m screwed!”. Taking a role also meant that Fehr had to move from his native Winnipeg to L.A. “Would I live here if I wasn’t an actor” No,” he declares, striking a pose for all Canadians in the world, before softening towards his adopted hometown. “I’d go back up to Canada somewhere and do something, but I like it here. I’ve got good friends down here and it’s fun. There’s stuff to do, you can hang out: you’ve got the beach, there’s pretty good weather, and stuff like that. I’ve got my complaints, but I’ve got complaints about anywhere I live”. Fehr recently made the move from “alien” to “vampire” with road movie “The Forsaken”, but unfortunately the film didn’t exactly set the world alight. “I felt it wasn’t a great movie but entertaining, but after seeing what some of my peers did this summer I feel it was really kick ass, Man, were there crappy movies!” So, how are things with Roswell? So there you go. Michael’s a big old softy after all. Ahhh!. |