00:00This is a show that really values authenticity. I love hearing about how there are veterans that
00:04are brought in to write and direct and produce. But for each of you individually, how did you
00:11prepare to make your portrayal the most authentic version of the character that you could bring
00:16this season? Well, for me, you know, Rafe, obviously, we met him in Terminalist Dark
00:22Wolf. So the first thing I did when it came to preparing is going to the source material,
00:29which is the books, you know, and really understanding who Rafe is from an audience
00:34perspective or a reader's perspective and my own, you know, who I imagined him to be.
00:38I think it's really important that I look at the seven years that have gone by for Rafe
00:44from the end of Dark Wolf to where he is right now, where we meet him as an arms dealer,
00:48effectively now, and how the events of Dark Wolf and him not being there for James Reese
00:55in Terminalist Season 1 through that time, what that's done to him. And, you know, I speak to a
01:01lot of SEALs that I know who are very good friends of mine, fortunately, through the show to ask them
01:06what that it would be like for them as a SEAL, you know, if they had a brother that was
01:10in those
01:11situations, how that would feel and what that would do to them. And so much of it is like riddled
01:16with
01:16guilt, but also a desire to right those wrongs that they feel that they've they've done and to do to
01:21if that person is ever in need, they'll be there without a second's thought.
01:26I think a lot of it is also in the like the way they cast this thing. They can feel
01:31if you fit in
01:32this universe or you don't. All the guys have done a lot of previous shows, have a lot of intensive
01:39training. And, and anything you need or anything that's missing regarding the authenticity that you
01:46talk about is there times a million on the show, they're watching every little move you make, they're
01:52looking at the monitors all the time. So it gives you this kind of security that you can relax, you
01:56know, you're taken care of, if you make the smallest mistake, they will come and tell you in the nicest
02:01way, but they will help you. And I think that's, that's part of the DNA of the show.
02:07Yeah, they were in these meetings we took with the, with the, with the creative team. I don't know
02:14if it was the same for the, for the boys, but I assume they had the same question. And one
02:18of them
02:18was, have you ever been in a fight? And just quite simply that. And I think, I think it's, it's,
02:27it's not just fighting for the sake of fighting. It's, it's like, why were you, why are you fighting?
02:32And, and, and I think it translates into someone who uses their strength to be a protector and to,
02:39and to be your brother's keeper. And that's what they were looking for in all of us. And,
02:46and then they just equipped us with all the tactics and techniques and, and, and experiences
02:53they have. And they did it on a daily basis. They did it at, they were at the ready,
02:57uh, supremely available at every moment to, uh, to help us get it right. So the authenticity is,
03:06is paramount so that you don't do dishonor to the brotherhood. And, and, and that's what we all
03:11strove to the very least accomplish is, uh, is to make sure that we, um, we honor them.
03:18This is a very serious show. Tackles a lot of very serious topics. How do you guys decompress
03:23when you are going home from a set like this? Play paddle tennis.
03:28They've been talking about paddle all day. Yeah. It would became just now they're like,
03:32did you bring your paddle? No, I didn't bring my paddle. I was going to bring my paddle,
03:35but I didn't have enough time. God, the important things. Come on. Um,
03:40who's the ultimate paddle tennis player? Yeah. I mean,
03:43Dar's the best player for sure. We, uh, we, he, he introduced the rest of us to paddle tennis,
03:50um, in Budapest during Dark Wolf. And it kind of became the, uh, it was like kind of the core
03:56B plot of the show was, it was the paddle, uh, the paddle sessions. Um, and it became a thing
04:03that
04:03we all went and did every, every weekend, the weekend was taken up with paddle and eating a lot
04:07of good food, which is also how we all became so close. You know, it was, it was more difficult
04:12during,
04:13in the true believer issue. We got it in, you know, we always make sure we prioritize the paddle,
04:17but, uh, it was more difficult because it was a much broader show, you know,
04:21and there was many different storylines. So having us all in Toronto or, you know, Africa,
04:26wherever we were at the same time to go and play was, was much more difficult.
04:29They were also really good about when we did our free time pulling us all together. I know
04:34we all went to the, to the fight in Montreal, uh, Valentina Shevchenko, uh, the great champion,
04:40UFC champion, probably the best fighter in the world, man or female, we'd be in Marrakesh
04:45or Tangiers or wherever we're at. And, um, and we'd all kind of just headed to the bar
04:50and sit down and, and that was really nice. I mean, it was really nice to have your EPs
04:54there with you at the end of a shoot day, um, decompressing, figuring out debriefing, figuring
05:00out a few things for the next day, watching Raymond Doza do a shot list as we're all sitting
05:04around and, uh, and that's, uh, we're still technically guess, I guess working, but we're
05:11still, you know, we just love being in it and we love being with each other. And I think
05:15that that was an important time too.
05:16Yeah. I think it was one of the first shows that I've been a part of where the, the crew,
05:21the producers, the actors all intermingle off camera. And that's what creates that family
05:27environment that there's people in every department that you become great friends with. Um, which
05:33is why this show is special in that respect.
