00:00Congratulations on the second season. I don't think it's any breaking news that it has been four years since the
00:06first season came out. I actually kind of feel like it works in this situation where James is going through
00:12that mental fog, that lack of clarity. Did you find that having that four-year space between seasons actually kind
00:20of served you in an inverse way?
00:23I do. Yeah, I do. Not only from the point of view as an actor, but also as a producer
00:29on this show, there's just a lot of wisdom to be gained from the experience of the first season. And
00:34a lot of that wisdom is gained when you have the time to reflect upon what you did, what you
00:41got right, what maybe you would like to have gotten better if you had a second chance.
00:44And so, yeah, that was great. I had ample time to build up to, you know, kind of strip down
00:52weight so it would look like a guy who's been starving on a boat for a while. So that was
00:55helpful to put a great team together.
00:59And, yeah, ultimately, we had, you know, in our crew, we also did, we did Dark Wolf with the same
01:07crew. So we were still working at a rapid clip the whole time. But I would say it's, it didn't,
01:16it didn't, it didn't ruin it for me. I thought it would, I thought it would work pretty well.
01:20Having that big four-year break. Story-wise, it's good for Katie because, you know, a lot happened to her
01:27in the first season that was like, kind of traumatic. And as a result, she's gotten really good on the
01:36gun. And she's also increased her situational awareness because of everything that happened. So she's been given the time to
01:44have gotten better at those kind of things.
01:47Yeah. And I love hearing and seeing that you guys had writers who were veterans, directors who were veterans, producers
01:54who were veterans. It's really felt as you're watching these episodes.
01:58But I also feel like when you have that much pressure on you, it's got to, it's got to build
02:04up in a way. How do you guys handle that mental pressure that is there to pull off these gritty
02:10yet grounded stories?
02:11Almost with every acting challenge on this show, I had the benefit of having these, these guys with us. And
02:19so it was a lot of just using them as comps, like understanding, seeing how they handle themselves in high
02:26pressure situations, figuring out what they do to decompress.
02:29A lot of times it was, it's go, it's go, it's a full go mode, full send all the time.
02:36And so that's kind of what we did. I mean, we didn't take a ton of breaks and we worked
02:41our asses off on this thing. It's like eight years, you know, eight movies basically all around the world. And
02:46so, and when I wasn't working, I was flying back home because I have four kids.
02:50So it was like, it was the most grueling job I've ever had and probably the most rewarding.
02:56Yeah. Well, that job, the dad part.
02:59Yeah. Well, yeah, that one's the most grueling.
03:01Yeah. Well, I'm still waiting to see if they'll pick me up for another season.
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