Adam Baldwin

Up Close and Personal with Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin as JayneWhether you’ve seen him play Jayne Cobb in Joss Whedon’s “Firefly”, Animal Mother in “Full Metal Jacket”, Ricky Linderman in “My Bodyguard” or seen him in one of the 80+ roles he’s played over the last 25 years, you know who Adam Baldwin is. Having been a fan of his for many years, I jumped at the chance to attend Adventure Con in Knoxville, Tennessee this past weekend to finally meet Adam in person. I have to admit I was nervous and worried about making a fool of myself because he is my favorite actor, but those fears were quickly alleviated as Adam is not only more unbelievably handsome in person, but also one of the most down-to-earth and funniest people I have ever met. He immediately put me at ease and my two friends, CSteinme and Thymewarp, who had already met him before, were quick to tell me “I told you so”.

At a muscular 6′4, Adam can seem quite imposing and is probably one of the reasons why he has been cast in many tough-guy roles, but his real-life persona reveals a heart of gold. He was friendly and kind to every fan that stood in the long lines to get his autograph and after hearing reports from the staff of the convention, he was just as nice to them and didn’t exhibit any of the star ego associated with too many of today’s celebrities. After a long day of signing autographs and greeting fans, he graciously sat down with us for a few beers and a candid interview.

JenCala: You’re in the upcoming horror movie, “The Thirst”, playing a vampire. Tell me about your role in it.

Adam Baldwin: Yeah, Lenny the vampire. I’m the Jayne with bloody teeth in “The Thirst”. You know, it was really just a quickie. It was offered to me as sort of this fun role to play and it turned out pretty well. I’ve only seen the trailer. I think it doesn’t take itself too seriously as I don’t think horror movies should. It’s a cartoon really...it’s fun. I think movies tend to get into trouble when they start taking themselves or their story line too seriously and then they come across as arrogant.

JC: I’ve seen the previews for the new series you have coming up called “Day Break”. Tell me about your role in that.

AB: I play Chad Shelton. He’s an internal affairs investigator for the LAPD. [I’m] Taye Diggs’ characters’... I don’t’ want to say nemesis, he’s not his nemesis. He’s his ex-partner who’s investigating him and his ex-wife is now Taye’s girlfriend and so there’s some conflict there. It gets a little complicated. Jeff Bell, who was on Angel, he just called me a couple of days ago and told me the script for episode 2 was coming next week too, so I’m excited about that. It’s a high concept police drama with elements of “Memento”, “Groundhog Day”, and I would say the tone of “X-files” without the aliens, without the supernatural. You have to suspend some disbelief because it keeps repeating; there’s a big conspiracy going on and Taye has to figure out why these people are trying to frame him for murder and it’s a puzzle...and hopefully the audience will be drawn to it each week to try to figure out the puzzle.

JC: How do you think the format is going to work...Adam Baldwin Signs and Autograph

AB: Terribly. (Laughs) No, I’m kidding.

JC: (Laughing) If he’s [Taye Diggs’ character] reliving the same day over and over again, will each episode be a new day ?

AB: The idea is that you examine one day for the season... well, I don’t want to get too far out in front. The thumbnail sketch is that you have one day you examine, unlike “24”, it’s not going to go chronologically, you won’t go episode one is hour one, episode two is hour two. It won’t be that. It will be this day and how the events of hours 4-7...if they don’t follow the same pattern as the hours 4-7 from the day before will change hours 8-12. So, you can pick and choose each episode. You can examine the whole day, you can examine 3 hours from that day, you can examine 20 minutes and extend it to the 43 minutes of the hour program. So, they have a lot of latitude on whose character they decide to focus on in the ensemble cast. There are 6 main characters and lots of guest actors in recurring roles. Mitch Pileggi from the “X-files” is there, a guy named Clayton Rohner, a great character actor, he’s in there. So, they have a lot of different options, and it’s still in the early goings so, I’m not sure what the writers are going to suss out for us all. It’s uh, it’ll be a...

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