Angel Magazine – March 2005 Issue: David Boreanaz Interview

different role. It’s an older guy character who’s bedding these girls. Yeah, tough job! Roles for me,” he continues, ” are really determined on the people that are involved, the story, and the way its written. I’m not saying I want to steer away from the genre at all. If it’s a really good horror genre or psychological thriller, I’d consider it.” David doesn’t worry too much about type-casting, either. “I would never sit down and say, ‘okay, you played Angel. He’s a vampire. How are you going to stop that curse? How are you not going to be known as a vampire?’ I never stop to think that. If I did, then I think I would be trapped in that.”
As for current plans: “There’s a project that we just sold to ABC,” David shares, “and it’s based on a true story about a cop who worked in the Phoenix area and he was in homicide. And they came to me with this story, a writer by the name of Pat Kalamy is involved, and he’s just a great Irish writer, and the character has a lot of strength. He’s basically a hit-man for hire. People come to him [and ask him to] kill people, but he’s an undercover cop and he’s got a family. He’s got two sons and he’s got to keep them away from all this danger that’s going on. I’m looking forward to shooting it. That’s pretty much what I’m next.”
And beyond that? “In the future,” David adds, “I look forward to doing action films, and later on in my career, tap into the vulnerable side.”

But does an Angel TV movie fit into David’s plans at all? “The talk of a television moved doesn’t creatively do anything for anybody. I think to take the show ion, it would need to be turned into a theatrical release, because we could really raise the bar. The show was already set up on widescreen format so that would just kick ass. I wold love Joss to do that, have Tim Minear involved or any of the writers. Right now, I wouldn’t want to [go back to the show] because the way we left the show at the end was fantastic. There is no challenge to stay in the same format and just extending the period of the hour, which I don’t really think wold be good for the show. As far as the character is concerned, I love paying the character and would be willing to step back into his shoes but it has to be right and the bar needs to be set high. “
Eight years of working in the Joss Whedon universe has taught David a lot, David shares. “Honesty is the best way to go. Honesty with yourself, honesty with what your work honesty in your values, what you do. Personally and professionally, you need to learn from your experiences. I’ve done a lot of falling down and picked myself back up, and those lessons have not been lost.


This article was originally featured in the Issue 20 of the Official Angel Magazine from Titan Magazines

This article has been reproduced for archive purposes.

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