{"id":4526,"date":"2012-05-04T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2012-05-04T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:42:52","slug":"interview-with-warehouse-13-star-eddie-mcclintock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4526","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview with Warehouse 13 Star Eddie McClintock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in October I had the great fortune to actually hang out with Eddie McClintock and\"\"<\/a> his family in Florida for the Syfy Digital Press Tour. Eddie was exactly what you would expect\u2026an absolute blast to be around. Aside from being a great actor Eddie is also a dedicated father, a loving husband and an artist.<\/p>\n

The following week I met up with Eddie again this time at the New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javits Center. Eddie was gracious enough to spend some more time with me (I even get sick of me after a bit) and chat about Warehouse 13, his geek nature and Rush. I hope you enjoy the interview.<\/p>\n

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James: Hi. I am here with Eddie McClintock \u2013 star of Warehouse 13 \u2013 where he plays Agent Pete Latimer. How are you doing today, Eddie?<\/p>\n

Eddie: I\u2019m well. How are you, James?<\/p>\n

J: I am doing outstanding. Outstanding.<\/p>\n

E: Good! Good\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Actually, I\u2019ve spent a lot of time with you in the last week\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Yeah! That\u2019s been pretty cool! We are the spiders from Mars.<\/p>\n

J: Spiders from Mars \u2013 yes, we are! And that\u2019s just amazing that you remember that! I have a question about the character of Latimer. Now, originally when we were at the SyFy con, and I was going to say, \u201cHow much of you is in Latimer?\u201d but then I\u2019ve spent lot of time with you I can see that you and Latimer are really pretty close. So how much do you improv? How much of it is in the script, and you go, \u201cNo, no, no\u2026Latimer would do this\u201d?<\/p>\n

E: Generally\u2026I would never do that necessarily, but I will say\u2026I know, I know I think the writers have done such a great job that rarely would I say at this stage of the game would I say \u201cLook, Pete would never do this.\u201d I may say that to a director that has come in that\u2019s new and she wants me to do something that maybe I wouldn\u2019t necessarily feel is right for \"\"<\/a>the character\u2026but in regards to dialogue, it\u2019s pretty spot on. I add stuff (but) I\u2019ll alwaysask. Like, for instance, in season one it was in \u201cDuped\u201d and Pete was on the Farnsworth toArtie and when he got off he said, \u201cKirk out.\u201d And I just\u2026.there was just something, like\u2026I remember doing the communicators when I was a kid \u2013 you know, I had a little communicator \u2013 and, um, so I did that and the writers were like, \u201cCan he say that? Is that all right? Can he say that?\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cYeah.\u201d I mean, you know, check it out and see if it gets past Standards and Practices or whatever, and we found out that it\u2019s allowed to stay in, so stuff like that I put in. Generally, it\u2019s not much, it\u2019s just maybe a button on the scene here and there, but again, the writers are so amazing they usually take pretty good care of me.<\/p>\n

J: Now Pete\u2019s a bit of a geek \u2013 with liking Star Trek and comic books \u2013 now is that part of you too? Or\u2026you know, I\u2019m looking at your face, I\u2019m not looking at your t-shirt\u2026and he\u2019s wearing an \u201cIncredible Hulk versus Wolverine\u201d\u2026it\u2019s the first appearance of Wolverine.<\/p>\n

E: That\u2019s right! That\u2019s right! Herb Trimp, who illustrated The Hulk when I was a kid, is my favorite and so I have all my original Marvel \u2013 I was a Marvel guy \u2013 and I have all my original Marvel comics and all my Mad Magazines from when I was a kid so I mean, I guess\u2026yeah, I\u2019m a geek, I suppose. I\u2019ll say it. There! I said it! Okay!<\/p>\n

J: You heard it here first!<\/p>\n

E: That\u2019s right!<\/p>\n

J: Now there was a question I did ask you in Orlando but we were interrupted \u2013 you were being pulled in every direction \u2013 talking about the toys on Warehouse \u2013 the Farnsworth, the beautiful Tesla \u2013 what is your favorite thing to play with?<\/p>\n

E: Oh\u2026you mean\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Yeah, on the show!<\/p>\n

E: (laughing) Whew! Wow!<\/p>\n

J: (laughing) Wow, that was a loaded question!<\/p>\n

E: Yeah, you saved me there! You saved me!<\/p>\n

J: Okay, yeah, on the show\u2026what was the piece of equipment have they given you on the show that you enjoy the most?<\/p>\n

E: Well, you know, there\u2019s this crystal ball that\u2019s in Artie\u2019s office\u2026it\u2019s, like, this big\u2026and I love to play with it and throw it and Saul\u2019s always taking away from me, or the prop master comes over, and he\u2019s like, \u201cThis is not a toy, Eddie. This is not a toy, Eddie.\u201d It\u2019s this big thick crystal ball that probably costs a bunch of money, but that\u2019s what I always mess around with. In regards to the actual things that you see on screen? You know it\u2019s always fun to carry around a ray gun! Hi, my job is to pretend that I\u2019m a secret agent man that carries a ray gun! So, I guess the Tesla is pretty cool.<\/p>\n

J: They just introduced the Tesla rifle \u2013 how long did you know that that was coming? Was there a bit of excitement for you, or did they just one day go, \u201cBy the way – here\u201d?<\/p>\n

E: Uh\u2026. it was pretty much the day that I saw it was the day I found out that we were carrying them. Well, actually, um, I guess it would have been the day we had the table reading. And as you\u2019re reading you\u2019re like, \u201cOoo! Tesla rifle! Cool!\u201d and then, of course, I Tweeted it and my exec producer is like, \u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be a secret!\u201d So\u2026I always get in trouble on Twitter\u2026with my exposing of secrets on the show. But season two and season one I got into big trouble, and this year I didn\u2019t do it at all because I was afraid to Tweet anything for fear that I would get in trouble from the network.<\/p>\n

J: Now I overheard you speaking with somebody else, and you said that you don\u2019t really like spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Um \u2013 that I don\u2019t like to spoil?<\/p>\n

J: No, that you don\u2019t really like to know what\u2019s happening on your show\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Oh, yeah, that\u2019s true! I really kind of like to show up and learn what\u2019s happening as I\u2019m reading at the table read, or I\u2019ll read it the day before just to be prepared for the table reading, but generally I won\u2019t go in and ask the writers, \u201cOkay, what are we doing this year? Who dies? Who\u2019s gonna live?\u201d and all that stuff, because I think that it helps my work to find out as I go. That may or may not be true, but I need all the help I can get when it comes to my work.<\/p>\n

J: I remember with the season finale this year \u2013 that was a pretty devastating season finale\u2026.<\/p>\n

E: Yeah!<\/p>\n

J: It\u2019s gonna be hard to come back from that. Granted\u2026something to do with MacPherson\u2019s watch \u2013 obviously \u2013 and I was sitting there watching the Warehouse be destroyed \u2013 spoiler alert! \u2013 and I\u2019m sitting there and I\u2019m starting to cry, and my girlfriend looks over at me and says, \u201cThey can\u2019t destroy it.\u201d And I went, \u201cNo, the dog! What happened to the dog?\u201d<\/p>\n

E: Nice! Nice! Um, actually the dog is okay from what I\u2019ve heard because he has his own Twitter feed. What\u2019s his name\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

J: Trailer.<\/p>\n

E: Trailer, Trailer! He has his own Twitter feed! And apparently he made it out okay. But\"\"<\/a> yeah, the finale was amazing. I\u2026watching it I was really proud of the show\u2026really proud of our writers and proud of being able to make something that can gave such an emotional effect on people because really that\u2019s why you do it, right? That\u2019s why you become an actor. It\u2019s to\u2026convey a feeling and when we can do that, it feels good.<\/p>\n

J: It seems like it\u2019s really going to be hard to be something to come back from, though. I mean, you guys pulled out all the stops! You killed Jinks. Mrs. Fredericks in gone. The warehouse is gone. H.G who\u2026.Pete should have wound up with her\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Yeah! Yeah!<\/p>\n

J: He was just starting to liker her too\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Yeah! It\u2019s funny you should say that, because if you hear in Pete\u2019s kind of trailing-out monologue there when she puts the force field around them both, and Artie and Pete start going, \u201cThere has to be another way\u201d\u2026and Pete says, \u201cI was just starting to like you, again\u201d\u2026or did he say, \u201cI was just starting to like you\u201d period? Well, it was obvious he liked her when he met her because they made out, like, twenty minutes after they had met which was funny because actually I made out with Jamie twenty minutes after I had met her. So it was like, \u201cHi. Okay. We\u2019re going to be making and here we go.\u201d So obviously that\u2019s not the tougher part of my job \u2013 to make out with Jamie Murray. Perks! I get to go to Orlando and hang out with you, and I get to make out with Jamie Murray!<\/p>\n

J: I would rather make out with Jamie Murray than hang out with me. Now, how hard is it for you \u2013 you\u2019re obviously a family man \u2013 father, husband \u2013 is it hard being away from the family for six months at a time?<\/p>\n

E: It\u2019s the worst part of it. Everything else is good, except for having to leave and go to Canada and leave my family. Thank goodness for Skype because it keeps me in contact with them. You know, generally my wife and I will just turn the Skype on and we won\u2019t even necessarily talk. We just turn it on and sit there and that way I can hear all the noises in the house and I can see what\u2019s happening at the house and the boys will run over and go, \u201cHey, dad, how are you doing?\u201d And then they run off and do something else. Lynne will sit there and watch TV and so it\u2019s kind of like I\u2019m there \u2013 it\u2019s the closest thing that we can think of as being in the same room as one another otherwise it would be just\u2026soul killing.<\/p>\n

J: What would you like to see for Latimer in the future?<\/p>\n

E: I would just like them to continue to make him the same person that he has been so far. I think that for me, as an actor, and for me personally, he\u2019s the perfect blend of all the things that I like to do as an actor and all the things that I\u2019d like to be as a human. You know, he\u2019s flawed and he\u2019s funny, and he doesn\u2019t take himself too seriously, but at the same time he loves the people that he loves and he\u2019ll defend them with his life and he\u2019s loyal and brave and that\u2019s who you aspire to be as a human. I don\u2019t have any real requests other than to just keep doing what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

J: Going back to the whole geek aspect of Eddie McClintock\u2026how does it feel to have Captain Katherine Janeway as your mommy?<\/p>\n

E: I mean, come on! How awesome! I have a starship captain as a mom, and an awesome cyborg as an ex-wife. Jeri Ryan played my ex-wife, obviously, and I love the fact that we \"\"<\/a>do the Star Trek tie-ins. We\u2019ve had Rene Auberjonois, and Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner have both said, \u201cSo, when are you going to get me on the show, man?\u201d I love the fact that we\u2019ve made a name for ourselves and that these great actors have a desire to come and be a part of our show.<\/p>\n

J: Personally, I think Warehouse 13 is the best thing on SyFy right now\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Thanks!<\/p>\n

J: \u2026and it scares me because every time something gets good on SyFy Channel, they go, \u201cHmm, we need more wrestling.\u201d<\/p>\n

E: They tend to eat their young a little bit. Hopefully, in this case, they won\u2019t do that. I know that Mark Stern is running the network right now, and it\u2019s his baby. He\u2019s responsible for Warehouse 13 and I feel like as long as he\u2019s around he\u2019ll champion our show and make sure that we\u2019re on the air.<\/p>\n

J: From what I\u2019ve read, you have a high female demographic.<\/p>\n

E: Yeah, over 50 percent. It\u2019s the highest female demo of any sci fi show ever. It says a lot for the writing, it says a lot for the sensibilities of the people running the network. I think that was part of the name change at SyFy. They wanted to change it from s-c-i-f-i \u2013science fiction\u2026they wanted to have their own brand but they also wanted to say \u201cHey, we\u2019re not just for the niche sci fi audience.\u201d We have great female characters and strong female characters and Artie\u2019s hot, so we\u2019ve got that going for us.<\/p>\n

J: Personally, I don\u2019t want any spoilers but I have a question\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Sure\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Anything we can look forward to in Season Four that you can say without ruining anything?<\/p>\n

E: I\u2019m coming back.<\/p>\n

J: Wow!<\/p>\n

E: It\u2019s true! It\u2019s true!<\/p>\n

J: That\u2019s great!<\/p>\n

E: That\u2019s pretty much it.<\/p>\n

J: Because I don\u2019t want to ruin it for me, because I\u2019m a fan of the show\u2026<\/p>\n

E: I don\u2019t know. Like I said, I don\u2019t ask and I don\u2019t know, and I like to be surprised.<\/p>\n

J: So you start filming again in January\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Yes, but apparently that\u2019s kind of a secret\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Then that will not be added in here\u2026<\/p>\n

E: I said it in front of people at the thing in Orlando and a bunch of the network people were like, \u201cOh. Oh. Whoa\u2026\u201d So I don\u2019t know\u2026no one says, \u201cEddie, this is a secret so you\u2019re\"\"<\/a> not allowed to talk about it\u201d because normally we start in February, I have a feeling – and I suppose I\u2019m allowed to say this because this is just my opinion \u2013 but I have a feeling they\u2019re going to try get us on earlier so we don\u2019t get swallowed up by the fall network shows because every year we just get clobbered by the network fall shows\u2026premieres.<\/p>\n

J: This will be the final question because I want you to have time to get back to your table. Is there any one thing you would like your fans to know about Eddie McClintock the person?<\/p>\n

E: Ummmm\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Is that a hard question? You know, people speculate, \u201cHe must be this way\u201d or \u201cHe must be this way\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

E: Uh, I put my pants on one leg at a time.<\/p>\n

J: Oh, crap, I actually have one more question\u2026it\u2019s a two-prong question. One, did you see Rush\u2019s last tour?<\/p>\n

E: I saw Snakes and Arrows\u2026<\/p>\n

J: Oh, you didn\u2019t get to see the Time Machine Tour?<\/p>\n

E: No, but this guy I know, Perry, used to manage them and he\u2019s going to hook me up for the next tour. But, yeah, my wife and I saw Snakes and Arrows at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A.<\/p>\n

J: And the other question goes with that \u2013 what is your favorite Rush album?<\/p>\n

E: You know, it\u2019s definitely between Moving Pictures and 2112. Moving Pictures was when I really started listening to Rush in the eighth grade, but 2112\u2026my wrestling team my junior year, we came out to \u201cOverture\u201d which is the first song there on 2112 and it was my friend Mike Auker\u2019s idea to do it and he set this whole thing up. We came out to \u201cOverture,\u201d and we had a smoke machine, they had, like, lights and stuff, and we came out onto the mat and it was really spectacular for a high school team and the fact that our coach let us do it! We were the best public school in the state of Ohio at the time and my buddy Mike unfortunately eventually committed suicide, and I loved him a lot. So when I think of the album 2112, it reminds me of Mike\u2026so maybe it\u2019s 2112.<\/p>\n

You should also check out Eddie’s website at http:\/\/www.eddiemcclintock.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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