Although a lifelong fan of the genre, "I have never been given the
opportunity to do things like that. I've been hanging around a long
time, doing a lot of stuff, and I've been very grateful for it. But
presented with this, it was the biggest gift I'd been given in a very
long time. So couldn't be happier about it," he says. The role required
more physical preparation than he was accustomed to. "This was the only
thing that was ever gonna get me in a gym, and it did. After we shot the
pilot and found out we got picked up, I immediately started training
with our stunt coordinator, Jeff Wolfe, who did a lot of the 'Pirates of
the Caribbean' movies. He's an amazing stunt coordinator and
choreographer, and he's been there shepherding us throughout the
process. And the good thing about it is it's fun, so we get to go there
every day and have a good time doing it."
Burke grew up in Bellingham, Wash., "wanting to get out. I've visited
several times since I left. It's a beautiful place. The Pacific
Northwest is always going to be home to me. But I was a kid growing up
in a small town just wanting to see the rest of the world," he says. He
spent time there over the last few years making the "Twilight" movies,
the last installment of which, "Breaking Dawn Part 2," is due out Nov.
16. Now that it's coming to an end, "I'm neither happy nor sad about
it. It was what it was, it was great while we were doing it and it
really opened a lot of doors for me. I had a great time playing that guy
but all things come to an end sometime. There were moments that
were bittersweet when we were shooting the last one," he confides,
adding that he pretty much stayed out of the hoopla surrounding the
movies. "I made no secret about having never read the books and was
oblivious to a lot of things that were going on, just like the
character. I just went along for the ride."
As for what he'd do if a technology blackout happened for real, and what
he'd miss most, "I consider myself old‑school. I could probably get
along without a cell phone," he muses. "I guess it would be the razor
that keeps my face at this length."
EW Review Better Revolution should concentrate on its own here-and-now, since the opening hour clearly peaked with an elaborate fight scene in which Burke’s Miles took on a lot of bad guys using a combination of sword skills and the now-TV-standard Muay Thai/Krav Maga/ hand/elbow/knee strikes (see also: Person of Interest).
The action is exciting; Spiridakos could, for better or for worse, be the next Hayden Panettiere; and there’s an intriguing overarching theme that could resonate with viewers: In the face of disaster and hardship, people rely on the family unit and rebel against oppressive political/martial factions that rise up in a power vacuum. Whether Revolution pays off on this premise will probably be key to whether the series remains worth watching regularly. More at source.
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