Andy: Do you play video games at home? If so, what are your favourite games?
Tim: Not so much. There was a time when I spent about six weeks alternating between SWAT and Road Rash, non stop. Then of course, I needed to go for a jog and I never really got back into it. Lest we forget the great Nintendo boom of the mid-eighties. Ahh, the good old days.
Andy: Colin Mansfield Jr walks straight through a minefield of taboo topics. With alcoholism affecting nearly 10% of North Americans, racism still a problem that won't die away, and cheating partners becoming as common as free toys with a fast food meal, it must be very difficult for an actor such as you to portray a character that crosses
into all of these troublesome topics. How did you prepare for such a hard role? Was there any research required?
Tim: Not really. As you said, all of these shortcomings exist. They are all around us. These poor examples are being set all the time and one cannot help but to bear witness to the occasional incident. Once you experience a bigot or some other nasty character,
you are left with a unique opportunity: to ridicule them in fiction using their own ammunition. I don't think it is socially relevant or anything, it's just what I like to do. And as far as research for the role goes…I guess stupid people did all the work for me.
Andy: That’s a good way of looking at it. Let’s face it, there is an abundance of stupid people out there – so plenty of research is already done for you. It doesn’t seem like any of your colleagues could be placed in that category though. It seems that you had some attractive, intelligent, and talented colleagues to work with. What was the atmosphere like behind the scenes?
Tim: Very cool dudes. I missed everyone when it was over.
Andy: I guess there's a long script to read with an interactive product like this, and long filming time with multiple endings and alternate scenes as well to work with them on! How long did shooting the script take?
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1 - Matt Paprocki
Great stuff, fun reads. Thanks!