Post by KRoseLynn on Mar 16, 2007 17:09:20 GMT -10
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Well after further reading in that website I found, the rest of the stuff posted was pretty much garbage, so I just posted the two good articles that were there. I really don't want to send anyone to that site. Bleh.
But I've never seen these two articles and they are pretty good.
I separated them into two posts.
End of edit.
Ok this was from March of 03, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
I thought it was a nice little interview.
Although the author didn't paint Rory in a good light.
But, the David part was excellent!
'CSI: Miami' Stages a Beach House Murder
(Sunday, March 09 10:00 PM)
By Kate O'Hare
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - An anorak thrown over his suit, David Caruso steps out of the front door of a massive, rectilinear house on a bluff overlooking the beach in Malibu, Calif., and asks, "Who makes enough money to own a place like this?"
When someone suggests "a neurosurgeon," Caruso shrugs and smiles. "Yeah, probably."
It's the cold, dark end of a long, damp shooting day for the cast and crew of CBS' Monday freshman hit "CSI: Miami." The California house -- with its vast plate-glass windows, polished stone surfaces and tastefully neutral furniture -- is standing in for a Florida mansion that is the site of a particularly gruesome murder.
Caruso's character, chief crime scene investigator and former homicide detective Horatio Caine, has spent the day overseeing the processing of forensic evidence at the crime scene, with the help of team member Tim "Speed" Speedle (Rory Cochrane) and coroner Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander).
During filming (when all the crime scene techs are inexplicably dressed in short-sleeved pastel shirts), Caruso also functions as a kind of leader. As scenes are set up, he steps into the shot, hands on hips, saying, "Let's go," as everyone funnels into place. He's willing to chat between scenes, hanging out on the steps and discussing a possible war with Iraq, but he'd like to save any interview until after the workday is over.
Cochrane has no such preference. Taking one of many cigarette breaks, he grabs a seat on the wall bordering the house's lush lawn. With the pounding of the Pacific Ocean at his back -- and a hummingbird adorning a nearby bush -- he talks about his enigmatic character.
"Originally, the character was supposed to be a quarterback or something for Miami, so obviously I'm not fitting that profile," he says, fiddling with the unbuttoned cuffs on his slightly oversized dress shirt. His wardrobe is an attempt to move Speedle out of T-shirts, but it only succeeds in making the slight Cochrane look like a kid in his dad's clothes.
"I guess it seems like some people on the show have history," he continues, "but I don't know. He's supposed to be a trace expert, but it seems like everybody knows all the different dimensions of what we do. We all sort of share it. It seems like nobody's one thing or the other, except Alexx. She's the coroner, and you don't want to get into that."
Relaxing in the makeup trailer, Alexander has a different opinion of Alexx's job. "I'm loving it so far," she says, especially the part about her character talking to the dead. "When I first read the material," she says, "that's the thing that attracted me to the part. That's what makes her different from all the other coroners I've seen."
"My feeling is her mom was one of those fake psychics, like Miss Cleo, so she grew up around all that stuff, but her grandmother really believed it. You know, I interviewed a lot of coroners, and all of them told me that the bodies do speak to you. They don't speak verbally, but the body will tell you everything you need to know."
"So, in some ways, you're having a communication. There's definitely a communication. There's definitely something beyond death."
With filming done -- and Cochrane roaring away on his Ducati motorcycle -- Caruso settles down to talk. Asked about Caine's habit of standing with his hands on his hips, the actor smiles and gets up to demonstrate how this differs from his previous series roles, as police Detective John Kelly in "NYPD Blue" and a prosecutor in "Michael Hayes."
"You know," he says, "that just came out of the character. Every character stands somewhat differently. It just happens. John Kelly was a hands-in-his-pockets guy, and Michael Hayes was this, hands behind his back."
"For whatever reason, Horatio Caine came out with this. It's funny you bring that up, because it's a weird little thing that took place."
A five-year resident and a business owner in Miami (the show films mostly in the Los Angeles area, with occasional trips to Florida), Caruso is happy to report that the folks back home approve. "We were just there for Christmas," he says, "[my wife] Margaret and I. We were at a Christmas party at some friends, and they're an influential family in Miami. I was pretty excited to hear that they watched the show."
Although he admits that the show's gleaming, incredibly detailed sets are the envy of forensics labs everywhere -- including Miami -- Caruso is more about heart than hardware.
"One of the instincts that I have as Horatio Caine," he says, "is I never want to let go of the absolute, horrific nature of the loss, not only for the victim, but the aftermath of the wives and the families and so on. I don't ever want to let go of their pain, because they can't let go of it."
"One of the things we're getting to do is exercise what I call a resolve and a relief. It's not so much to just get a completion on things when we can, there's also an opportunity to provide relief for people at the end of an episode."
On a personal note, Caruso has found a whole new generation of fans. "I was in Miami the other night, and these two boys, 10, maybe 12 years old, were tracking us, yelling, 'CSI.' I waved them over, because I have my Horatio Caine cards, kind of a baseball card made up with a signature on it. I gave them that, and Margaret and I were like, 'My God, they're 12 years old.'"
"One of the really interesting Christmas gifts I got this year is that people are recognizing me as the guy from 'CSI,' and that's a big deal for me."
Krystal
Well after further reading in that website I found, the rest of the stuff posted was pretty much garbage, so I just posted the two good articles that were there. I really don't want to send anyone to that site. Bleh.
But I've never seen these two articles and they are pretty good.
I separated them into two posts.
End of edit.
Ok this was from March of 03, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
I thought it was a nice little interview.
Although the author didn't paint Rory in a good light.
But, the David part was excellent!
'CSI: Miami' Stages a Beach House Murder
(Sunday, March 09 10:00 PM)
By Kate O'Hare
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - An anorak thrown over his suit, David Caruso steps out of the front door of a massive, rectilinear house on a bluff overlooking the beach in Malibu, Calif., and asks, "Who makes enough money to own a place like this?"
When someone suggests "a neurosurgeon," Caruso shrugs and smiles. "Yeah, probably."
It's the cold, dark end of a long, damp shooting day for the cast and crew of CBS' Monday freshman hit "CSI: Miami." The California house -- with its vast plate-glass windows, polished stone surfaces and tastefully neutral furniture -- is standing in for a Florida mansion that is the site of a particularly gruesome murder.
Caruso's character, chief crime scene investigator and former homicide detective Horatio Caine, has spent the day overseeing the processing of forensic evidence at the crime scene, with the help of team member Tim "Speed" Speedle (Rory Cochrane) and coroner Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander).
During filming (when all the crime scene techs are inexplicably dressed in short-sleeved pastel shirts), Caruso also functions as a kind of leader. As scenes are set up, he steps into the shot, hands on hips, saying, "Let's go," as everyone funnels into place. He's willing to chat between scenes, hanging out on the steps and discussing a possible war with Iraq, but he'd like to save any interview until after the workday is over.
Cochrane has no such preference. Taking one of many cigarette breaks, he grabs a seat on the wall bordering the house's lush lawn. With the pounding of the Pacific Ocean at his back -- and a hummingbird adorning a nearby bush -- he talks about his enigmatic character.
"Originally, the character was supposed to be a quarterback or something for Miami, so obviously I'm not fitting that profile," he says, fiddling with the unbuttoned cuffs on his slightly oversized dress shirt. His wardrobe is an attempt to move Speedle out of T-shirts, but it only succeeds in making the slight Cochrane look like a kid in his dad's clothes.
"I guess it seems like some people on the show have history," he continues, "but I don't know. He's supposed to be a trace expert, but it seems like everybody knows all the different dimensions of what we do. We all sort of share it. It seems like nobody's one thing or the other, except Alexx. She's the coroner, and you don't want to get into that."
Relaxing in the makeup trailer, Alexander has a different opinion of Alexx's job. "I'm loving it so far," she says, especially the part about her character talking to the dead. "When I first read the material," she says, "that's the thing that attracted me to the part. That's what makes her different from all the other coroners I've seen."
"My feeling is her mom was one of those fake psychics, like Miss Cleo, so she grew up around all that stuff, but her grandmother really believed it. You know, I interviewed a lot of coroners, and all of them told me that the bodies do speak to you. They don't speak verbally, but the body will tell you everything you need to know."
"So, in some ways, you're having a communication. There's definitely a communication. There's definitely something beyond death."
With filming done -- and Cochrane roaring away on his Ducati motorcycle -- Caruso settles down to talk. Asked about Caine's habit of standing with his hands on his hips, the actor smiles and gets up to demonstrate how this differs from his previous series roles, as police Detective John Kelly in "NYPD Blue" and a prosecutor in "Michael Hayes."
"You know," he says, "that just came out of the character. Every character stands somewhat differently. It just happens. John Kelly was a hands-in-his-pockets guy, and Michael Hayes was this, hands behind his back."
"For whatever reason, Horatio Caine came out with this. It's funny you bring that up, because it's a weird little thing that took place."
A five-year resident and a business owner in Miami (the show films mostly in the Los Angeles area, with occasional trips to Florida), Caruso is happy to report that the folks back home approve. "We were just there for Christmas," he says, "[my wife] Margaret and I. We were at a Christmas party at some friends, and they're an influential family in Miami. I was pretty excited to hear that they watched the show."
Although he admits that the show's gleaming, incredibly detailed sets are the envy of forensics labs everywhere -- including Miami -- Caruso is more about heart than hardware.
"One of the instincts that I have as Horatio Caine," he says, "is I never want to let go of the absolute, horrific nature of the loss, not only for the victim, but the aftermath of the wives and the families and so on. I don't ever want to let go of their pain, because they can't let go of it."
"One of the things we're getting to do is exercise what I call a resolve and a relief. It's not so much to just get a completion on things when we can, there's also an opportunity to provide relief for people at the end of an episode."
On a personal note, Caruso has found a whole new generation of fans. "I was in Miami the other night, and these two boys, 10, maybe 12 years old, were tracking us, yelling, 'CSI.' I waved them over, because I have my Horatio Caine cards, kind of a baseball card made up with a signature on it. I gave them that, and Margaret and I were like, 'My God, they're 12 years old.'"
"One of the really interesting Christmas gifts I got this year is that people are recognizing me as the guy from 'CSI,' and that's a big deal for me."
Krystal
