Post by Lindy on Feb 18, 2009 23:55:14 GMT -10
Yesterday, our man appeared on the front of our Herald Sun Guide: “One Shady Character”. He’s had his dramas off-screen but David Caruso revels in the role of CSI: Miami’s mysterious cop. P5”
Page Five is titled “Red Hot in the Shades!” Lol! Excellent! All of this is to announce that Horatio returns to our screen tonight! We will see Going Ballistic tonight. Next week we will see Down to the Wire (neither seen here yet) and then I expect, on to Season 7!
It is a long article so here is just a little excerpt from it.
On this warm afternoon on the Miami set , it’s a relief to discover that though he has the look of someone with a short fuse, Caruso is in fact at ease with himself and thankful for a second shot at stardom.
In a break from filming, Caruso pulls up a deckchair in the back yard of the Hanthingy Park mansion and begins to speak in that slow, deliberate drawl, his eyes now barely visible behind those trademark shades made famous by CSI alter ego Caine.
“Today’s a normal day for me,” he says with a smile.
“We understand who we are as a show, how to make the show and have a pretty loose and collaborative set.”
We have a great group (cast and crew) that essentially has been here from the beginning.”
“This has remained a really interesting and fresh journey. I think you must have a sense of that (by visiting the set) because we are having some real fun out here and getting good footage.”
How is it possible to come to the same set, week in, week out, and avoid the feeling of being stymied creatively by a long-term contract? Surely he must worry about the fact creative fatigue can set in on a show quickly and unexpectedly and make life miserable for cast and crew.
"What is apparent to me at the moment of every day is what my job is," he says.
"It's the pursuit of the moment, what I call the carpentry of the moment on film and that's still a fascinating process to me... people coming together as a cast to find that.
That's what attracted me to acting as a kid. When I saw the Godfather as a little boy, 13, I didn't know about people's acting careers. I just knew about the quality of what they were doing and that's still what interests me.
"The world, between action and cut, is a fascinating world. The energy can be very thick over there," he says. gesturing towards crew preparing for his next scene.
"I once worked with Christopher Walken and he said, "We must always be very deliberate over there (on set)", so the interesting thing is, how you make the viewer see what you want them to see and not get caught doing it."
Once considered difficult and a destabilising influence, Caruso now embraces the responsibility of ensuring CSI Miami is a happy workplace for cast and crew.
"It's like family ... it has a relaxed nature here. That's probably a healthy thing because the crimes (in scripts) are so heavy and situations so dark. You have to balance that with a lighter atmosphere on set.
"That (behaving) has come with experience for me. You have to think what the big picture is what I should be concerned about in terms of the big picture."
Part 2 tomorrow night. It is time ..... for...... CSI MIAMI!
Page Five is titled “Red Hot in the Shades!” Lol! Excellent! All of this is to announce that Horatio returns to our screen tonight! We will see Going Ballistic tonight. Next week we will see Down to the Wire (neither seen here yet) and then I expect, on to Season 7!
It is a long article so here is just a little excerpt from it.
On this warm afternoon on the Miami set , it’s a relief to discover that though he has the look of someone with a short fuse, Caruso is in fact at ease with himself and thankful for a second shot at stardom.
In a break from filming, Caruso pulls up a deckchair in the back yard of the Hanthingy Park mansion and begins to speak in that slow, deliberate drawl, his eyes now barely visible behind those trademark shades made famous by CSI alter ego Caine.
“Today’s a normal day for me,” he says with a smile.
“We understand who we are as a show, how to make the show and have a pretty loose and collaborative set.”
We have a great group (cast and crew) that essentially has been here from the beginning.”
“This has remained a really interesting and fresh journey. I think you must have a sense of that (by visiting the set) because we are having some real fun out here and getting good footage.”
How is it possible to come to the same set, week in, week out, and avoid the feeling of being stymied creatively by a long-term contract? Surely he must worry about the fact creative fatigue can set in on a show quickly and unexpectedly and make life miserable for cast and crew.
"What is apparent to me at the moment of every day is what my job is," he says.
"It's the pursuit of the moment, what I call the carpentry of the moment on film and that's still a fascinating process to me... people coming together as a cast to find that.
That's what attracted me to acting as a kid. When I saw the Godfather as a little boy, 13, I didn't know about people's acting careers. I just knew about the quality of what they were doing and that's still what interests me.
"The world, between action and cut, is a fascinating world. The energy can be very thick over there," he says. gesturing towards crew preparing for his next scene.
"I once worked with Christopher Walken and he said, "We must always be very deliberate over there (on set)", so the interesting thing is, how you make the viewer see what you want them to see and not get caught doing it."
Once considered difficult and a destabilising influence, Caruso now embraces the responsibility of ensuring CSI Miami is a happy workplace for cast and crew.
"It's like family ... it has a relaxed nature here. That's probably a healthy thing because the crimes (in scripts) are so heavy and situations so dark. You have to balance that with a lighter atmosphere on set.
"That (behaving) has come with experience for me. You have to think what the big picture is what I should be concerned about in terms of the big picture."
Part 2 tomorrow night. It is time ..... for...... CSI MIAMI!
