Interviews

Source : CSI Files

By Kristine Huntley
Posted at February 27, 2008 - 10:10 AM GMT


A.J. Buckley has the best of both worlds: as the newest regular on CSI: New York, he's enjoying fleshing out his character Adam Ross, but he still has just enough time to sneak away now and then to do the occasional guest role or to shoot a movie. Just days away from returning to work, Buckley told CSI Files' Kristine Huntley about what he did over the strike-induced hiatus, what he thinks of Adam's new potential love interest Kendall Novack and who he'd really like to see Adam make a move on, as well as his dream storyline for NY's resident lab tech!

CSI Files: What have you been up to during the time off due to the writers strike?

A.J. Buckley: Traveling. My girlfriend was living in Australia at the time, so at the beginning of the season in between episodes or if I was shot early in the episode and had like five or six days off, I'd be on a plane and be in Australia. The ADs were awesome with working out the schedule so I could go out [there]. And my schedule is pretty light anyways compared to Carmine [Giovinazzo, Danny Messer] and Eddie [Cahill, Don Flack] and Gary [Sinise, Mac Taylor] the rest of the crew. I work a few days during the week; it's pretty phenomenal. I'm really lucky. I was basically flying to Australia to see my girl and so I was in Australia ever two to three weeks. And while I was in Australia the strike happened and I wasn't in the last two episodes, so I ended up staying there for like a month and a half. Then I came back to LA and I was in LA for like two days, and then I went up to Canada [to see] my family and then I ended up in Mexico for three weeks.

And then my girlfriend flew over from Australia and met my family for the first time, and then my girlfriend and I flew to Thailand, which was unbelievable. Thailand is the most beautiful place in the world. It's really spiritual. You can't put into words how beautiful parts of Thailand are. It's just unbelievable; you're just in constant awe of what's around you. One night we camped overnight on Maya Bay where The Beach was filmed and we were only eight people on the island. We slept on the beach and it was a full moon, so it was my girlfriend and I under a full moon on this beach. A guy went out and caught our dinner for us--it was just such a beautiful experience. And then I came back here and the week after I got back the strike ended.

CSI Files: You really took advantage of the time off!

Buckley: Yeah. It sucked--I mean, don't get me wrong, I was pretty scared like, "God, I hope it comes back." And I was constantly e-mailing back and forth with [Executive Producer] Peter Lenkov, just touching base. And I finally got the word that the strike was over, which was such a relief. I go back to work on the fifth [of March] and I do the first two episodes, then I'm off [for] an episode and I go up to Canada to shoot Supernatural. They're bringing the Hellhounds back, so I go up on the 17th to Vancouver to shoot that for ten days and then I come back. CSI: NY has just been so great the producers have just been so amazing with allowing me to go and do [other things]. Right now I'm not in every episode. CBS has just been so cool to allow me to go to these other shows and films, which is great because it builds the profile of one of their cast [members] on the show. It works out for everybody.

CSI Files: You mentioned going back to work on the 5th. Have you seen a script yet?

Buckley: Not yet. I think we get them this week.

CSI Files: Have you talked to the writers yet about anything that might be coming up for Adam in the rest of the season?

Buckley: Not yet. I think we're just slowly over the season getting to know him more as far as his backstory, the whole abuse thing. There hasn't been any sort of concrete direction of what they're going to do, but I kind of like not knowing. I kind of like opening up the script and being surprised and going, "Oh wow, this is really cool!" It makes it more exciting if I don't know what's coming up. I've always played really dark characters, so I love to get into scenes and stuff where you really go deep within yourself and go on a journey. In the [third] season finale ["Snow Day"], when I read that I was so excited because I really got to act in it. It was great to do intense scenes with Carmine; I think he's such a great actor so to get to work with him on a script like that was really fun. And I actually had a lot of fun doing that. We both just said let's go for it.

So I'm hoping that Adam gets to go deeper emotionally into his past. Not that I don't feel challenged--the character's definitely challenging with the words and the science--but I definitely get excited when I see stuff where I get to be part of a moment. I would love to really have an intense moment with Gary. Gary's someone that prior to being on the show I looked up to so much, and I'm getting to know him now. He's just such an outstanding [actor]. Gary Sinise is Gary Sinise--he's just such a well-respected man. He's a family guy--family is so important [to him]--and yet he's so successful and always on point and always has a smile on his face. For the longest time I was so intimidated just being around him. He's such an intense guy when he's working because that's the character, and I was like, "Oh god, he hates me!" There's stuff he's done on stage in Chicago and stuff he's done as a director--I started renting all of his movies and just watching all of his stuff. They're just such great films.

I really want to start directing--that's a passion of mine, writing and directing---that's a bonus of getting to be on the set so much, observing and getting to see all the process and how the writers work and their approach. The writers are so cool. Reading the scripts now--they're writing how I talk! How I paraphrase stuff or how I go, "What up?" They'll put that in there. A friend of mine, Jonathan Siegel always goes, "What up?" and I just thought one day, I was doing a scene and I [said it]. And in a script a while ago, I think [it was] Trey [Callaway] who wrote it [in].

CSI Files: Getting back to "Snow Day"--that was such an intense ordeal for Adam. Knowing his background, do you think there will emotional repercussions somewhere down the line for Adam?

Buckley: I hope so! I hope we go back there because it was such a traumatic thing. I love the storylines that [stretch over] three or four episodes. I love the whole Second Life thing [in "Down the Rabbit Hole"] how it [ended] with 'to be continued....' And not just because I was featured in that episode, I just love episodic television. It's not really solved at the end of the episode--it just continues on. I loved the 333 stalker; I love that stuff. Those were some really good episodes.

CSI Files: Do you think Adam was annoyed that after he saved the day by saving the cops, everyone rushed past him to get to Danny?

Buckley: Not at all. He shies away from [attention]. I don't think he realized he did that. Adam's in Adam's world, he's happy in there, his own jokes make him laugh. I think he still thinks Danny and Mac and Flack and those guys are the ones that save the day, and he's probably [feeling] guilty that he crumbled and gave up the codes.

CSI Files: Do you think we'll see more of that guilt at some point?

Buckley: I hope so. I hope they go into more depth about it. I've been talking with the different writers and discussing ideas. Peter [Lenkov] and [Executive Producer Pam [Veasey] have really championed me on the show and have given me a lot of confidence in the character. I knew Pam back in the day; she really went to bat for me and believed in me. I feel really lucky; I feel like I've got the best gig in the world. I really enjoy Adam, I really enjoy all the people I work with a lot. I would love to work up the ladder and get to direct, to get to be behind the camera.

CSI Files: Would you like to do that on CSI: NY?

Buckley: Yeah! I don't think it would ever happen but [it would be cool]. I feel like I'm going to school right now. I'm trying to take in as much as I can. I would like to get into directing episodic television; I think it's really interesting. I just love the process of it; I'd love the producing side of things, the business side of things. I think that if, god willing, the show goes for another five years, I can just soak up the process. Because I really don't know the process--as much as I do, I don't know how it all works and that's something that I'm really passionate about, behind-the-scenes stuff. The next five years is school for me. It's a great opportunity to learn and to understand the business side of things and just kind of take it in.

CSI Files: So how did you end up getting regular status on the show?

Buckley: I knew at the end of season three. My agent had a conversation and it seemed like there was interest, and my agent had said, "Is this something you want to go after?" And I was like, "Oh yeah!" Without question I want to be a part of this. So many people are like, "You're not the star of the show, you're this, you're that," and they're good points to bring up but this is CSI and it's working with Gary Sinise. There are no preconceived notions of what my role is. I'm [not] caught up in this delusion that, "Oh, I need to be number one and I need more storylines and this and that." It'll come with time. It's more the opportunity than [me] in my head going, "I need more this, I need more that." And [it's] the bigger picture of being part of such a huge franchise.

Like I said before, the main reason why I ended up on the show was Pam Veasey. It was a hundred percent Pam. Pam and Peter are definitely two people [who championed me]. I remember talking to Peter and he said he was really excited. And I said, "You're excited? I'm fucking over the moon!" Pam and Peter are the reason it went [in that direction].

And Carmine, too. Carmine from day one always would take extra time. He could tell I was nervous and he would just take a beat or run scenes with me or we'd figure out certain things to bring light to the characters. He'd improvise and call me cupcake or he'd punch me in the scene. Carmine and I have become really good friends. He's fantastic. He's got a new CD coming out [Ceesau's Era of the Exposed]. It is awesome! And I'm not just saying that! There's this one song, track three, "I Wrote the Longest Word," it's cinematic. He's so talented. I remember talking to him and he was like, "I've got to do something creative with my music," and he totally applied himself, got the band together, redid his studio and for three months worked his ass off and really went after it, and at the end of the day, the product is awesome. And I wouldn't say that if I didn't think it was. This one song, it is so catchy!

For my birthday, we all went go-carting, myself, Hill [Harper, Sheldon Hawkes] and Carmine and a bunch of my friends. On the way up we listened to [Carmine's] CD. We put the CD in and we didn't say anything to my girlfriend or her friend at the time, and we were like, "What do you think of it?" and they were like, "It's great, who is it?" And I was like, "It's Carmine!" And I kept wanting to play it over and over again, [but Carmine] was like, "A.J., come on, it's enough." I was like, "It's my birthday! I can play whatever I want!" He's really talented. I don't know if Carmine realizes what he did. That's not easy to do--to write it and to produce it. It's really good stuff. He did it and it sounds amazing.

CSI Files: So are you friends with anyone else in the cast?

Buckley: I'm friends with all of the guys. Eddie and Hill, too. Hill's another [talent]--he wrote that book [Letters to a Young Brother]. I read it, it's great. And just all the things Hill does with his politics and Barack Obama and how passionate he is about that. I hung out with Eddie a couple of times. He's Eddie! He's a good [guy]; we have the Irish connection. I'm from Ireland, he's part Irish. It sounds so cliché, but it's just a cool group of people.

CSI Files: Adam has something of a love interest now in Kendall Novack (Bess Wohl). They spent the night together in "Can You Hear Me Now?", but they didn't sleep together. What's with that?

Buckley: I wanted to know what was going on in there! Adam didn't close? Come on! She's on the couch. I think he had a glass of wine and passed out and she got fed up with him and kicked him onto the floor. I hope they go more into that storyline because it's really fun. And she's great. We had a couple of scenes together where it's just banter between us. She's really fun; it just breaks up just saying the science, a little nerd love in the lab.

CSI Files: So you think Adam definitely has a crush on her?

Buckley: Yeah, yeah. I like that. I think they should write more, make Adam a bit more of a stud with the lab techs! I think Adam really wants a gun and a badge. He thinks that's how he'll get the ladies. And maybe Detective Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier) will see him mix up chemicals and that will turn her head and she'll say, "Wow, he's a sexy scientist!"

CSI Files: You think Adam could steal her away from Flack?

Buckley: Adam could? I don't know. Maybe he wishes he could! Every boy has to have a dream. I think he'd be really confident up until the point where she says hello to him and then he wouldn't be able to talk! He'd be like, "Ah, ah, ah!"

CSI Files: That would be funny!

Buckley: Yeah. I really liked where I got to dance in the lab. That was actually a fun day because Gary was laughing at it. It was in another scene and you didn't get to see it, but he turned to me and said, "You're in the background, so start dancing!" I was doing the moonwalk and spinning around. It was after Gary left the lab and I don't think the shot actually made it into the episode, but [he said,] "When I leave, keep dancing!" It was really funny. That's the cool part about Adam. He's very close to me and the way I live my life, but he always lightens up the mood a bit. I try to make one of the cast members have a smile on their face or make them laugh. It's always funny if Gary cracks up. He's not an easy guy to make laugh, but when we were doing the Second Life stuff, I got him a couple of times. During a couple of takes, he started laughing.

CSI Files: Did you enjoy the Second Life episode? Did you try out the universe?

Buckley: I loved the episode, but I didn't go in. There was supposed to be an avatar out there that was being created for me by two guys in Australia and I was supposed to do a Q&A as the avatar in Second Life, but it never happened.

CSI Files: Are you excited about the follow-up episode?

Buckley: Yeah. That's the cool thing about Adam--they've made him the go-to guy for all the new technology out there.

CSI Files: Anthony Zuiker described Adam as the "youngest and hippest" of the group. Do you agree with that assessment?

Buckley: Hip is such an odd word, I find. I think he just sees the world totally different. I think he's more privy to what the kids like, so to speak, or what the terms are or the technology that's out there. As far as fashion and stuff, they give me really cool clothes that I love. A friend of mine has a clothing line, TankFarm, and he gives me clothes to wear all the time. One day I get into wardrobe and see TankFarm stuff and I go to the wardrobe lady, "This is my friend's clothing line" and then they started sending them. What I wear on the show is pretty much what I wear everyday. Like my jewelry and all my stuff. My man-jewelry! My accessories.

CSI Files: So Adam would naturally most likely be involved in the Second Life follow up episode?

Buckley: I think, yeah. I would assume that with that world attracting this girl (the assassin) or any of the new technology stuff, Adam will be sort of heavy in that. He's just the go to guy with new stuff. Carmine's character makes fun of him for it, but at the end of the day, it's what got him there. I had so much fun filming that episode!

CSI Files: How was the big gladiatorial battle in Second Life filmed?

Buckley: They had at the time only like thirty seconds of animation filmed, so they would cut to the animation and then pan over to me and then restart the animation and come back, so [my part] was all sort of improv. I was just making stuff up.

CSI Files: Is there any character you would like to see Adam interact with more?

Buckley: Sid (Robert Joy). I really like Sid. I think he's such a talented actor. And to be honest with you, I've never really had many scenes with Eddie. We've had maybe one or two lines. It's either Stella (Melina Kanakaredes), Danny, Mac or Lindsay (Anna Belknap) and Hawkes. But never Flack. I'd love to be in on an interrogation. I think Adam wants that toughness.

CSI Files: Who do you think Adam most looks up to?

Buckley: Mac. I think he sees Mac as a positive father figure.

CSI Files: Which character do you feel Adam is closest to?

Buckley: Carmine's character. As much as he picks on [Adam] and whatnot, I think they've got a good [friendship]. I don't think Danny's ever invited him out for beers or anything like that. I think Mac and Danny [are the two he's closest to].

CSI Files: You also had a big role in the 333 storyline coming together when Adam assembled the puzzles in "One Wedding and One Funeral". Did you enjoy that?

Buckley: I remember reading the script and going, "Oh god!" The prop guys did a great job of building the puzzle. I think they had to do it a certain way because of copyright [issues]. I looked at that puzzle and there was nothing about that puzzle that looked remotely fun to do! I was like, "Are you kidding me?" God bless anyone who looks at that and thinks that's fun. There are so many other things I would much rather do! It just looks painful! But we actually had fun when we were doing the montage with Anna and I. Rob Bailey was directing that one and we just had fun. Where I was actually closing my eyes in front of one of the puzzles, we all laughed about it.

CSI Files: Adam was on his own with those puzzles until the end, when Lindsay stepped into help once it became clear it was about Mac. Do you think that bothered Adam?

Buckley: I think Adam's character puts a lot of pressure of himself. When Mac came in and saw that he'd done it, how excited he was that Mac was like, "Oh yeah, good job, man." Any sort of compliment that he can get from Mac is great. I think he's always up for the challenge. He gets off on it. And if someone helps him, great and if no one helps him, he's just [fine].

CSI Files: What would your dream storyline for Adam be?

Buckley: For him to really save the day and to see a tough side to Adam, which I believe he has. I believe that if Adam's pushed, he would fight back. My dream role is a Die Hard character, an everyman, a blue-collar worker that goes on the impossible mission. Just your average guy who saves the day. In that sense, Adam has never been put in that situation where it was up to him to man up and arrest somebody or tackle somebody or fight somebody. I think he was probably put down his whole life and I think that's one of the reasons he'll never let anybody do that to him again. But some sort of action thing or maybe something with his father. Anything that's an emotional thing that I can bring the intensity that I'm used to doing when I act.

CSI Files: On note, going back to "Snow Day," Adam had to sum up the courage to go get the Maquis solution after being tortured. How do you think he was able to do that?

Buckley: I think he was terrified but when Danny said, "This is what's going to happen," he said, "Alright." As much as he's scared, when he comes down to it, he'll deliver or give it his best shot. He's the unsung hero: you'll never hear him talk about it again. He's not one to gloat or say, "look at me!" He's very under the radar. He comes in, does his job, goes home and feels good about it.

CSI Files: Of the episodes you've been in so far, do you have a favorite?

Buckley: Probably "Snow Day" and "Down the Rabbit Hole." Those are my two favorites. But I love the Tanglewood boy storyline. I love that. Both Gary and Carmine have such a cool storyline with that, especially when [Danny's] brother got beat up, that scene in the hospital, when Carmine and Gary were outside, I thought that was a really powerful scene. Which I think you need more of, because it makes the characters in the show more relatable and more vulnerable. That's the thing: the cast are all proven, prior to the show, to be great actors. Like Eddie, the work that he's done, the films that he's been in, Carmine, Hill, and Melina. Everybody's done great work, so when the writers write that stuff, you know you're going to get a good performance out of the cast. They've really got a great stable of actors. It's just great to be around.

CSI Files: So you're going back to Supernatural for an episode. Have you seen a script for it yet?

Buckley: There characters have a reality show now or something like that. I haven't read it yet. I just know that they worked out the dates. I didn't think I was going to get to do it, but then they called and said CBS had worked out the dates. But I love that character. He's such a fun guy. I kind of made him have whiplash in the neck with how he turns. He's always stiff. And I love when he got to wear the glasses and I came up with a voice for how he talks. And Travis Wester, the other Hellhound--we have so much fun together. When we were filming, Jensen [Ackles] and Jared [Padalecki] and I would start improvising and then we would just start laughing. Someone would crack up in the middle scene and they'd yell, "Cut!" We'd go again and, "Cut!" It took a while to get through.

CSI Files: Are you working on any other projects right now?

Buckley: I'm going to do a film called Hunger. I play this crazy scientist that does this experiment--he locks five people in a room with cameras and leaves them water and sees what they'll do, see if they'll eat each other. It's a really dark film. It's a horror thriller.

CSI Files: Sounds like a real villain!

Buckley: Yeah. I love playing the bad guys. That's my favorite thing to do.

CSI Files: Why do you like playing bad guys?

Buckley: Because I'm acting! Bad guys are the funnest. They get to do the best stuff! It's just something I find I can lose myself in.

CSI Files: You mentioned your girlfriend is from Australia. Does CSI: NY need to worry about losing you to another continent?

Buckley: No, she's actually moved here now! It's so much better. She's amazing. She's an actress--she was on a show, Home and Away in Australia. She's actually out here now pursuing her career. She's amazing! I'm very lucky I met her.

CSI Files: How did you guys meet?

Buckley: At my house at a fourth of July BBQ. She was over visiting a friend of hers and we were introduced.

CSI Files: You're probably not missing the commuter flights!

Buckley: It was a thirteen hour flight, but it really wasn't that bad! It was like, you get on, you sleep for five or six hours, you watch two movies and then you're there. It was hard coming back, but going there was fine. It was hard being away from each other, but actually doing [the flight] was easy. And I actually love Australia--it's one of the most beautiful countries I've ever been to. It's so amazing. And her family is really fantastic, too. It was really cool to get to see that part of the world.

CSI Files: Have you found since being on CSI: New York that you get recognized more often?

Buckley: It's weird--I'm kind of oblivious to it unless somebody comes up to me and says, "Hey, are you such-and-such?" Or I'll get a lot of, "Where do I know you from? Did we go to high school together? Did we work together?" I'll get a lot of that. They just can't quite figure out how they know me. And I never say, "Oooh, I'm on TV." No, I'm just like, "I don't know." My friends will always ask, "Do people recognize you?" When I was in Vegas during the VMAs, I came out of a hotel and there was a paparazzi there that started taking pictures and I was with a friend of mine and I stopped and turned around to look at who they were taking pictures of. And I was like, "Who are they taking pictures of?" and my buddy was like, "It's you, man!" And I was like, "What?" Even when I was in Australia, the paparazzi guys would follow me and my girlfriend and the headlines would be about our "romance." It's really interesting to see what people write about. I'm just like, "I'm really nobody. I don't know why you're taking pictures [of me]. There are so many other people you could take pictures of!" I'm just oblivious to it.

I mean, I'm flattered when people come up to me and say they're a fan or they like my work or when I check out [TalkCSI] and I see the people talking about [the show] or their favorite [character]. It feels good to read about it. A lot of the reason I became a regular was because [fans of the show] responded to me and talked about me in chatrooms, and that really led to the writers writing for me. Believe it or not, those things really have influence and help [the writers] get a feel for how hardcore fans respond to a character. So I'm very grateful.

CSI Files: So will we be seeing you in the opening credits soon?

Buckley: I think it's next season that I'm in the opening credits, or maybe the year after. I'm not in every episode. Bruckheimer does it where you do like the first couple seasons as [a special guest star]. I've never been in the opening credits of a TV show before, so I'm actually really excited for when that happens.

CSI Files: It must be nice to be on a show that you know isn't getting cancelled!

Buckley: Yeah. It's really changed my life in so many ways. I can do things I've always wanted to do. Prior to getting CSI: NY I was fully living out of my car. I was broke! I had $32 to my name and I was couch-surfing and sleeping in my car. It was the happiest I ever was, but [it was tough]. The show just opened up so many doors and has given me so much opportunity. I read an article in the New York Times that it was the biggest television franchise in history, so to be a part of that [is amazing].

And then that billboard! I've never been on a billboard before. My friends texted me when I was in Australia to say, "You're on a billboard." I knew when they took that cast photo [for season four] that it [was a big deal], but I didn't realize they were going to put the billboard up in L.A. right on Fairfax and Beverly! I remember coming home and I was in a town car with my girlfriend and I looked up and I was like, "Holy shit!" I got the driver to stop the car and I got out and I was like, "This is crazy!" And to be on it with Gary Sinise. It's just great.

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Je ne vais pas faire une traduction détaillée mais je vais par contre vous faire un bref résumé de ce que j'ai compris.

Dans la première partie de l'interview, AJ évoque ce qu'il a fait pendant la grève : il est allé en Australie où habite sa "Girlfriend". celle-ci a rencontré sa famille. Ils sont allés en Thaïlande, etc..

Il évoque ensuite CSI NY et là, c'est vraiment très intéressant.

Il décrit ses relations avec les acteurs. Il était au début très intimidé de jouer avec Gary Sinise, parce que c'est quand même une sacrée pointure !! Et, apparemment il aurait acheté tous ses films pour les visionner
Il est très admiratif de ce grand acteur et est vraiment content quand il joue des scènes avec lui.

Ensuite, il parle aussi de Carmine, avec qui il est devenu ami. Ils s'entendent bien et passent quelques moments bien sympathiques ensemble. AJ l'apprécie beaucoup et a l'air assez impressionné par son talent , aussi bien en tant qu'acteur qu'en tant que musicien et chanteur. Il trouve l'album qu'il a créé avec son groupe CEESAU, absolument fantastique ! Et précise qu'il ne dit pas ça parce que Carmine est un ami mais parce qu'il le pense vraiment. Il raconte comment Carmine parle de sa zik, combien c'est important pour lui. :ko:

D'ailleurs, petite anecdote : le jour de son anniversaire, AJ avait invité plusieurs de ses proches amis et Carmine. A un moment, il a passé l'album de CEESAU (sans dire à ses amis que c'était Carmine qui l'avait fait) et ceux-ci l'ont tout de suite trouvé génial et ont voulu savoir qui était le groupe. AJ leur leur a dit que c'était le groupe de Carmine. Celui-ci lui a alors dit que, maintenant, c'était bon, qu'il pouvait mettre autre chose comme zik mais AJ a continué de passer sa musique, en lui disant que c'était son anniv et qu'il faisait ce qu'il voulait !

(je trouve ça trop génial !!! )

En ce qui concerne la série, il adore jouer avec Carmine, donc adore les scènes Danny/Adam.
Il aime la personnalité de Adam, le fait qu’il danse dans le labo, qu’il soit drôle et il aime aussi sa façon de s’habiller très fashion. Certains points du personnage ressemblent d’ailleurs à la vraie personnalité de l’acteur (ex : le fait de danser )

AJ a hâte qu'on exploite le passé d’Adam. Il aimerait un épisode où serait évoqué l'histoire avec son père par exemple et où il pourrait nous émouvoir, mais aussi que les scénaristes exploitent ce qu'il a vécu dans "Snow Day". Il a d’ailleurs beaucoup discuté avec eux à ce sujet et ceux-ci sont prêt à le suivre dans cette voie !! Moi aussi je le suis !!!!

Explications :

Dans "Snow Day", Adam a été torturé et a donné les codes permettant aux terroristes de s’emparer du labo. Le personnage a subi un vrai traumatisme dans cet épisode. Et ce ne sera pas passé à la trappe !!! Pour notre plus grand plaisir !!!
AJ aimerait en fait qu’une histoire lui rappelle ce qu’il a vécu ou qu’il soit obligé de retourner sur les lieux de ses tortures.
Et puis, en plus, son traumatisme n’est pas dû qu’aux tortures qu’il a subies mais aussi au fait qu’il se sent coupable d’avoir donné les codes. Par sa faute, le labo a été pris d’assaut et Mac, Stella et Sheldon ont dû lutter contre les assaillants au péril de leur vie. Je crois avoir compris qu’Adam se sent aussi très mal vis-à-vis de Danny, Mac et Don qui, eux, ont su faire preuve de courage et ont su résister aux terroristes, contrairement à lui.

Bref, si ça se concrétise, que ce soit dans la saison 4 ou dans la 5, je serais trop contente !! Je l’attends avec beaucoup d’impatience cet épisode !!!!

Carmine aussi avait évoqué dans une interview cet été qu’il y aurait sûrement une suite à « Snow Day » (qu’il attend lui aussi impatiemment). Donc, à mon avis, il se pourrait bien que le traumatisme d’Adam soit exploité lors de cette suite.

Pour AJ, Adam est un héros qui passe un peu inaperçu, qui ne va pas se vanter de ses exploits, qui va bosser, fait son boulot le plus consciencieusement possible et retourne chez lui le soir. Parce que, même s’il était terrifié, quand Danny lui a dit « on va faire comme ça », il le fait quand même.

Adam admire énormément Mac et recherche toujours à faire du mieux qu’il peut pour qu’il soit fier de lui et de son boulot. (AJ aimerait d’ailleurs que la relation avec Mac soit plus développée par la suite.)
Au labo, il relève toujours les défis qu’on lui impose. Genre, refaire le puzzle des immeubles !

L’autre épisode que AJ a adoré était « Down the Rabbit Hole » où son personnage a bien été mis en avant. Il a hâte de tourner la suite de cet épisode. Il jouera dans les deux premiers épisodes de la reprise mais pas dans les 7 prévus.

Il aime aussi beaucoup l’histoire des Tanglewoods et a énormément aimé la scène finale entre Mac et Danny. Il a trouvé que l’émotion de cette scène était sublime.

Il aimerait aussi que sa relation avec Kendal soit exploité parce qu’il la trouve amusante et regrette de ne pas avoir plus de scènes avec Eddie.

Sinon, AJ joue aussi dans « Supernatural » et doit encore tourner dans des épisodes, si j’ai bien compris

Voilà, en très gros, ce que dit cette interview. Si je m’aperçois que j’ai omis des trucs essentiels. Je les ajouterai dans un prochain post.

Merci pour la traduction et l'inteview.

J'espère vraiment qu'il y aura une suite au deux épsiodes et que le perso d'adam sera aprofondie car moi je l'adore

beaucoup Lindsay pour la traduction

merci beaucoup pour l'article et pour la traduction !!!!

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The fact that I’m playing a gifted scientist on television right now is hysterical, says AJ Buckley who plays lab tech Adam Ross on ‘CSI New York’

WHEN AJ Buckley first landed his “CSI New York” role, he was really nervous. And he had good reason to be.

Before he got the job, AJ was living out of his car — a BMW, sure — but a car. “I was giving myself a month left of living out of my car with 32 dollars. Then I got a call and I got ‘CSI New York.’ And I went, “Oh my god, thank you so much.”

AJ, who was born in Ireland and raised in Canada, has been a CSI New York regular since Season 3 and he just loves it. “I really get to see how the story is taken from the embryonic stage and running it through every department. It is unbelievable, the amount of time and effort and work that goes into doing one episode.”

How did you develop your character Adam Ross in the show?

When we started off there was no character description of Adam and I was really nervous to get the job for many reasons. One, I was completely broke. And Gary Sinise was someone I had completely idolized as an actor and when I met him on the set I was so nervous and jittery. To get through the scene I said to myself I just got to make Adam a nervous guy because I can’t fight the fact that I’m nervous. I needed this job right now. In Season 3, I got the offer to go full-time on the show and I jumped at the chance.

When you said you were living in a car, did you really mean you were living in a car?

I did, yeah. It wasn’t the lack of help from my parents or my family or my friends but it was a stage in life that I had to figure out on my own. I couldn’t take help from anyone, I had to figure it out. That was a really strange crossroads. I had this conversation where I either had to go home to Canada and get a 9 to 5 job or I needed something to break. I’m here now so I guess it was meant to be.

What would you have done if you went back to Canada?

Get any job I could get to build up money again to come back down. I wouldn’t have given up. Because when you’re here and you come over from Canada you can’t have an under-the-table job because you get caught, you get thrown out of the country. You can only act. That puts a lot of pressure on you not being American. Recently I got my green card and it was a real blessing.

What kind of car was it?

My mother called it Hotel BMW. It was a BMW that I bought when I first got out here.

What was the first luxury item you bought after landing your “CSI” job?

I bought this really great barbecue (grill) so I can cook steak and drink beer. I love having people over at my house for dinner so I needed to get a really nice barbecue.

What is it like on the set? Do you guys play pranks on each other?

I’m a bit of a jokester so I always mess around with Carmine (Giovinazzo). He’s a really old friend. Carmine and I and Eddie and Hill, we’re always cracking jokes and putting things on each other’s cars, anything to keep us laughing.

Can you make suggestions for your character?

Yes, it’s definitely a team effort. It’s actually cool to see when you realize that the writers are starting to write how you speak. There’s a certain beat. So you can read the scripts and hear how each actor is speaking. When you’re doing scientific dialogue, it helps.

Is it hard to get into the character of the city?

New York is such a great city, one of my favorite cities in the world. A lot of the films I watched growing up were set in New York. I had to study my New York, I had to understand what New York was. But the vibe was sort of set with the actors. I mean you hang out with Carmine and Eddie and there’s New York.

You have tattoos on your wrist — what are those?

My mother and father, who are my best friends.

Were you already familiar with ‘CSI’ before you were cast?

Yeah, I’d seen it before and I played a killer on “CSI: Vegas” prior to that. I booked a guest star on “Miami.” Just before I had to go and do that — because you can only do one “CSI” a year — that’s when we got the call from Pam saying, pass on “Miami” and come be a lab tech on “CSI New York.”

How good are you at science?

In school, I was terrible. My head was in the clouds, I was daydreaming all the time. I blew up things, things would just catch on fire. I’ve gotten some e-mails and I’ve run into teachers from those years who were like, “Yeaaah, hidden talent.” The big words I have to learn for the show haunt me. It’s like a bad dream with all these giant words. They’ll be in my head for hours. You have these big words to say and all these names to say and I’m already nervous on top of it, so yeah. I’ve learned a lot about science though. I really have. I’ve learned a lot. And I can drop some serious words, big words. I’m great at Scrabble now. People are like, “That’s not a word.” It’s a word.

What kind of killer were you on ‘CSI Miami’?

I was a bad killer.

What was it like working with Gary Sinise? How did you overcome your nerves?

Did you go through formal lab training?

Not so much formal lab training but everyone involved with “CSI New York” is so particular so any question you ever have there’s always someone to give you a full-detailed answer.

When you get around these talented actors, you don’t want to mess up. I think Gary’s one of those actors who’s been around forever, who’s done such amazing work onstage, worked with all the greats. He is one of the warmest people you will ever meet but when the camera’s rolling, he’s Mac and so I’d be like, “Oh my god, this guy hates me, he’s staring at me, is he mad?” Every time I walk on the set, I’m like, “Oh my god, I’m fired. I’m definitely fired. I’m totally fired. I’m never coming back here again.” But it was just me beating myself up. But he’s a great guy. I’m not nervous anymore on set. Now I have fun.

The struggling actor only had $36 left in the bank, and nothing more than a friend's couch to call home, when he was offered the part of Adam Ross on the hit crime drama. It was only supposed to be a re-occurring role, but it was just the break Buckley needed. By the end of the show's third season (in 2007) he was offered a five-year contract -- giving his TV alter-ego a full-time job in the crime lab and Buckley a steady gig plus his own place -- complete with his own couch.

On a rare break from CSI, Buckley talked about his new-found fame and his scientific role from the L.A. set of Supernatural, where he was busy shooting an upcoming episode reprising his role as paranormal investigator Ed Zeddmore.


Every episode of CSI: New York requires A.J. Buckley to memorize a lot of scientific terminology. This would pose a challenge for any actor, however, the White Rock, B.C. native has the added pressure of being dyslexic.


Buckley spent 15 years chasing his dream with guest-starring roles on shows such as NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Entourage and Supernatural, and parts in movies such as Disturbing Behavior and The In Crowd. But it was the CSI franchise that solidified his career: Before landing the role of Ross on CSI: New York, Buckley appeared on the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He almost met up with Horatio Cane and his omnipresent sunglasses on CSI: Miami, but turned down a guest part on that branch of the franchise in favour of a possible recurring role on CSI: New York.

When he went to audition, his nerves got the best of him -- which turned out to be the best thing that could have happened.

"I was so nervous that I was kind of jumpy, so I had to use that and brought it to the character and they loved it," said Buckley.

As the uber science, techno geek Adam Ross, Buckley has accomplished something few on television have done before -- he's made science sexy. Fans have embraced his nerdy, yet cool, brainiac scientist, along with his boy-next-door good looks and charm.

The 31-year-old, who moved from Dublin to White Rock, B.C., at age six, describes his character as a "fun-loving guy" who "loves his job" and is always trying to make his sullen colleagues laugh.

"I'm a pretty easygoing guy; always cracking jokes and having a good time and the fact that Adam isn't dark and brooding makes it a lot more fun to show up and work," Buckley said.

But his "fun-loving," happy, facade may be about to crack as the writers delve deeper into just who Ross really is.

"(The writers) want to go into Adam's storyline pretty heavily and it's exciting every time you open a script," he said. "There are layers to what's behind the mask of Adam, what really makes him hurt."

Playing a scientist, however, does come with its fair share of challenges. There's a lot of scientific terminology to memorize to make it sound authentic. This would pose a challenge for any actor, however, Buckley has the added pressure of being dyslexic.

"The scientific dialogue can get really hard. It can become a big wash of nothing and you have to try and make sense of it," he said, adding: "technically it's improved me as an actor, being aware of having to do five or six things while doing this tricky dialogue, and then having to be funny on top of that." Buckley credits the writers with doing such a great job and making themselves readily available if the actors have any questions during filming.

Outside of the crime lab, Buckley can be seen this summer on the big screen in the retro-80s coming-of-age drama Skateland.

"What CSI has done for me, what's it's brought into my life and allowed me to see . . . I'm just really thankful, especially nowadays, that I have a job and I can put groceries in the fridge," he said with a laugh. "I'm doing what I love. I'm pretty f--ing lucky."


Source : Canada.com

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Q. What are some of the recent projects that you've been working on?

A. I've got a movie coming out in the winter called Skateland with Ashley Greene and Shiloh Fernandez. It's a coming of age story set in the 70s/80s around this roller rink in Texas. My character owns the roller rink which happens to be called Skateland. It's this little independent film that I did last year and I really responded to the script and I am really excited that the film is going to be coming out.

Q. What was it like working with director Anthony Burns?

A. Really cool! Anthony Burns and Heath Freeman, Heath Freeman wrote it, those guys are just a bunch of good ole boys from Texas. Texans are some of the best people, they're just good people. It was a very laid back shoot and it was great to get out of the lab and really immerse myself in something else.

Q. What can you tell us is new this season on "CSI: NY" and with your character?

A. The season opener of the show opens with a bang to say the least. It explores the death of Angel and what people go through after her death. Mentally and emotionally what they do and what happened after that moment. I think this whole new season, for every character, we're going into the intricacies and peeling back the layers and having a better understanding of how these characters tick. Science will always be a huge character in the show but I think we're fortunate being in season six the audience cares about the characters and really wants to go inside their mind a little bit. We're on episode six right now and the scripts are just phenomenal this year for everybody. I get some love, Adam finally gets some love after five years, I can't say with who but I get some love.

Q. Where do you continue to draw from for your portrayal of Adam?

A. My inner dork! I am a dork at heart and I am always laughing at myself. I would say my inner dork is where Adam comes from.

Q. What about your role as Adam continues to challenge you?

A. I would say making science funny. "CSI: NY" is not a comedy by any means, but I am always told to make it funny. The challenge would be making a procedural drama funny.

Q. How does the cast continue to maintain such great chemistry together after six seasons?

A. I think it's how it's all run, between Pam Veasey and Peter Lenkov and all of the writers and everybody from there down, I think is just a really close group. Eddie, Hill, Carmine, and myself have become really good friends over the last couple of years. I really noticed it when I came back from break this year and saw everybody and realized how much I had missed them and how important everyone was to me. That goes right across the board to the crew, I was genuinely really excited to see everyone.

Q. How much input do you have when it comes to the writing and actions of your character?

A. Sam has an open door policy if you've got ideas and input. It's a really free environment as far as if you have ideas or concepts or feel like you want to take your character in a certain direction, they're always open to hearing it. I'd say I have a fair amount as far as if I don't like something, or if I am not particularly happy with something, which has never happened. I've always liked where Adam is going and I would just say we always meet in the middle.

Q. Why do you think viewers continue to tune in and watch the show?

A. I just think it's a really well oiled machine and these types of shows seem to withstand time, they just seem to last. I just think a lot has to do with the writing, it really come down to the writing and how they come up with it. Then the performances of the actors, I've been really fortunate to work with the actors on our show like Gary and Carmine, just really solid and well seasoned actors.

Q. Where can people go online to keep up with you and your upcoming projects?

A. They can go to www.ajbuckley.net.

Q. What would you like to say to your fans and supporters?

A. It means everything and I am flattered when I hear even word that there are fans out there. I'm like, "Really? That's so cool!" Thanks.

Merci Lindsay!!!

Merciiii Perl!

Mais alors sur son scooter...

You made the day of Madameuh Buckley mdr

Merciiii Perl

Je sens qu'on va me la ressortir souvent celle-ci (J'aurais mieux fait de...)

Au départ en fait, la pub était censée être un spot pour un nouveau téléfilm ou série. Et puis, ils ont lancé les spots qui étaient en fait une pub pour le nouveau téléviseur LG.

Bah oui, ch'ui une ennuyeuse professionnelle, fallait pas me laisser l'occaz' de t'embêter mdr
Toujours aussi bien informée, toi ! Merci pour ces explications mdr