Here is part of an interview with KHC from:
http://www.space.com/
The interview is far to long to put here in full (some 5 pages long) so grab a coffee and go check out the rest of it.
Keith Hamilton Cobb stars as Tyr Anasazi, a member of a subspecies of humanity classified as Nietzscheans.
SPACE.com’s Don Lipper talks to Andromeda’s big guy about Tyr’s Shakespearean facade, why he doesn’t kill the Andromeda squad, a relationship with Dylan that’s odd, philosophers that make him nod and generally how it feels to be a galactic sex god.
SPACE.com: You didn't have to audition for the role, but actually developed it with Robert [Hewitt Wolfe, the show's head writer and co-executive producer]. How did that happen?
KHC: Robert sat down with me and we talked about what I wanted. Basically I told him that my problem in Hollywood has been that I’m a large figure. I don’t fit the suit, and the roles aren’t really being written for a guy like me. I’m a very unique type -- very unique look, so we have to create something.
He said "I get it" and he went away and he did [get it]. In fact, he created an entire race, which are a very extreme people, which makes them great fun to play. It really allows me to be all the things that we cannot be in real life. It’s always the arch characters who don’t have to be politically or societally correct.
So when you mantle yourself in the cloak of a character like this you can play out all those extreme emotions and ideas. There’s a wonderful, fascistic nature to these characters which we all would love to have at our fingertips. We would all love to say, "Do it my way dammit, and that’s that." But we can’t. And this character can, and does. Which is not to say that he’s not conflicted.
SPACE.com: In the first few episodes we’ve seen him conflicted several times. When he has choices to make, he’s apparently siding with Dylan.
KHC: Right now Dylan is really the last best hope, not only for the Commonwealth, but also for Tyr. There’s not a whole lot else going on [for Tyr].
Certainly Tyr has goals and ambitions, but this seems to be the most pragmatic way of reaching them, even if he has to put up with any amount of ethical, moralistic hogwash, from his perspective, for a while. And despite himself, these people can’t help but in some way, grow on him. So, given that he is a thoughtful Nietzschean and trying to figure out where he sits, this questions of who am I, of what am I, pop up in his head a lot. And being confronted with these people on a daily basis, I think he can’t help but sort of grow towards them, and they towards him on some levels. But there’s always going to be a difference.
The next page goes on to talk about Tyr's evolution and Shakespeare. So, what are you waiting for? GO!
http://www.space.com/
The interview is far to long to put here in full (some 5 pages long) so grab a coffee and go check out the rest of it.
Keith Hamilton Cobb stars as Tyr Anasazi, a member of a subspecies of humanity classified as Nietzscheans.
SPACE.com’s Don Lipper talks to Andromeda’s big guy about Tyr’s Shakespearean facade, why he doesn’t kill the Andromeda squad, a relationship with Dylan that’s odd, philosophers that make him nod and generally how it feels to be a galactic sex god.
SPACE.com: You didn't have to audition for the role, but actually developed it with Robert [Hewitt Wolfe, the show's head writer and co-executive producer]. How did that happen?
KHC: Robert sat down with me and we talked about what I wanted. Basically I told him that my problem in Hollywood has been that I’m a large figure. I don’t fit the suit, and the roles aren’t really being written for a guy like me. I’m a very unique type -- very unique look, so we have to create something.
He said "I get it" and he went away and he did [get it]. In fact, he created an entire race, which are a very extreme people, which makes them great fun to play. It really allows me to be all the things that we cannot be in real life. It’s always the arch characters who don’t have to be politically or societally correct.
So when you mantle yourself in the cloak of a character like this you can play out all those extreme emotions and ideas. There’s a wonderful, fascistic nature to these characters which we all would love to have at our fingertips. We would all love to say, "Do it my way dammit, and that’s that." But we can’t. And this character can, and does. Which is not to say that he’s not conflicted.
SPACE.com: In the first few episodes we’ve seen him conflicted several times. When he has choices to make, he’s apparently siding with Dylan.
KHC: Right now Dylan is really the last best hope, not only for the Commonwealth, but also for Tyr. There’s not a whole lot else going on [for Tyr].
Certainly Tyr has goals and ambitions, but this seems to be the most pragmatic way of reaching them, even if he has to put up with any amount of ethical, moralistic hogwash, from his perspective, for a while. And despite himself, these people can’t help but in some way, grow on him. So, given that he is a thoughtful Nietzschean and trying to figure out where he sits, this questions of who am I, of what am I, pop up in his head a lot. And being confronted with these people on a daily basis, I think he can’t help but sort of grow towards them, and they towards him on some levels. But there’s always going to be a difference.
The next page goes on to talk about Tyr's evolution and Shakespeare. So, what are you waiting for? GO!