A q with eric balfour When stephen king first wrote the short story,"The
colorado kid,"He probably never envisioned that it would inspire a modern day
supernatural television series.Syfy's series haven features not only a
mysterious town with inhabitants that are stricken with abilities that border on
the supernatural and super-Freaky, it offers a complex look at a trio of heroes
caught up in the story of how to solve the puzzle of what brought these troubles
to the little town of haven.During a recent press call, eric balfour shared what
makes his character duke crocker tick and also provided a few key insights on
the upcoming season of haven. How is the dynamic within the cast change, as the
show has progressed? Eric:Last season, me and lucas have had a history
together-We worked on a show before and we have a really good rapport, and emily
and lucas had worked before together-But we hadn't all worked, the three of us
together.So we really became friends last year.This season, we really have
learned to look after each other and support each other.It really is a really
tight bond.Most shows don't have this small of cast.Most shows have seven or six
regulars or even sometimes more.It's really the three of us that are permanent
fixtures on the show.So we really have become like this little unit and little
family in a way.So i think the biggest difference from this season to last is
just our camaraderie and our comfort level.I mean i love emily and lucas and
there isn't anything i wouldn't do for them. What do you enjoy most about
working on haven? Eric:I love playing duke, i really do.He has no boundaries.He
can say what he wants.He can do what he wants.He doesn't have to abide by
anyone's rules and i think that's probably something i enjoy in my own life.I
mean from an emotional standpoint, i feel like i definitely do understand duke.I
love this dude.I just think he's awesome.So in that regard, yes.I'm never
completely sure of exactly who duke is, but i think at his core i really do
understand who he is and i like him.He's fun. Since we see more of reverend ed
when the show returns, can you talk about working with stephen mchattie and what
it's like to play off of his intensity? Eric:Stephen mchattie is pretty fricking
awesome.He's an odd bird in some ways.He really is an artist.That i appreciate
so much-That he takes what he does very seriously and he's very good at it.But
he doesn't have sort the normal, linear conversations like the average joe does,
and that kind of makes him fun.But, at the same time, you're always a little
unsure of what stephen mchattie thinks and you're always kind of trying to
figure him out.But i think that makes him really fun. Can you kind of talk about
the new character that's kind of coming into your character's life and about
her-Or are you not allowed to talk about that? Eric:Yes, i can talk about it.So
duke has this woman come into this life.And duke-Is sort of, i guess similar to
me in that way that he-Duke is attracted to dangerous women.He is one of those
guys who doesn't like anything that comes easily.He likes the challenge and he
likes a certain amount of danger and game and suspense.So this woman comes into
his life and definitely starts to turn things upside down and (free next day in-store
delivery.) really is a catalyst for a big part of where duke is going
this season and really in future seasons too. Are we going to get more of the
town's past this season and more about what's going on? Eric:Oh, yes.We're going
to find out a lot about this town and we're going to find out homepage a lot about how duke
is connected to this town and to the troubles. Are we going to get see more
about how what happened with duke and nathan? Eric:We are definitely going to
start to see duke and nathan's relationship evolve.But thus far, we haven't
spent a lot of time as we did last year examining their history.I think last
season we had a lot of references to sort of what caused their rift and the
possibilities of what they once were friends and no longer are.But this season
we're really sort of moving forward with their relationship and seeing what it's
evolving into. Related:Top 10 time travelers Over the last year, you have done
everything from tv to film.How you felt about doing those gigs and what was so
unique about haven that probably stands out for you? Eric:Well, as far as haven
is concerned, i just loved that this show took place in this very quirky,
macabre, funny world.And i love the character.I love that haven, while it has
all this mystery and it has all this danger, it also has this very small town
warmth and it has this sense of family-And it's strange.I mean when you think
about the characters, vince and dave who run the newspaper, i love those
guys.They're just funny and weird and goofy.And i'm hoping to really, as the
show goes on and we move into further seasons, that we really, really keep
pushing that boundary even further. How was it guest starring on no ordinary
family and how was it different from your haven experience? Eric:Obviously, the
biggest difference is that haven and the crew and show have become like my
family.I mean, we really are lucky.We have an amazing crew and we have a lot of
fun together.It's always interesting to go to another show, as a guest, and to
sort of be an outsider.But it was a lot of fun.I mean hanging out with michael
chiklis was really cool.And it was actually cool because the couple of weeks
that i was there, he was right in the middle of releasing a song that he had
produced and sang.So it was really fun watching the dude from the shield-This
sort of tough guy-Actually really being like giddy and like a little kid.He was
so excited about this song.So it was really fun to hang out with him.And he was
a really cool dude.And i got to hang out with lucy lawless, who is just awesome.
Do you know if there's going to be an answer as to Buy Tiffany why there
are"Troubles"In haven or why they come back? Eric:I do know for a fact that sam
ernst and jim dunn, the creators of the show, definitely 100% know exactly
what's going on in this town.So some day, i know they will [tell us], but i
think it's probably not going to happen for like season 5 or 6.They're going to
prolong it as long as they can.But they definitely, definitely, definitely have
an answer.They know exactly what's going. Eric:Do i have a guess?I've always
imagined, in my mind, that what's going on in haven is in some ways, it's almost
like global warming.As things shift in the universe of haven and the world
shifts and humanity shifts, things change.And while at one time, haven, this
town, was exactly-As its name ensues-Was a safe haven for people that had these
supernatural curses or troubles or afflictions.So as nature changes, something
happened in the energy of this town that created this molotov cocktail of
supernatural occurrences.And i always felt that it was much more evolutionary
versus being one single action. You're playing this ambiguous character in
haven, and you don't exactly know what's going on with him from week to
week.Because this show is so intricate in its dynamics, you're always having to
ask questions and to get questions answered.There's two different schools of
thought.Some people like to keep the actors guessing because they want their
responses to be honest.For me, as an actor, i like to know what's coming ahead,
because i feel like it is my job to paint a palette, and to know that if i'm
going from a to b, there's certain hills and valleys that i'll want to hit along
the way.So i like to know the answers.Balfour is emailing us again.What are we
going to do?' But they're always really cool about it.And they always take the
time to answer our questions and talk us through things.I've got to hand it to
them.They're amazing in that way that really appreciate and respect how much we
have breathed life into these characters.So this
page they really do value our opinions about what our characters do.It's
really neat.Neither one of us likes rules very much.I think that would be the
most obvious thing to me when i think about how me and duke are similar.It's
interesting.There's a lot of similarities.I think duke is innately more
confident than i am in some ways, which has actually been really kind of a
blessing for me in my own life.Playing duke, i have to get outside of myself and
really have strong belief in who i am as duke because that's what makes duke
really kind of awesome is that he has a confidence and a charisma that i've sort
of learned a little bit from playing him in my own life.He walks through the
world believing that he can do anything and that the rules don't apply to him in
that.Anytime somebody said you can't do something, that's just a challenge for
him to do it.It's a lesson that i've sort of taken in my own life.
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