- Daniel Gillies habla sobre 'Saving Hope' (digitalspy.uk.co):
Are you excited about Saving Hope coming to the UK?
"I'm so excited that UK fans get to have it because they're so awesome. I've met so many just travelling recently, and they're bringing up the show to me which is really surprising. I'd always expect that they'd bring up The Vampire Diaries to me and not Saving Hope, just because of the amount of exposure The Vampire Diaries has had in recent years, and Saving Hope is so new."
Saving Hope is no ordinary medical drama - there's a supernatural twist, with Alex's fiancé giving advice from beyond the grave. Is that what made you want to do the show?
"You know, to be honest, at the time I took the show, I was trying to make money because I was very, very broke and in debt! But I was mostly drawn to the idea of the show after meeting with David Wellington at my first audition. He's one of the executive producers and he's directed several of the episodes - he directed the pilot. I don't know, I just felt like he was a real talent and he had a real vision for it. And of course, I loved the script, but, you know, it was really sort of David's presence at the beginning."
Your character Joel is quite confrontational - that must be fun to play.
"Yeah, he is kind of confrontational. I mean, I feel he's less confrontational and more... I think he's very good at what he does. I do think that he has an ego which accompanies that kind of skill. And I think that he's extraordinarily confident in his abilities. One of the things that we see that starts to dismantle his ego, essentially, is I guess his relationship with Alex Reid and the reveal that he still sort of carries a torch for her. And also a series of failures that he has surgically at Hope Zion. I think he's learning more from his failures certainly than he is from any of his triumphs."
You mentioned Alex just then - do you think they could get together in the future?
"Yes, 100%! Of course. I mean, anything's possible, right? Do I think that people would be upset by that? Yes. Do I think that there's potential for that? I mean, I think that's why a lot of people tune in from week to week, honestly. The number of people that say to me, 'Are they going to get together?' - the curiosity alone seems to have its own kind of weight and force. I'm not one of the writers, I don't govern that. But do I think it can happen? I absolutely do. Do I think it should? I mean, that's not really up to me, that's the writers. But there's certainly unfinished business."
Well he's in this relationship with Maggie... Do you see that as a real romance?
"I will definitely say that yes, he's in a relationship with Maggie - it does feel a little bit more transitory and a lot less committed. I think it's convenience that sort of forged this little dalliance between the two of them."
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"I'm so excited that UK fans get to have it because they're so awesome. I've met so many just travelling recently, and they're bringing up the show to me which is really surprising. I'd always expect that they'd bring up The Vampire Diaries to me and not Saving Hope, just because of the amount of exposure The Vampire Diaries has had in recent years, and Saving Hope is so new."
Saving Hope is no ordinary medical drama - there's a supernatural twist, with Alex's fiancé giving advice from beyond the grave. Is that what made you want to do the show?
"You know, to be honest, at the time I took the show, I was trying to make money because I was very, very broke and in debt! But I was mostly drawn to the idea of the show after meeting with David Wellington at my first audition. He's one of the executive producers and he's directed several of the episodes - he directed the pilot. I don't know, I just felt like he was a real talent and he had a real vision for it. And of course, I loved the script, but, you know, it was really sort of David's presence at the beginning."
Your character Joel is quite confrontational - that must be fun to play.
"Yeah, he is kind of confrontational. I mean, I feel he's less confrontational and more... I think he's very good at what he does. I do think that he has an ego which accompanies that kind of skill. And I think that he's extraordinarily confident in his abilities. One of the things that we see that starts to dismantle his ego, essentially, is I guess his relationship with Alex Reid and the reveal that he still sort of carries a torch for her. And also a series of failures that he has surgically at Hope Zion. I think he's learning more from his failures certainly than he is from any of his triumphs."
You mentioned Alex just then - do you think they could get together in the future?
"Yes, 100%! Of course. I mean, anything's possible, right? Do I think that people would be upset by that? Yes. Do I think that there's potential for that? I mean, I think that's why a lot of people tune in from week to week, honestly. The number of people that say to me, 'Are they going to get together?' - the curiosity alone seems to have its own kind of weight and force. I'm not one of the writers, I don't govern that. But do I think it can happen? I absolutely do. Do I think it should? I mean, that's not really up to me, that's the writers. But there's certainly unfinished business."
Well he's in this relationship with Maggie... Do you see that as a real romance?
"I will definitely say that yes, he's in a relationship with Maggie - it does feel a little bit more transitory and a lot less committed. I think it's convenience that sort of forged this little dalliance between the two of them."
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