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2.14 “Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind” (23/02/16): ENRICO COLANTONI (“VERONICA MARS”) ESTRELLA INVITADA — Cuando el dueño increíblemente optimista de una cafetería es asesinado, Liv (Rose McIver) usa su alegre prespectiva para ayudar a Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) a resolver el asesinato. Mientras tanto, las cosas empiezan a ir de mal en peor para Blaine (David Anders), y Drake (la estrella invitada Greg Finley) es forzado a cancelar los planes con Liv debido a un encuentro con el más elegante de Seattle. Robert Buckley y Rahul Kohli también aparecen. Jason Bloom dirige el episodio escrito por Kit Boss (#214).

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Rahul Kohli explica por qué no sabremos más sobre Ravi pronto
Por Sadie Gennis | 8 Feb, 2016 12:56 PM EST

This season oniZombie, every character has found themselves in deep trouble - that is, everyone except Ravi Chakrabarti (Rahul Kohli). The charming forensic pathologist just sits back and cracks jokes as his friends and colleagues sleep with murderous brain dealers or work as hit men for an energy drink company.

TVGuide.com spoke with Kohli about whether we'll ever learn the innocent doctor's backstory, and how he hopes to parlay iZombie into a role in Star Wars.

Ravi is getting some screentime with Peyton (Aly Michalka) this week. What brings the two of them together?
Rahul Kohli: She's obviously going through a lot and her actions with Blaine (David Anders) have more of a negative effect on her work, rather than her relationship life. So it's more about her moving forward with her case and how that conflict of interest affects her. Ravi supports her as she spirals into a bit of a hole. It's not really to do with anything other than just being there for a friend. There are not really any romantic connotations involved in it.

Is the romance between them done, or is Ravi still carrying some feelings for Peyton?
Kohli: I think it's done, but I've been told to keep playing it. We've been playing it as exes who still care about each other. We're not too sure what Rob [Thomas] and Diane [Ruggiero] have in store for Ravi and Peyton, but for now they're good friends.

Even if Ravi doesn't have romantic feelings towards her, how will he react when he discovers Peyton hooked up with Blaine?
Kohli: I think he has feelings for her. I don't think they're mutual. But Blaine has become his sworn enemy a little bit. I've thought about it. I don't even know if he will find out, but I imagine he'll get pretty British on him. I mean, what do we do? We kind of head butt. It's sort of what we're known for. So I'm guessing a head butt or something.

I really loved when Ravi and Blaine had that brawl in the morgue. Are there any fun scenes between the two of you coming up this season?
Kohli: I'm not sure if they're going to be as physically demanding, but I just read a couple of scripts that are coming up and yeah, me and David have some really good stuff together. But in terms of scrapping, I don't think there is. But I haven't read the finale yet, so there's always time.

The Season 1 finale featured that epic Meat Cute showdown. How are you going to top that?
Kohli: I'm not sure. Critically and amongst the family, the finale was one of the biggest highlights of Season 1. I don't know if we follow that trend, if we always want to leave with a big sequence, because compared to the other comic book shows, we're not really an action-based show like Daredevil or something like that. Maybe we're the kind of show that always saves it for the finale. So hopefully, yeah, we're able to top the Meat Cute.

Last week, Peyton and Liv (Rose McIver) both hooked up with bad guys, and Major (Robert Buckley) was hooking up with one of the villains earlier this season. So is Ravi going to get a bad girl love interest?
Kohli: Probably not. Ravi's kind of the moral compass. In a weird way he represents the audience. He's the human character who everyone tells their dirty secrets to and stuff. I don't know if they want to corrupt him too much. I think everyone seems to like him being holier than thou. I'd love to play something a little bit shady, a little bit dark. I would pitch for it. But I think Ravi's going to stay clean.

Everyone seems to be getting into all this trouble except Ravi, who's just always out there alone in that field.
Kohli: Just in the field, digging for bones. The thing is with Ravi, he's sort of a divisive character because he's new to the serial parts and the procedural parts. He kind of tiptoes between the two. He lives with Major, he used to date Peyton, he's good friends with Liv, but he also works in the police department and he crosses paths with Blaine. So he kind of walks through the episodes allowing other characters to fill in what they're doing and stuff like that. I was told, based on what they want to do with the rest of the show, that if we go into our third season we want to delve into a little bit of Ravi's stuff. So they may break that formula slightly. At the moment that's just a conversation, but there may be more Ravi come next year.

Have you made up your own story about Ravi's past and what his life is like outside of Liv?
Kohli: Yeah, I did it for the pilot actually. I wrote a huge book for myself when I was making the character about everything: where he came from, who is family is, stuff like that. Obviously, none of that is canon. That was purely just for me to fill in the blanks. But I kind of like characters that you don't know much about and you just have them as they are. It works for villains especially, I think. For someone like the Joker or Darth Vader, they were at their strongest when you don't know their origin story. You, as the audience, get to piece together what this person's life is like outside from what you see in the narrative. Because sometimes if you explain too much about a character and how they got to be the way they are or whatever, it can weaken them slightly.

Is this all your way of saying The Phantom Menace shouldn't have happened?
Kohli: He shouldn't have been pod racing. I didn't need to see Darth Vader pod racing and making little trinkets out of japor snippets or whatever the hell it was. I love playing [Ravi]. I love exactly where he is and exactly what he does on the show. I know he gets a lot of fan support and people do want more, but I'm tentative about that because it's sort of like, if it ain't broke, don't' fix it... I'm not the gambling type. I'm kind of happy to keep playing it like this. The one thing I probably do hope for Ravi at some point is peril. I'd like to see him in more peril. I think people worry about Ravi. He's not the toughest guy on the show so the stakes would be higher if he was in trouble.

He is a smart guy though, so is he beginning to get suspicious of Major?
Kohli: I think he is. Going by Major's track history, already we know about the Meat Cute and I think Ravi knows about the Utopium binge that was happening underneath his own nose, now the dog coming and going and him being really flippant about it. I think Ravi has his suspicions. I don't think he would be able to piece together what the real deal is, but I think Major was unwise to fib to Ravi. He's not the kind of guy you want on your case.

Are we going to see Ravi make any progress in finding the cure anytime soon, or is he going to be stuck in that field for a while longer?
Kohli: We are. The cure's an ongoing thing and searching for the perfected version of it is kind of the Holy Grail of the show. It's what he's been looking for since the pilot, really. He's been trying to cure it since day one, the minute he knew that Liv was infected. Obviously, the cure can't be too perfect, because we'd have no show. But I've read what's happening in that department and the way the writers have managed to keep that situation ongoing, and at the same time pay off the audience without making them feel like it's a wild goose chase. They've managed to navigate it really well. That's actually coming up really soon. You'll see some really cool strides with that.

Two years ago, you were just a struggling actor and now you're a Tumblr tag. What has this experience been like for you?
Kohli: Tumblr's a weird thing, right? I get some people searching stuff and sending me stuff they've found on Tumblr. Tumblr's a really interesting place. I need to spend more time on there. Yeah, it's cool. I'm very lucky and I count my blessings. I'm not sure what I've done to deserve being in the position I'm in. I'm super, super lucky and grateful. But at the same time, self-belief is what kept me going for 10 years. Not making any money, but still believing that I have something to offer and can do this job... So it's kind of like a conflicting thing. There's part of me that's very Kanye, which is like, "Yeah, this is me! This is what I was going to do! I'm the best." And the other part's super grateful and like, "I cant believe that worked. Who do I owe?" You know what I mean? So I go to this kind of Harvey Two-Face mode.

Now you just need to get cast in one of the new Star Wars movies and your life will be complete.
Kohli: We are working on that. Yeah, that's the whole reason this entire thing started, back when I was 11 when I saw Star Wars. I need the circle to be complete, really. There's two things: get on Star Wars and be in a video game. Those are the two.

Well, David Anders worked with J.J. Abrams on Alias, so have you asked him to hook you up yet?
Kohli: Yeah, it doesn't work. Obviously, he's very cool with J.J. And J.J. is his Rob Thomas. David was very young and a lot of people at the network didn't feel that David was right for the character in Alias, but J.J. fought for him and gave him his break. Not that anyone thought I was wrong for Chakrabarti, but the character was a little bit older and they were looking for experienced actors and stuff. But Rob and Diane both fought for me and gave me my first break. So that's David's relationship with J.J. And yeah, if I was working with an actor who really wanted to work with Rob Thomas, I would hook them up. David's cool and he's always said that if he does ever has an opportunity to mention me, he would.


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David Anders sobre el nuevo estado de Blaine y su 'batalla cuesta arriba' con Peyton
Por Marisa Roffman 24 Feb 20146

Spoiler alert! This post contains spoilers for the "Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind" episode of iZombie.

iZombie has another zombie on its hands.

Blaine (David Anders)—who has spent the past few months alive again after Liv (Rose McIver) gave him a dose of the zombie cure—was kidnapped (wearing only his boxers) and then killed in "Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind" by Mr. Boss's crew, and then buried in a shallow grave in the woods.

Luckily for Blaine, the death didn't stick: he woke up the next morning, buried alive, and fought his way out of his grave. (Much to the horror of an unsuspecting Girl Scout troop gathered nearby.)

But with Blaine now back in zombie mode and presumed dead, where will he go next? We spoke with Anders about what's to come.

Blaine is now undead…again. What is his mindset when we next see him? And does he have any regrets about his loss of humanity?
Yeah, I think he was getting used to being a human again. I think he was enjoying the fruits of humanity and being able to taste things, and the freedom that humanity allows. But, of course, he did have some drunk rumblings about wishing he was [a zombie]: Zombie Blaine was the real deal. Zombie Blaine made him who he was. And he missed that guy. I think he may be torn. Nothing is concrete in this iZombie world. Though he’s a zombie now, he could be a human tomorrow, you never know.

And Ravi (Rahul Kohli) is working on a new version of the zombie cure. How actively aware is Blaine of that in the upcoming episodes?
Well, Ravi with his zombie rats, he’s always keeping everybody privy to how much time they’ve got. For Blaine and Major, they’re against the clock. In the next episode, the first person Blaine goes to see is Dr. Chakrabarti. We’ll get to the bottom of this new cure thing; he may have something for Blaine.

How will Mr. Boss (Eddie Jemison) react when he discovers Blaine isn’t dead?
Well, that’s a big decision for Blaine: whether to make a flashy reentrance into the world, or lay low for a while. That’s something to be revealed. Boss might be in the dark about whether Blaine is alive or dead.

Who can Blaine really trust at this point?
Exactly. [Laughs] The only person he can trust is himself. And I don’t even think he can trust himself as far as he can throw him. He’s kind of alone in the world. There’s some exciting developments [to come]. But it’s a lonely world out there for Blaine right now. Up is down, north is south, it’s hard to make heads or tails of anything.

In terms of his family, he had his people torture his father to try and get his rightful inheritance. But aside from that awkward familial tie, does he want a connection in the world? Or is he okay with staying solo?
I think his end game would be to get the millions of dollars he deserves from his father’s inheritance, get the girl—I think he’s really hung up on Peyton. But that’s a real uphill battle. I think that would be his ideal outcome. In the meantime, he’s got to just get through the day to day. The newfound zombie-ism is another wrinkle in the life of Blaine DeBeers.

What can you say about his next interaction with Peyton (Aly Michalka)?
It’s forgetful. [Laughs]

In the meantime, Candy (Carrie Anne Fleming) and Blaine had a little bit of fun before he returned to his zombie state—and she's now a zombie. What will their relationship be like going forward?
I really haven’t seen [much] as far as Candy and Blaine’s relationship. I think it’s what it always was, but there is some power shifts and power struggles happening within the world of iZombie, and within Shady Plots itself…the fact that she’s a zombie, I don’t think it changes their dynamic much.

You had to spend a lot of this episode wearing next to nothing. What was your reaction when you saw that aspect in the script, especially since part of it was outside?
They turned me into Old Manders right before Christmas [in the production, as Blaine attempted to trick his newly-unfrozen father into thinking decades had passed], which was like five hours in makeup. It turned out great, and it was a lot of fun to do that stuff. But then we get the script for 2x14, which is the first episode after the holidays, and I’m naked in half the episode. [The writers are like,] “David, have yourself a Merry Christmas! Have yourself a carb-less Christmas! Give our love to your family for us. Have fun and we’ll see you naked on January 5th!” [Laughs]

I did my best. [The holiday hiatus] took me away from my trainer and my nutritionist, and I tried to get my dad to the gym every day in Oregon. I’m sorry you guys had to see that. [Filming] out in the cold, it was something. I’ll tell you, being buried alive was more comfortable than digging myself out of the grave; it was a lot warmer in the dirt. And it was a bit of a hairy experience as they were putting dirt on me.

I realized I have experience with being buried: [it happened] in Heroes; I did a movie called The Revenant. I’ve been buried alive a lot! But it’s always been in a coffin—this was just dirt on my body. They would bury it up to my neck, and they’d give me a breathing hose, and they’d fill it around my face, and they take the hose, and “Action!” When the hand first bursts out, [my thought] was, “I’m free!” And then, “Oh, s---, let’s go act now and perform for the cameras.”

Everyone on set did a wonderful job with keeping me as comfortable as possible. And it was a lot of fun; it turned out really cool. A lot of the shots were amazing with the Girl Scouts. The crane shot of the throat slit was fantastic, I think. I don't know what my naked body is doing as I'm wailing that wonderful song, but hopefully people like it.

There has been a good amount of you singing on the show lately. How did that come about?
[iZombie creators] Rob [Thomas] and Diane [Ruggiero-Wright] are wonderful, in doing that, and playing to our strengths and learning about us as people and writing stuff we actually enjoy into the show. You have so many Star Wars and video game references for the Rahul and [Robert] Buckleys. The basketball and New York Knick references for Malcolm [Goodwin].

Diane heard me sing one time, at Comic-Con, I think. And she tells the story that I was singing, walking from one press thing to the next, and she was like, "And panties just started flying, left and right." Those were Diane's words. So she made it her business to get me singing in the show. I'm glad they found a way through a plot line. I'm a funeral director; I think that's a fantastic way to go about it. It's just been an absolute joy. I've got a wonderful job. It's a treat going to work every day.

Looking ahead to the final few episodes of the season—and with so many people potentially gunning for Blaine—what kinds of conflicts are in store?
After [last night's] episode, everything keeps shifting. It's this amoeba. You think it's here, and then it goes here and then it goes there. Everything's coming to a final climactic showdown—I can't tell you what that showdown is going to be or who it's between, but it's all coming to a head. Hopefully we can up the ante from last year's exciting finale. From what I hear—I haven't read it yet—we just may.

Where do Major and Blaine stand in the next arc of episodes?
Major and Blaine still have some dealings going on. There's a big plot point that has to do with Major and Blaine and another main character. But I can't speak to it! [Laughs] Everybody's going to be involved with everybody; everybody's going to cross paths.

And will Liv and Blaine be mixing things in this final run?
She's going to need Blaine's help!



http://www.tvinsider.com/article/75064/ ... interview/?

2.15 “He blinded me with science” (22/03/16): BLAIN HACE UNA VISITA A RAVI EN LA MORGUE - Mientras que investigan el asesinato de una científica de investigación quien fue recientemente degradada en su trabajo, Liv (Rose McIver) y el Detective Babineaux (Malcolm Goodwin) se quedan impactados al saber dónde había sido contratada. Mientras tanto, Blaine (David Anders) le hace a Ravi (Rahul Kohli) una visita en la morgue, y Liv descubre algo nuevo sobre Drake (la estrella invitada Greg Finley). Finalmente, Vaughn du Clark (la estrella invitada Steven Weber) confronta a Major (Robert Buckley). Dan Etheridge dirige el episodio escrito por John Enborn (#215).

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El compartir nombre puede llevar muchas veces a confusión, mucho más si los dos interesados trabajan en el mismo medio del entretenimiento, pero en este caso también puede llevar a una estupenda colaboración.

Según TVInsider, el cantante de "Matchbox 20's" Rob Thomas aparecerá como estrella invitada en la serie de tv "iZombie" del creador Rob Thomas.

Cuando 'Super Max' necesita una canción publicitaría, el jefe de 'Max Rager' Vaughn Du Clark (Steven Weber) contrata a Thomas (que se interpreta a sí mismo) para interpretar una canción. Los espectadores podrán escuchar al cantante por primera vez en el episodio 2.17 (que se emite el martes, 5 de Abril)—aunque Thomas no aparecerá en carne y hueso hasta la season finale del 12 de Abril, cuando cante una canción de su carrera en solitario en la fiesta de lanzamiento de 'Super Max'.

El equipo entre los dos Rob Thomas hace tiempo que se lleva forjando. Thomas (el escritor) pone en su biografía de Twitter que él "no es el cantante. El tipo de Veronica Mars, Party Down, iZombie" y, además de recibir tweets dirigidos al otro Rob, parece que ambos también reciben los regalos de los fans del otro.


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