Samurai Girl: An Interview with Brendan Fehr

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Brendan Fehr got his start in American television with guest appearances on Millennium, but broke out with his starring role on the WB drama Roswell. Here, Pink Raygun’s Juliana Weiss talks with Fehr about his latest project, ABC Family’s Samurai Girl.

PRG: What’s your favorite part of working on Samurai Girl?

Brendan Fehr: Well, it’s gotta be working, number one (laughs). Number two, well, it’s a little bit of everything. I love my character, Jake. He’s sort of a man’s man and he gets to be the hero. I get to do a lot of things that are the kinds of things you’d want to be doing if you ever wanted to be on the big screen or on TV. The people I ended up working with, the cast, writers and producers are great. Me and Jamie just have a great time working together. I imagine it’s the kind of working relationship actors should have. I love the communication we have with the producers and the writers in terms of just talking about the scenes. And the more I’ve gotten to know the people from ABC Family, they’ve really stepped up and seem to like the show. It’s nice to be a part of something like this. That’s the long answer, I suppose. That’s not exactly a sound bite! (laughs).

PRG: You said Jake is a “man’s man”. Can you talk more about that?

BF: He’s a guy who’s an expert in a bunch of martial arts and weaponry and obviously a samurai of sorts. He’s got a sordid past working with the Japanese mafia. He’s done some dark things and has been in a lot of dark places, both literally and in his head. It’s kind of like Hellboy. I’m not necessarily a fan of the movies, but the comic book and the concept. I love the fact that he’s the spawn of Satan and he’s got to fight every instinct he’s got in order to act for good. My character isn’t quite the spawn of Satan, but he does have a lot of darkness about him and a lot of anger. He’s doing what he can to put a cap on that be a productive member of society or at least be normal. I can appreciate those flaws that you try to cover up or make into a strength of some sort.

PRG: Are you a comic fan yourself, then?

BF: I wouldn’t want to be insulting and say something like, “not to the extent of most of the people here”. But, I do enjoy comics. I used to collect a lot of toys. I have my Transformers still in the boxes. I’ve got probably five boxes of various Spider-Man paraphernalia in my garage that are a lot of collector’s items. There’s a lot of lithographs, action figures that are kinda rare. So, yeah, to a certain degree. I don’t know a lot of the storylines, but I’m familiar enough that I feel confident having a conversation.

PRG: What are some of your favorite books?

BF: That’s where I don’t know the difference between the Spectacular Spider-Man and the Amazing Spider-Man. I’m into Dark Knight, when they took that dark turn with Batman. That’s one of my favorites, I think that’s one of a lot of people’s favorites. I always enjoyed Spider-Man and Venom. And I have to go with Wolverine because he’s Canadian and I’m a Canadian boy. I love the fact that I get to support the hometown superheroes.

Samurai Girl is a three night miniseries from ABC Family airing at on September 5th, 6th, and 7th. For more, visit the official site.

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Juliana Weiss is an aspiring Television writer in Los Angeles. She currently works as the head of the web content department for the star of an Emmy-nominated reality series. In this column, she will share with you her own experiences, thoughts, and theories about making it in the business, as well as the stories of other women who are working to make it-or have already make it-in Hollywood.

This interview was conducted by Juliana Weiss. The intro is written by Lisa Fary.