The Librarian / Star Trek - iFMagazine: Jonathan Frakes Interview Parts 1 & 2

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Exclusive Interview: DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES TAKES A BITE OUT OF VAMPIRE LORE IN 'THE LIBRARIAN 3' - PART 1

The former NEXT GENERATION actor helms his second LIBRARIAN film which debuts this Sunday (December 7) on TNT

By CARL CORTEZ, Contributing Editor
Published 12/3/2008

For a librarian, Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) certainly gets around. Travelling around the globe throughout his two previous adventures in THE LIBRARIAN movies for TNT, the plucky bookworm with a mission to preserve history’s most famed artifacts has transformed from reluctant hero to more confident, reluctant hero.

For his third adventure, THE LIBRARIAN: CURSE OF THE JUDAS CHALICE (which debuts this Sunday, December 7, on TNT), Carsen travels to New Orleans where he battles Russians who are trying to resurrect Dracula in their attempt to create an ultimate army. The film is executive produced by Dean Devlin, whose new TV series LEVERAGE starring Timothy Hutton also debuts December 7.

Behind the camera for his second LIBRARIAN tour of duty is former STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION actor Jonathan Frakes who spoke with iF about the latest adventure shortly after the cast and crew screening on the big screen at the Arclight in Hollywood, CA.


A brief excerpt:

iF: The other thing I’m impressed with all of the LIBRARIAN films, but this one even moreso, is how in terms of your direction particularly the little tiny comedic bits and the funny looks the characters give each other. It really brings the movie to life. How much time did you work at bringing that type of stuff – since it’s obviously not scripted.

FRAKES: It’s in the direction and also in the takes. If you remember something like that, as I generally do. When I’m in the editing room, I’ll say, “they did something really funny here, let’s look for that beat or look.” All the things you just referred to are my favorite parts too. Those are the things that make you smile on the inside when you see it. It comes from Bob [Newhart] and Noah, having worked together before, and with Stana [Katic who plays the new love interest and a vampire to boot] and Noah. It’s a credit to her being able to step up and understand tonally what the LIBRARIAN franchise is about. And then my responsibility is to try to capture those and pull them out of the dailies and put them in the movie. I think everyone enjoys those bits.

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Exclusive Interview: JONATHAN FRAKES RETURNS FOR CHAPTER 3 OF 'THE LIBRARIAN' AND CHATS ABOUT THE 'STAR TREK' REDUX - PART 2

A brief excerpt:

F: So there’s nothing on the table for NEXT GEN?

FRAKES: The idea of coming back together is the most attractive. Obviously my character has been promoted and has his own ship and is married, so we’ve toyed with the idea of a sitcom and an opera. There are a lot of spaghettis that have been thrown up on the wall.

iF: A half hour?

FRAKES: THE RIKERS IN SPACE and their wacky uncle Data and their little dog Worf. [laughs]

iF: Did you have conversations with Paramount about this.

FRAKES: No, I had conversations with Marina about this.

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice airs Sunday, December 7 '08 at 5pm on TNT, starring Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart, Stana Katic, Jane Curtin, Bruce Davison, Dikran Tulaine, Joe Knezevich and Jason Douglas.