Jason im Magazin "Interview"

Das amerikanische Magazin Interview hat in der November-Ausgabe einen mehrseitigen Artikel mit Fotos und einem Interview von Jason Behr veröffentlicht. Er spricht unter anderem über den Film "The Grudge" und wie er zur Schauspielerei kam. Hier das Interview und die Fotos:

Jason Behr by Jarrett McNeill, assistant editor of ‘Interview’

A career born on little green men promises a future in a cape and tights

Having starred on the otherworldly cult television show ‘Roswell,’ actor Jason Behr is no stranger to the supernatural. But this month, the Minneapolis native takes a different kind of mystical turn, appearing opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Shimizu’s English-language remake of his own hit thriller, ‘The Grudge,’ about two Americans living in Japan who are forced to contend with a mysterious curse:

Jarrett McNeill: Tell me about "The Grudge.”

Jason Behr: It’s about this curse that’s born when someone dies in a state of rate, and it’s passed on to anybody who encounters the space where it was bred. I play an American in Tokyo who is studying to be an architect, and Sarah plays my other half. My character is just a guy trying to experience different things, and he’s watching somebody that he cares about very much going through something extraordinary – something that he doesn’t necessarily understand or believe in. He’s definitely the voice of reason in the film. But the story is told out of sequence, so you’re forced to try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Takashi Shimizu is actually the first Japanese director to helm an Americanized version of one of his movies.

JM: Since you had to work with Shimizu through a translator, did you have any ‘Lost in Translation’ moments?

JB: Yeah. He would come over and talk to me in this gravelly voice and be very animated –- like he’s giving specific details of what to do. Then I’d turn to the interpreter, and she’d say, "He wants you to do it again, but faster.”

JM: You were born in Minnesota, but you moved around a lot as a kid.

JB: It was just a constant – like, "Okay, time to get in the van and drive somewhere.” I lived on a farm with cows, and I lived in the city with rats. My family stayed in Colorado for a while, then went from Los Angeles to Arizona. People would ask me where I’m from, and I would have to say, ‘I don’t have a clear answer for you.’

JM: How did you get into acting?

JB: As a kid, I was always independently minded, so I got into some trouble. Finally, in high school, the guidance counselor said to me, "Look, you need to figure out what you want to do with your life because graduation’s coming real quick.” I had done some school theater here and there, but I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do. Growing up, I always wanted to be a cop or a firefighter or an astronaut – you name it. So, I figured that as an actor, you didn’t have to choose. You could be all those things.

JM: Now there’s talk that you might be the next Superman.

JB: You know, there’s not a guy my age who didn’t run around his front yard with a pillowcase wrapped around his neck, so the idea of seeing Superman fly again is exciting to me. I can’t wait to see it, though in my mind Christopher Reeve will always be Superman. So, that’s an interesting question – I guess if someone asked me to step into Superman’s shoes, I’d put ‘em on and see how they fit.

Quelle: Jason-Behr.com