INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN KANE

by Francesca (Buffybot), Silvia (Cordy), Anna, Maria and Samantha (Spuffy) – June 7th, 2007
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Francesca (Milan): Imagine you’ve been given the lead role in a movie (the genre doesn’t matter) and the director tells you that the choice of the female partner is yours.  Who would you choose and why? (You have a very big choice: very famous actresses, less famous actresses, younger actresses, older actresses, actresses you’ve already worked with, actresses you’ve never  worked with, and so on…)
Christian: Brittany Murphy would be an obvious choice since I have worked with her twice before and we have great chemistry and I know what she is capable of doing,  but I would also like to do some work with Natalie Portman… I just think she is an amazing talent and not too hard on the eyes either….

Francesca (Milan): When you receive and read a script, what is the thing that makes you go for it, that makes you think “That’s the role for me, I want to audition for it”?
Christian: When I was younger I felt comfortable with characters I knew, but as I get a little older I’m enjoying characters I have to get to know.

Silvia (Rome): How much are you jealous (in general) and what’s the thing you’re most jealous of?
Christian: Everyone has a little bit in them but it is such a wasted emotion…

Silvia (Rome): What’s the most beautiful memory you have of when you were a kid?
Christian: Too many but Friday night football games in front of the whole town, watching you, is something I’ll never forget…

Anna (Naples): You have played many different characters, ranging over different kind of genres, showing your versatility as a thespian. Is there a role, though, you'd like to play, a "dream" role? Among the movies that have recently come out in theatres is there any you'd have loved to be in? If so, why?
Christian: I would have love to have been in one of the X-men films… I would make a great Gambit.

Anna (Naples): This is a question about Angel The Series and specifically about its finale: what did you think of Lindsey's demise. Didn't you find it a bit anticlimatic that it was Lorne who killed Lindsey rather than Angel?
Christian: Yes, I hated that.. I think he should have been there for the final fight. But Joss was hell bent on killing me and I have to trust him, he has the visions of where he wanted his characters to end up...

Maria (Taranto): Charisma, David, Glenn Quinn and you were the only actors whose characters have been on Angel ever since the very first episode. Andy Hallett has been a recurring on the show, ever since the beginning of the second season. Yet you have never been in the credits as a regular and Andy became one only later in the fourth season. What do you think of the fact that James Marsters  became a regular right away and so did Mercedes McNab? Yes, it was the actor (Marsters) who brought fans to the show and the beautiful girl who could appeal at male fans of the show, but what's your opinion of a show business where this kind of logic is followed? If I can be mean: why during Angel's 100th episode party James Marsters was under the spotlight whereas you, who have been on the show ever since the pilot episode,  weren't?
Christian: I think Joss wanted to keep Lindsey undercover, He had just come back to the show.. We knew where the character was heading and I wouldn’t have been able to talk much anyway about the character  at that time so we opted to keep interviews and talks to a minimum… I felt like maybe I was a secret weapon for the show, it was a good feeling.

Maria (Taranto): One of Lindsey's talents as a villain was his ability to manipulate other people. I think, for example, of   Sanctuary where he's able with his words to manipulate Kate (sorry, I love Elisabeth Rohm, she's my favourite actress!:), a talent, which is peculiar of lawyers. On the other hand, though, Lindsey is manipulated by Wolfram & Hart. Also, Lindsey strikes at the heart of his enemies but he's struck and heartbroken by Darla. Do you believe that, this kind of cyclycity is something which is part of the universe created by Joss Whedon, especially during Angel the Series' earlier seasons, or do you think it's something that  is part of our lives? In Italy we talk of: "law for retaliation" a kind of "what goes around comes around"... what do you think about it?
Christian: I think Joss takes everybody on a terrific journey and he leads you into many different realms but at the end of the day it is for the viewer to decide the lesson…

Samantha (L'Aquila): When did you realize you were an artist?
Christian: I did a play in college and had a bit role in a 3 hour long production… My part took all of 2 min. but every night Fri. Sat and Sun. instead of hanging with the boys I was there for my 2 minutes and I loved it.. I knew I had to get to LA because there was nothing else I wanted to do…

Samantha (L'Aquila): Are you restrained or  exhibitionist?
Christian: Depends on  the situation…. But I am very private with my life…