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My Interview with Being Human’s Sam Huntington

12/18/2014 By Hakan Can

Actor Sam Huntington of Being Human
Actor Sam Huntington of Being Human

Two Thumbs Up with Sam Huntington of SyFy’s Being Human

So it’s mid-afternoon on a Sunday and you’ve been hanging out having a great time with one of the lead actors of the SyFy show Being Human, so what do you next? Well you top it off with an interview so that’s what we did. Sam Huntington who plays the character Josh (a werewolf) was kind enough to sit down for about 12 minutes and we spoke about everything that came to mind. Now, I did have a list of items I wanted to cover, but when you’re in a good place, you sometimes forget to address a few. Case in point, the ill-fated television series Cavemen. In all honesty it was probably best we never got to it even though it came up earlier in the day. Sam is a local boy coming from Peterborough, NH and would you believe he’s been acting for 18 years. As he says, “he’s been really lucky.” But I think talent has a lot to do with his success. We discussed Being Human, Not Another Teen Movie and other acting credits as well as life in Montreal, a city I almost moved to many years ago. He’s genuinely approachable and super friendly. It’s my pleasure to bring to you this interview for you all to enjoy.

In case you were wondering, we filmed this in the offices of the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA, hence all the trophies. There were cases full of them, most off screen.

Originally the subject title of this interview was “More Poop and Pee”? After 6 months I changed it.  My rationale had something to do with Bing/Google search.  Listen to the entire interview and you’ll hear this subject come up in the 11th minute.

You can follow local NH boy Sam Huntington on Twitter at @SammyHuntington.

You can follow the show Being Human (even though it’s wrapped up) at @BeingHumanSyFy and at www.syfy.com/beinghuman.

Update: Sam has a new film The Throwaways set to come out in January 2015. The link will take you to IMDB.

Actor Sam Huntington of Syfy's Being Human

Acting silly with Sam Huntington of SyFy’s Being Human

Filed Under: Entertainment, The Interviews Tagged With: actor, Being Human, interview, Sam Huntington, SyFy, The Throwaways 12/26/2014

My Interview with Supernatural’s Alaina Huffman

06/09/2014 By Hakan Can

Supernatural's Alaina Huffman
Supernatural's Alaina Huffman

Supernatural actor Alaina Huffman

Depending on what shows you watch, you’ll recognize Alaina Huffman from any one of a number of notable roles. Most recently she’s portrayed the last Demon Knight of Hell—Abaddon in the long running CW show Supernatural.  Abaddon is a terrific character to play as she’s a super baddie, getting to toss around the Winchester Brothers while wording some great lines.  Others may recognize her from SGU Stargate Universe where she portrayed Lt. Tamara Johansen.  Although I’ve seen Alaina in 4-5 previous roles, it’s her role as the Lieutenant where I recognize her work the most.  For those of you that were always wondering, Alaina was pregnant during part of the show with child, so all those pregnancy scenes was real.  Not the actual birth of course.  More on this in the interview.  And for you super hero fans, she portrayed the hero Black Canary in the show Smallville.  I do believe this was the first incarnation of the Justice League on any screen.  So you’ve got to admit, she’s had some pretty cool roles.  And yes, she was even on the show Painkiller Jane.

I meant to ask Alaina about her stints on Dawson’S Creek and The O.C., two shows which I’ve seen every episode of.  Go on and make fun of me, but I was young once too.  In the moment, you deviate from the prepared list of questions, and that’s alright.  It gave us time to talk about filming the mini-series Jack Hunter and sightseeing in Turkey, motherhood, the coloring of hair (mostly mine), and a variety of other topics such as current television favorites.

She’s truly as fun and personable as you’ll soon see and hear.  A shame you folks weren’t around for the conversations before and after the interview.  There was some funny stuff coming out of our mouths, well mostly hers like “man handling” and “yogurt makers.”  She was kind enough to take time away from all that was Pop Culture Expo to sit down for this interview.  It’s my pleasure to bring this interview for you all to enjoy.  And Alaina, next time you (and hopefully your husband) come to Boston, we need to get you some time in our fair city and do some sightseeing.  I look forward to seeing you soon on the TV in future projects.

For the past two weeks I’ve been trying out how to begin this written segment of the interview.  Although we filmed this interview over two weeks ago, my delay in getting this to you folks and to Alaina wasn’t due to writer’s block.  Unfortunately two weeks ago, and I’ll keep this brief, I had a bad fall in my home and dislocated my left shoulder. I tripped over an ottoman; how Turkish of me.  A week later, it was relocated (put back into place) which hurt even worse.  And this was capped off two days ago by throwing out my lower back while lifting my new cat Elmas. (She just emigrated from Turkey the day before; a common theme you may have recognized by now.)  I don’t recommend any of you following in my injury missteps.  For those of you that know, I am recovering and will be whole again soon.

In case you were wondering, we filmed this in the offices of the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA, hence all the trophies. There were cases full of them, most off screen.

You can follow Alaina Huffman on Twitter at @AlainaHuffman

You can follow the show Supernatural at @cw_spn and at http://www.cwtv.com/shows/supernatural/

Filed Under: Digital Hollywood, Entertainment, Network TV, The Interviews Tagged With: Abaddon, actor, Alaina Huffman, Smallville, Stargate, Supernatural 01/01/2015

Game of Thrones Panel Interview with Kristian Nairn and Esmé Bianco

05/27/2014 By Hakan Can

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What happens when you put an Irishman, and English lady and an American journalist on a stage?  Well, you get a question and answer session with none other than actors Kristian Nairn (aka Hodor) and Esmé Bianco (aka Roos) of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, moderated by entertainment writer Jim Sullivan.  Throw me into mix and you get someone filming the panel session for you all to enjoy.  Add two more Americans into this cauldron of fun and you have Deric Shea and Gary Sohmers, the founders of Pop Culture Expo.  These two gentleman are the brains behind PCX, a mix of pop culture, science fiction programming, comic books, costume play, gaming and more which took place for the first time this past weekend at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.  The Q&A is broken down into two parts, the first running for about 40 minutes, and the second for about 20 minutes.  With three episodes remaining in this 4th season of GoT, there may or may not be some spoilers so beware.  There may or may not even be an update on the 5th season of GoT which begins filming in two months. (Update: there’s been a 5th and 6th season announcement.)  So…plug a speaker into your mobile device, tablet, laptop, or whatever you have got and enjoy.

Finally, I’d like to add that it was a pleasure to meet and converse with all these folks listed above.  It was a fun two days being with these great people.  There will be more Pop Culture Expo’s coming every 6 months so check them out at www.popcultureexpo.con

You can follow the super friendly Kristian Nairn on Twitter at @KristianNairn

You can follow the insanely attractive Esmé Bianco on Twitter at @esmebianco

You can follow super writer Jim Sullivan on Twitter at @JimSullivanInk

Hakan Y Can is a Editor & Owner of this website. Twitter: @BeantownReview

Filed Under: Cable TV, Digital Hollywood, Entertainment, The Interviews Tagged With: actor, Esme Bianco, Game of Thrones, HBO, Jim Sullivan, Kristian Nairn, panel, Shriner's, writer 01/01/2015

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