George Eads: Tarantino Does Not Miss Any Moments

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Even before starting filming on the CSI season finale, actor <Font color=yellow>George Eads</font> was certain "Grave Danger" was going to be a very special episode for his character Nick Stokes.

"This time it's personal," Eads said in an interview that was recently released on the official CSI web site. "This is the first time that we've really gotten this deep into Nick's character. To have it be cut by <Font color=yellow>Quentin Tarantino</font>, it's going to be -- rock on, it's going to be awesome."

Much as Eads enjoyed working with Tarantino, the actor -- who was the first to reveal the director's involvement in CSI -- said he was not surprised when Tarantino signed up for the show. "I wasn't that shocked. Only because I had seen him at the Golden Globes, and he had said what a fan he was of the show. Now I was shocked then. Then [about] a year and a half later, we get the news he wants to direct, so that wasn't as shocking to me as much as that he wrote it."

Although filming the episode promised to be pretty intense for Eads, he said he was "chomping at the bit" to get going, and added that he was happy to get such a challenging episode after five years on CSI. And Eads praised the directing style of Tarantino. "Quentin does not miss any moments," he said. "As a matter of fact, he's doing what directors do, he's finding the moments that aren't on the page. He's really giving the time, and the producers have given him the time, to explore those scenes and finding the moments and creating new ones."

More from Eads, including his thoughts on what it would be like to be filming his coffin scenes, head over to this section on the official CSI site, which also includes interviews with many of the season finale's other key players. If you'd like to read some comments that Eads made after filming the episode, click on to this news item.<center></center>
 
Cool little clip on the CBS site, but does anybody else have to wait while the CBS videos have to "rebuffer" about every 15 seconds? Very annoying.
 
No, that doesn't happen to me. The only problems I have with that CBS player thing is the video freezes at the beginning and I can still hear the audio, but then it plays regular. Maybe there's some kind of setting you can fix...I don't know.

That's a bummer though. That happens with my media player on some other sites.
 
IS there anyone who might put this on another site? It stops every 15 secs to reload, and I'm on dial up (I know dark ages) so it takes like 3 mins for every 15 secs of footage and I really want to see this.

Any help?

Kristen
 
I don’t have the video, but here’s a transcript. There wasn’t really any new behind the scenes footage, but they showed some clips of the show, intercut with the dialogue. This is what George said:

“Well, really when I first heard Quentin was gonna direct the episode, I wasn’t that shocked, only because I had saw him at the Golden Globes and he had said what a fan he was of the show. Now, I was shocked then. Then about, I guess it was almost a year and a half later, we get the news that he wants to direct. So that wasn’t as shocking to me, as much as that he wrote it.

“I don’t know how, how other actors are, but for me sometimes you think to yourself, oh wow, you know wait a minute, I don’t wanna, I don’t know if I wanna be in a box covered by ants, you know. But, for us, especially in year five to be challenged this way, I’m chomping at the bit, I can’t wait to get going on it.”

“Quentin is not missing any moments, and as a matter of fact he’s doing what directors do, he’s finding moments that aren’t on the page. He’s, he’s really giving the time and the producers have given the time to explore those, those scenes and find every moment and create new ones.

“The stuff in the coffin, Quentin and I are in agreement that on the day that we shoot that stuff it should just be he and I and a light crew. Somebody to hit record on the camera and then just go for it, and have it be a more intimate deal. I can only imagine that we’re gonna go to a pretty dark place.

“This time it’s personal and this is the first time that we’ve really gotten this deep into Nick’s character and to have it be, being cut by Quentin Tarantino, let’s rock on, you know, it’s gonna be awesome.”
 
Now, you see... This is why I like this board. There's always somebody here to help out. That's awfully nice of you Ford_Prefect. :)

By the way, while I found Hitchiker's Guide to be a disappointing movie, I did enjoy Mos Def in the role of Prefect. :)
 
Thanks FORD! It was sweet of you to take the time to write it all out. I know there is a small news item about after the eppy was shot, But I'd love to read more from George about how it felt like after shooting his scenes.

They were so powerful, I'd just like to gain some more in depth stuff. Maybe on the dvd commentary!

Kristen
 
No problem Kristen. I think it would be great if they released Grave Danger by itself with a commentary from George Eads, Quentin Tarantino, and maybe William Petersen, if not more of the cast. I’d also love to see more interviews about it, deleted scenes, behind the scenes. I loved this episode, and I’m a sucker for DVD extras, so I’ll take anything I can get.

By the way, while I found Hitchiker's Guide to be a disappointing movie, I did enjoy Mos Def in the role of Prefect. :)
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I’ve been a fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books for many years and was severely disappointed by the movie. Mos Def did an okay job, but Ford Prefect is my favorite character from the books and he just wasn’t the Ford that I had always pictured in my mind. Oh and by the way, although my name would imply otherwise, I am female, just so you know. Hitchhiker’s Guide was on my mind when I was rattling my brain for a username, and since there aren’t any great female characters in the books…
 
Yeah, I can't view the CBS website at all, so that transcript was a HUGE help!

I'm all for a commentary from George Eads on "Grave Danger", but I think a commentary from the whole cast would be really awesome. After all, I heard that the whole cast had a watching party for the episode... it'd be awesome if the whole cast got together to talk about it as they watched it.
 
Yeah, I can't view the CBS website at all, so that transcript was a HUGE help!

I'm all for a commentary from George Eads on "Grave Danger", but I think a commentary from the whole cast would be really awesome. After all, I heard that the whole cast had a watching party for the episode... it'd be awesome if the whole cast got together to talk about it as they watched it.
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I would love that too. However being that Grave Danger was George's episode to shine I feel that the commentary should focus more on him and Quentin than anyone else. (except for the warehouse scene, I would love to here Gary and Marg's take on it. :D )
 
I think that the aging cutie owes Quentin Tarantino-big time. If it weren't for the brilliant direction, George Eads would of joined the infamous Titanic ship. Giving him any commentary would create an even bigger head(ego), but may prove to be worth having since like mentioned above he was the main character for the finale. I feel for the first time that Eads gave an excellent performance and deserves some kudos, but should not rest assured. He should try to remain on-point from here on out. Because of this performance I see great potential ahead hopefully it will transcend into next season. Hurray for Tarantino!
 
What makes you say that George Eads has a big ego, and why would doing a commentary make it bigger? From what I’ve seen it just sounds like he was excited to get to work with Tarantino and to have some good material to work with.

I agree that Quentin Tarantino surely had a lot to do with George Eads brilliant performance in this episode, but in my opinion, the first time he gave an excellent performance on CSI was in ‘Who Are You.’ His performance in that episode is what got me addicted to CSI in the first place. I think he has been doing a great job all along, but hasn’t been given much to work with, and therefore hasn’t had many chances to shine.
 
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