Trust you to lead the way Linda,:thumbsup: come on ladies, you know your way. Vote for Mac. :thumbsup:
Natty, that was a great article to read, thanks for posting it. For those who have trouble reading it, here's on section of the article. And no Natty, before you ask, I was definatly not bored :guffaw::guffaw:
A fair cop
Aside from the lure of being able to see his children more, and the epic production values that are part and parcel of the CSI franchise, Sinise admits that a big part of him taking the role of Detective Mac Taylor was the character itself.
“He's a martial art expert, who knows what’s next,” says Sinise of his character’s many layers. “He’s one of those kind of guys… He comes from a military background and he’s a military historian, so he learned a lot of different things about weapons and things like that. But we’re also trying, little by little, to show that these people have another life, as opposed to just looking at bodies and sniffing around for fibers and DNA. Away from the office, he plays the guitar, and that sort of thing. Nobody really knows about it, and he doesn’t talk about it, but it’s how he unwinds.”
In preparing for the role of Mac Taylor, Sinise, like many of his CSI counterparts, spent more time with real-life forensic officers. He also has an extremely capable on-set tech team to reply upon.
“We have guys on our set that know how to do this stuff, and can tell us how. We have one guy working with the writers all the time, Bill [Haynes, tech consultant]. We also have John Dove, a cop, who works with us. And when I did Ron Howard’s movie, Ransom, I hung out with some CSI guys for a night, just to get a feel for their role. This guy I was with had already done 1.700 crime scenes. So he was just numb to it. He’d seen all the blood and guts in every scenario you can imagine… I remember I was ready to pack that night and he gets a call right as I’m exhausted and ready to go to bed. He says, ‘Hey, we got an old lady who just had her throat slit. You wanna come?’ And I said, ‘I’m going to be!’”
For years into CSI:NY, and one thing Sinise admits to still not quite having a handle on, is the science speak. “I know what I’m saying, but it’s not really my thing!” he explains. “I’m playing one of these guys on TV, that’s pretty much it. I like to know what I’m saying. I’m an actor who likes to know what he’s talking about and so I do what I need to do in order to do that convincingly, but it’s not a field that I’m particularly interested in. I think the people who go into this field are very science-minded, they’re biology students, chemistry students. I’m sure their first couple of cases are pretty tough, but they’re able to separate. It’s like the ones who could dissect a frog without trouble at school. But that’s not me…”
When all is said and done however, Gary Sinise is more than content with his lot in life at the moment… “There’s a lot of harmony on the set and It’s an enjoyable place to work,” he concludes with a smile. “We’ve got good cast members, and we have a fun time. So far, so good…”