Earlier today, The CW announced it has picked up One pokok bukit for a full season.
To many peminat-peminat of the show, this is exciting for one huge reason: lebih Robert Buckley!
The former Lipstick Jungle bintang has come aboard the long-time series in the role of Clay. In an exclusive interview, he tells TV Fanatic about joining the cast, as well as not wearing a shirt...
TV Fanatic: Are anda wearing a baju right now?
Robert Buckley: Yes.
TV Fanatic: Does it ever bother anda that you're almost as well known for your literal body of work as for your Berlakon skills?
Buckley: No, because it was never to the detriment of my performance. Going back to Lipstick Jungle, I know I received compliments on the superficial, so to speak, but it was never berkata in a way that implied I lacked talent as an actor.
That being said, I knew I wanted a new role that was lebih than just the half-naked, cabana boy. You'll see me in a lot lebih clothing on One pokok Hill.
TV Fanatic: You've come aboard a long-running tunjuk and sort of replaced one of its bigger stars, Chad Michael Murray. Have anda felt any pressure in that regard?
Buckley: I never looked at it that way. The tunjuk jumped ahead 14 months, so Lucas and Peyton had a child and left; it was a natural course of events.
A lot can happen in real life in a year's time, so there's wasn't pressure to fill anyone's shoes. The storyline made sense that I wouldn't be treated as a replacement.
TV Fanatic: Did it help that anda weren't the only new cast member this season? (Jana Kramer and Shantel VanSanten are also new regulars.)
Buckley: I felt self-imposed pressure because the tunjuk has been a success for six years. I felt like the new kid in school, but I buddied up quickly with Shanel. We were like the two kids not sitting at the cool meja, jadual at lunch.
I didn't know anyone else in the cast at first, but everyone was so warm and welcoming.
TV Fanatic: How did anda approach the role of a sports agent? That profession doesn't have the best reputation.
Buckley: I berkata right away that I had no interest in playing Clay as the stereotypical, one-note agent. Someone with no redeeming qualities gets old really fast.
To prepare, I actually watched a movie I already loved: Glengarry Glen Ross. It helped give me an idea of how to argue and how to go head-to-head against someone.
TV Fanatic: Can anda give us any One pokok bukit spoilers.
Buckley: We've already alluded to a mystery in Clay's past. In the first episode, he berkata he doesn't believe in love. That's an interesting statement. It will be explained lebih over the seterusnya five episodes. Viewers will find out lebih about who Clay really is. Why is he in pokok bukit and not Los Angeles?
To many peminat-peminat of the show, this is exciting for one huge reason: lebih Robert Buckley!
The former Lipstick Jungle bintang has come aboard the long-time series in the role of Clay. In an exclusive interview, he tells TV Fanatic about joining the cast, as well as not wearing a shirt...
TV Fanatic: Are anda wearing a baju right now?
Robert Buckley: Yes.
TV Fanatic: Does it ever bother anda that you're almost as well known for your literal body of work as for your Berlakon skills?
Buckley: No, because it was never to the detriment of my performance. Going back to Lipstick Jungle, I know I received compliments on the superficial, so to speak, but it was never berkata in a way that implied I lacked talent as an actor.
That being said, I knew I wanted a new role that was lebih than just the half-naked, cabana boy. You'll see me in a lot lebih clothing on One pokok Hill.
TV Fanatic: You've come aboard a long-running tunjuk and sort of replaced one of its bigger stars, Chad Michael Murray. Have anda felt any pressure in that regard?
Buckley: I never looked at it that way. The tunjuk jumped ahead 14 months, so Lucas and Peyton had a child and left; it was a natural course of events.
A lot can happen in real life in a year's time, so there's wasn't pressure to fill anyone's shoes. The storyline made sense that I wouldn't be treated as a replacement.
TV Fanatic: Did it help that anda weren't the only new cast member this season? (Jana Kramer and Shantel VanSanten are also new regulars.)
Buckley: I felt self-imposed pressure because the tunjuk has been a success for six years. I felt like the new kid in school, but I buddied up quickly with Shanel. We were like the two kids not sitting at the cool meja, jadual at lunch.
I didn't know anyone else in the cast at first, but everyone was so warm and welcoming.
TV Fanatic: How did anda approach the role of a sports agent? That profession doesn't have the best reputation.
Buckley: I berkata right away that I had no interest in playing Clay as the stereotypical, one-note agent. Someone with no redeeming qualities gets old really fast.
To prepare, I actually watched a movie I already loved: Glengarry Glen Ross. It helped give me an idea of how to argue and how to go head-to-head against someone.
TV Fanatic: Can anda give us any One pokok bukit spoilers.
Buckley: We've already alluded to a mystery in Clay's past. In the first episode, he berkata he doesn't believe in love. That's an interesting statement. It will be explained lebih over the seterusnya five episodes. Viewers will find out lebih about who Clay really is. Why is he in pokok bukit and not Los Angeles?