Harper’s Island Is Going To Be Awesome! (Chris Gorham)
April 2, 2009 by Tom
Check out this preview for the upcoming mystery / horror show Harpers Island. One of the stars/victims/suspects is Ugly Betty’s Christopher Gorham, and he’s shed the geek look.
It seems like a combination of an Agatha Christie murder mystery and an 80’s slasher film. It seems a little intense for us to watch with the kiddies, but intriguing just the same.
In the video, there’s a short snippet of interview with Christopher Goham, and several clips of some of his scenes (amongst others). At the Harper’s Island web site, there’s also “biographies” of each character, including Gorham’s (who is, once again, named Henry).
About Island’s unorthodox filming, Gorham admits it was a little unsettling.
“As an actor, it requires an unprecedented amount of trust in your producers, because none of us knew what was going to happen,” he said. “None of us knew what our story arcs were going to be. There was no planning in advance. There was no planting of seeds. In a situation like that, you just have to trust your instincts, and trust that the producers know what they’re doing.”
“You say to yourself, ‘OK, I’m going to play what’s in front of me, and only what’s in front of me. And trust that when we get five episodes down the line, I’m not going to look back and regret the choices that I made, because something changed, because a relationship changed, because someone died . . .’ There was an extraordinary amount of trust involved.”
“On the flip side of that, I think it brought an incredible freshness to what we were doing. It made it incredibly alive, incredibly in the moment, and it made the whole experience a lot of fun. The funny thing is that, by doing it that way, we got to experience, as actors, what the audience is going to experience when they’re watching it.”
I know I’m going to at least DVR this show. What about you?
I will definately be watching!
I want it to be good, but everything that I’ve read about it so far has been dismal. Fortunately for me, I’m not the type who allows critics to form my opinion, though. I am looking forward to checking it out for myself. I like the concept.
I’m not usually into horror/mystery type of shows, but I’l give it a look at since Chris is in it & to see him out of “Henry” mode. I always wondered if he would “pop” back in for an episode (in person) like Freddy Rodriguez did.(or was the Facebook thing rhe closure for them) Maybe causing some tension between Betty & Matt (since I’m assuming that Matt knows about the history between Betty & Henry) for Matt to be a little jealous.. I also wonder if Matt knows that two guys were vying for her affections..
I can’t see the video because it’s “not available in (my) geographical region”
By the way. since i can’t see the video I youtube’d it. And I don’t know if it’s this same one. In this trailer we see a lot of scenes with Christopher Gorham:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOkb7tDt32Q
But you know what? I might watch it out of curiosity. It looks interesting.
Kelly, although Chris Gorham will be out of the “Henry mode” that we all know, he in fact will still be in “Henry mode” because his new character just happens to be named Henry, too. Or should I have said, “Henry 2″?
Sir Lizard, maybe I should have said “geek mode”. He looks like more himself in real life than the Henry look on Ugly Betty..
Just for his words i want to see this show…
There was no planning in advance. There was no planting of seeds. In a situation like that, you just have to trust your instincts.
“You say to yourself, ‘OK, I’m going to play what’s in front of me, and only what’s in front of me.