FNL's Jesse Plemons Reports on the Black Keys
Posted by Hider on 09-30-2008 09:59:19 PDT
Entertainment Weekly :: Jesse PlemonsFirst off, I'd like to apologize that I wasn't able to write about my ACL experience earlier. I went all three days this year, which can be pretty exhausting. If anyone else has done the same, you know that all you want to do after the third day of madness is shower, apply lots and lots of aloe vera to your third degree sunburn, and then sleep. This year was especially good because I managed to make it through the entire festival without getting burnt to a crisp. Who knew that Neutrogena made a sun block with SPF 85! (No, I’m not kidding, that’s the only thing that does the job.) OK, well with that being said... THE BLACK KEYS! I had planned on only talking about one Keys concert but actually ended up seeing them twice in two days. I saw them once at ACL on Saturday night, and again Sunday night at an ACL-sponsored after-show at Stubb's, a great venue for live music in Austin (and they have great BBQ, so that's a plus). The Saturday show was great. We actually lucked out and got to go on stage for their show, which was pretty surreal. In an hour they played a set with at least one song from every one of their albums, including one of my favorites, "Stack Shot Billy," with an extended guitar intro/solo that made my face scrunch up... in a good way. They then finished things up with "I Got Mine." The most amazing thing about seeing them live was hearing all this noise and only seeing two guys playing: Dan Auerbach (guitar/vox) and Patrick Carney (drums). Sunday night's show was the cherry on top to a wonderful weekend. This time I was able to see the show from the front, which was completely different. I was able see their faces in a little bit more of an intimate setting. Patrick played the drums so hard you would have thought they had insulted his mother, and he was drenched in sweat by the third song. Dan played most of the songs with his eyes closed and would open them up for a few seconds at a time and look around as if he had almost forgotten where he was. Being a guitar player myself, I love watching different people's playing styles, and I have to say I have never seen anyone play the way he does. I've never seen anyone so comfortable with a guitar in their hands. It seriously seemed the guitar was an extension of his body because you could barely tell that he was playing, it was so effortless. He played a solo on the song "Busted" by beating the saddle of the guitar while he used his slide with his left. Basically, It was kind of incredible. All in all, one of the best live show I’ve ever seen. After the show, someone made the mistake of letting me backstage, which had me feeling a lot like Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous. I ended up meeting Dan briefly, and all I could muster was a corny, "I love your music, man, and thanks for coming to Austin."
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Different Kind of Friday
Posted by Hider on 08-12-2008 15:47:08 PDT
Source: Kansas CityThe new “Friday Night Lights” season will begin shooting Aug. 6 in Austin. It’s a strange situation for everyone involved because the episodes will air first on DirectTV Oct. 1 and won’t show up on NBC until February. But some things won’t change. “I’ll continue to have marital problems and problems with my teenage daughter,” star Kyle Chandler said. Jesse Plemons added that he hopes his character, Landry, doesn’t commit any more murders but joked that maybe he and Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) should “start robbing stuff.” And Minka Kelly, who plays Lyla, says her character’s born-again Christian phase is over, and she and Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) will be “out” as boyfriend-girlfriend. Furthermore, E! says Tyra will still be in school (!) and she’ll run for class president. But Smash (Gaius Charles), who is now a recurring character, will try to walk-on at Texas A&M. There will also be a new freshman quarterback whose family moves to Dillon just so he can play there, which is bad news for Saracen (Zach Gilford).
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New Layout ; FNL Season 2 Caps ; Movie News
Posted by Hider on 08-07-2008 11:23:04 PDT
Welcome to the new version of the site! I wasn't too thrilled with the last layout even when I made it so it got old really fast. I'm still not completely happy with the new look but I like the colors and it's a work in progress.
I've started adding caps from Friday Night Lights to the gallery. The first four episodes of season two (plus the credits) are now up and you can check them out by clicking on the links below.
    • 005 HQ caps from 200: Credits• 196 HQ caps from 201: Last Days of Summer• 128 HQ caps from 202: Bad Ideas• 075 HQ caps from 203: Are You Ready for Friday Night?• 054 HQ caps from 204: BackfireAs far as Jesse's movie Happiness Runs goes, I finally found some info on the plot. This blog is apparently from one of the cast members who plays the mom of Jesse's character, Chad. I've pasted the relevant information below and hopefully we'll get a release date and maybe some photos soon. There won't be much blogging this week because -- YES! I'M DOING A MOVIE WITH RUTGER HAUER! It's an indie film called Happiness Runs about a debauched commune in Vermont where the messianic, yet dissipated, guru in charge is played by the fabulous Rutger Hauer!
Mr. Hauer shall make an EXCELLENT guru, dissipated or otherwise! Happiness Runs mostly centers around the teenaged kids of the parents who have followed Hauer's character into mind-numbing (and sex-crazed) oblivion. I play "Chad's Mom." I'm proud to say that "Chad" is one of the most fucked up of all the kids! We begin filming today in Malibu.
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The Game Plan For 'Friday Night Lights' Season Three: Who's In & Who's (Making) Out
Posted by Hider on 07-20-2008 14:42:42 PDT
Zap2It :: Korbi GhoshThere's nothing like Matt Saracen and Tim Riggins to wake my tired mug up on day 12 of Press Tour. Can't honestly complain about working on a Sunday when my job is to sit at a table and stare at the talented cast of Friday Night Lights and then grill executive producer Jason Katims about what's on tap for the third season -- which will debut on DirecTV on October 1st, btw -- And speaking of, I got scoop... Rather than picking up where the strike left FNL, we're jumping forward eight months to the beginning of a new school year. Jason Street and Smash Williams are not returning to the show as series regulars. Katims said the reason for that is simply storyline. They've both graduated, and have to move forward. But we haven't seen the last of Scott Porter and Gaius Charles. Both Street and Smash will have powerful three-to-four episode arcs in this 13-hour season, and the door will remain open for them to return. Lyla has kicked Matt Czuchry and her born-again Christian ways to the curb, and is finally givin' it up to Mr. Timothy Riggins. Apparently she's trying to be a good influence on Riggs, encouraging him to apply to college and get a scholarship. The big question between them, however, will be whether or not they're headed in the same direction. Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) and Landry? During the eight month gap, Ms. Collette's feelings for Mr. Clarke have kind of fizzled. Katims said that while she loves Landry, he's not really the guy for her, so the story will become about whether or not they can remain friends... especially when Tyra starts dating an old friend of Billy Riggins who is a local rodeo star. It's going to get pretty intense, especially since the couple's actual status is somewhat iffy: "Depends on whether you ask Tyra or you ask Landry," Katims laughed. "Tyra would say they broke up, Landry would say they're taking a break." Matt and Julie? They're moving forward. Katims said they will very slowly start to be friends again. Whether or not the romance rekindles, we'll have to wait and see (but Zach Gilford who plays Saracen has a few strong feelings on that, which I'll tell you about tomorrow, so stay tuned). Either way, Saracen will have drama in his life with the arrival of his mother who he hasn't seen since he was like seven-years-old. Also complicating things is the arrival of J.D. McCoy, a freshman who happens to be a phenomenal quarterback. There will be controversy over who's going to be starting, him or Saracen. Said Katims, "Both of [J.D. McCoy's] parents are in the storyline. His father is a very successful beer distributor. They've actually moved from Dallas, specifically so he could play for The Panthers, so it's also about the pressure this very successful father is trying to put on the coach. That's a story I've always wanted to tell." Taking a bit of the edge off Saracen's story is the presence of his old pal, Landry. Now single -- and not wrapped up in a murder plot! -- Katims promised that their unique buddy/sidekick/advisor relationship that we missed so much last year will be revived. FYI, Landry is still on the football team, in case you were wondering. A relationship that we will not revisit is the Santiago-Buddy Garrity pairing. Benny Ciaramello, who played Santiago, has moved on, but the writers have planned a lot of good story for Buddy: one will deal with the relationship between Lyla and Riggs, the other will be all about his relationship with Dillon High's new principal, Mrs. Tami Taylor (Connie Britton). Being the head of the boosters, Buddy will have quite a bit of interaction with her. Yes, Mrs. T is the school's new leading lady, which may create some issues at home between her and Coach Eric Taylor. As for the Taylor's sometimes contentious relationship with their daughter Julie, Connie Britton said "there might be a tattoo situation." Sigh. October seems so far away...
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'Friday Night Lights' Exec Spoils Season 3!
Posted by Hider on 07-20-2008 14:37:21 PDT
Ausiello Report @ EW :: Michael AusielloNBC and DirecTV just hosted a little luncheon with the cast of TV's best drama series, Friday Night Lights, and as entertaining as it was, it was nothing compared to dessert: Shortly after the press conference, exec producer Jason Katims got into a huddle with a few select journalists and basically outlined his plans for the entire third season. Warning: Major, life-altering spoilers are below! * If you're having a tough time coping with the impending loss of Gaius Charles' Smash and Scott Porter's Jason, wait until next year: Katims reveals that Tim (Taylor Kitsch), Matt (Zach Gilford), Tyra (Adrianne Palicki) and Lyla (Minka Kelly) are all entering their senior years this season. The knowledge that this may be their final year in Dillon will "add an urgency to [their] stories, but also a nostalgia." "It will be sad to leave," says Palicki, "but I think we were all kind of prepared for that on some level." * When the new season starts, eight months will have passed since the Season 2 finale, placing the action at the start of a new school year. Among the major developments: Tim and Lyla are now in a serious relationship. "We think it'll be a tremendously fun storyline, which could ultimately become very moving," Katims says. "It's one thing to have this passionate, secret relationship, but once they're in a real relationship, they see how different they are. They're completely an odd couple... Also, they're both seniors now, so it's really a question of, Where are they going now? Where are they headed? Lyla really tries to get Tim to be the best version of himself. (She wants him to) get into college, get a scholarship... But the question is whether these two are destined to have very different lives." * The hiatus has not been nearly as kind to another Dillon super-couple: Tyra and Landry. "Tyra in the past eight months has [realized] that, while she loves Landry, she kind of feels like he's not really The Guy," says Katims. "So it becomes a story about, Are they going to be able to be friends? And will Landry be able to accept that?" Probably not when he meets the new Guy in her life, but more on that below. * Matt and Julie will try and put the past behind them and become friends. * As previously reported, Tami will be appointed the principal of Dillon High. "From the beginning, we wanted to find ways to get (Connie Britton) driving story as much as possible, and not just be the coach's wife," says Katims, adding that the new gig will lead to some serious tension at home. "Suddenly she (and Coach Taylor) may find (themselves) on opposite sides of some issues." * Katims concedes that it was not easy placing the calls to Charles and Porter informing them that their runs on the show were coming to an end. "It was very hard to break the news to them," he admits. Smash and Jason, however, will be going out with "two of the most powerful storylines" this season. "We are not doing this in any unceremonious way. And, also, we want to very much leave the door open for both of them to come back to the show." * A handful of new characters will be introduced, including a freshman named J.D. McCoy. "He's a phenomenal quarterback," Katims explains. "In the first arc of the season, there's a controversy over who will be the first-string quarterback for the Panthers." Additionally, an old friend of Billy Riggins' will make a play for Tyra. "He's a local rodeo star, so he's right in Tyra's wheelhouse. So Landry is not going to be (happy)." * Matt Czuchry (Chris) and Benny Ciaramello (Santiago) will not be back. * A renewed focus will be placed on the Landry/Matt friendship, a relationship Katims says got sidelined last season in the wake of the Landry/Tyra murder plot. "With that intense, secret thing between Landry and Tyra, we lost a little bit of Landry as Matt's buddy/sidekick/friend, and we're going to have that back." Tim and Lyla in a serious relationship? Landry and Tyra dunzo? Tami the boss of Dillon High? An end in sight for four more characters? Surely, you guys have some thoughts about all this, right?
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TCA Report From Friday Night Lights
Posted by Hider on 07-20-2008 14:30:30 PDT
The TV Addict :: Kevin KellyWill SCRUBS jumping ship from NBC to ABC pay off? Will the CW really shake things up by shifting the start of their Fall season to mid-summer next season? And will satellite provider DirecTV’s gamble to pick up the critically acclaimed yet ratings anemic football series [that’s not really about football!] be hailed as a brilliant programming move or, a grand experiment that was ahead of its time? Place your bets. Because the only thing we know for sure is what one audience member inappropriately [yet accurately!] yelled out at this morning’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS TCA Panel. “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS will quickly become the most downloaded show on television!” Which in case you’re wondering, star Zach Gilford full endorses, stating, “Well, if you’re a loyal fan I say you download it, and then out of good conscience just switch on NBC when it comes on the air.” So what else did we learn. Well, Jason Street (Scott Porter) and Smash Williams (Gauis Charles) will be doing four-episode story arcs this season and aren’t signed on as series regulars. Which according to executive producer Jason Katims makes sense because they’ve both graduated from school on the show and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS has always strived to be “as realistic and true to real life” as possible. [With the notable exception of Tyra and Landry’s ridiculous murder story-line! But let’s not get too nit-picky here] Kyle Chandler remarked how difficult it was going up against “that singing show,” and then the rest of the cast chimed in with “and that dancing show!” from last season. He also said that all of the fan support and the loyal watchers have been “very special to us.” So keep those blog posts and fan letters coming. He promises that there will be some “great material” coming with the departure of Gauis and Scott departing the show, and that he “anticipates a lot of problems” for Coach Taylor to deal with. Especially in that quarterback position. Jesse Plemons hopes that Landry Clarke is “done with his criminal days, but wants to see that it’s still with him. I hope he doesn’t kill anyone else!” Likewise, Minka Kelly’s Lyla Garrity character is so over her “born again” phase this season, and that’ll affect her relationship with Taylor Kitsch’s character, to which he drawled “I hadn’t even heard about that.” Kitsch also took time to dogpile praise all over Kyle Chandler, who he called “the backbone of the show.” What’s interesting is that DirecTV will be airing “specially produced episodes” before they head over to NBC, which could result in longer episodes, deleted scenes being shown, and original content that you can’t get on the network. I wonder how many people will be switching over in order to get there FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS fix. Strangest question of the panel: Someone asked Eric Shanks, Executive VP of Entertainment for DirecTV if he planned to pick up MOONLIGHT, and he said “Well, my understanding is that the sets have been struck and that it’s finished. So that’s a no… for now. I just don’t think the opportunity is there."
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'Friday Night Lights' exec producer previews third season
Posted by Hider on 07-20-2008 14:20:58 PDT
Entertainment Weekly :: Dan SniersonYou already know the good news: Friday Night Lights will indeed return for a third season — on DirecTV — starting Oct. 1. (NBC will air those 13 episodes again in 2009). Now here’s some better news: FNL exec producer Jason Katims gave EW.com a sneak peek at his playbook for the upcoming season. It's some pretty good scoop, so we'll have to put out a SPOILER ALERT for those who wish to avert their eyes at this time. • The action will skip ahead about eight months to the fall and the final year of high school for several main characters, including Lyla (Minka Kelly), Tyra (Adrianne Palicki), Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch, pictured), and Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford). “This season is going to be a lot about their senior year, the coming of age,” Katims says. “Who are they going to be? What are they going to do? Are they going to go to college or be stuck in Dillon? Or do they choose to stay in Dillon?” • There is a possibility of increasing the length of each episode — and including slightly juicier content — for the run on DirecTV, but nothing has been determined yet. • Tami (Connie Britton) has received a big promotion at school — from guidance counselor to principal. “It starts out with Coach [Chandler] loving it,” Katims says. “Tami’s bringing home this big paycheck. But at a certain point, he realizes that this woman is now technically his boss. It definitely tests them a little bit.” Especially when they don’t see eye-to-eye on certain academics-versus-athletics issues. After the jump, Katmis previews season 3 romances: "[O]nce they’ve actually gotten involved, they both realize that they’re a complete odd couple." • A couple of new faces (not yet cast) will pop up in Dillon, and one will cause a quarterback controversy. Said newcomer is “a freshman phenomenon who has been moved to Dillon from Dallas by his very wealthy parents to play on the Panthers and take Matt Saracen’s job,” Katims says. Also complicating Matt’s life is the sudden appearance of his mother. “He hasn’t seen her since he was probably seven years old,” says Katims. “One of the really interesting arcs this season is the very, very slow reconnection between Matt and his mother.” • On the love front, Tim’s pursuit of Lyla has apparently paid off, as the two are now dating. “They are trying to have a mature relationship despite the fact that once they’ve actually gotten involved, they both realize that they’re a complete odd couple,” Katims says. Landry (Jesse Plemons) must cope with the fact that he and Tyra (Palicki) are in the Friend Zone as Tyra finds herself in a “hot-and-heavy, smoldering romance” with a local rodeo star. “The question we’re raising is whether he’s going to sidetrack her,” says Katims of Tyra’s new man. “She is adamantly trying to get into college and buck the odds and not become her mom and her sister.” As for Matt and Julie (Aimee Teegarden), the exes are spending more time together. Will there be a romantic reunion? “It starts as just reconnecting as friends and then it becomes potentially more than that,” Katims hints. • The decision to say goodbye to graduates Smash (Gaius Charles) and Jason Street (Scott Porter) is “very sad, but it’s tempered for me by the fact that their stories are so strong,” Katims says, referencing the four-episode farewell arcs that each will have this season. “I’m really looking forward to seeing these two incredible actors dig into them.” Katims teases that Smash hits some kind of “bump in the road,” loses his scholarship, and is working at Alamo Freeze when Coach attempts to help him get back into a college. Meanwhile, to support his baby and prove to Erin (Tamara Jolaine) that he’s a worthy mate, new dad Jason tries his hand at the home-flipping business (and it involves the Garrity house). • By the way, don’t rule out a return for Charles and/or Porter down the road: “We would love to have them back,” notes Katims. “Should either of them be available and want to come back — whether it is next season or the end of this season — that’s something we’re definitely going to want to pursue.” For more on the 'Friday Night Lights' season 3 game plan, check out the Ausiello Files.
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Actor tore knee during a pick-up football game
Posted by Hider on 11-13-2007 14:09:53 PST
Austin360 :: Michael BarnesJesse Plemons is only 19. So forgive the actor who plays Landry Clarke on "Friday Night Lights" for injuring his knee in a pickup football game — not a rehearsal or performance — on the NBC drama's Del Valle set Nov. 3. "I was being stupid," said Plemons. "I cut on it wrong. My knee went left. Hopefully I'll be able to walk on it in a few days." He hopes his injury won't last long enough to make it into the show's plot. "So far I've had three scenes sitting down," Plemons laughs. Still, he gamely maneuvered his crutches to the podium at Dell Diamond on Saturday morning to help launch the Greater Austin Walk Now for Autism event. Plemons' investment in the charity runs deeper than yet another celebrity pumping yet another worthy cause. His mother, Lisa, teaches autistic students in the Waco school district. "This is something that I didn't know a lot about," he said. "A lot of people have heard the word 'autism,' but they don't know what it means. I've now had a chance to spend time with these kids and watched them make progress. A lot of times they'll make great progress then, all of sudden, one day, they revert back and have to start from scratch." Plemons, who played quarterback in middle school, spent his high school years in Mart, a tiny agricultural community not far from Waco, where football reigns supreme. "I was a waterboy for Quan Cosby's state playoff team," Plemons said of his early brushes with humility with the future University of Texas star receiver. Plemons sounded every bit as grounded, quick-witted, responsible and sometimes hapless as Landry. "I don't know if you'd call him responsible," he quipped about Landry. "He's a good kid. Killing people . . . " He talked about his Austin girlfriend (not naming names, though), hanging out at Alamo Drafthouse and horsing around with the "Lights" cast. Why haven't they run into as much trouble as their fictional counterparts? "I guessed we just haven't got caught."
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Jesse Plemons of Friday Night Lights
Posted by Hider on 03-20-2007 19:39:02 PDT
Maureen Ryan :: The Chicago TribuneJesse Plemons plays Landry Clarke, quarterback Matt Saracen's best friend, on "Friday Night Lights." Landry is also lead singer in Crucifictorious, Dillon's hottest unsigned band. So Landry’s got a crazy crush on Tyra.Landry’s got a crazy crush on pretty much any girl that moves. He’s got a pretty big crush on Tyra and enjoys chasing her around. I think it’s so funny how he’s like, ‘Look, Tyra’s talking to me!’ Like they’re friends.Yeah, right! He probably thinks he has an in because of Matt and Julie. But … no.No way. He has no in [laughs]. What’s great is that contrast between Landry’s book smarts and his innocence –he thinks he knows a lot about the world. And he has no clue, really.He’s really, really book smart. He’s one of those kids that if he finds something interesting, he’ll really research it and go on the Internet and learn all the facts. When it comes to thinks like girls… he overthinks it a little too much. Do you seeing him getting out of this town?That’s always what you hear about, the nerdy kids in school or the weird kids in school go on and make millions. Who knows? What has been some of your favorite stuff you’ve done on the show?Any scene with Zach [Gilford, who plays Matt Saracen] is always fun because it doesn’t seem like we’re acting. It’s so second nature and it’s so easy, really. Those are always fun. We’ll change things around quite a bit and think of stuff. I loved the Crucifictorious stuff [Landry’s band]. I got to hang out with the guys from the band, and they were really interesting. You wouldn’t necessarily put Landry in that group of kids who sing that kind of music. But then I met them, one of them was really smart, really quiet, but then he went on stage and he was totally different. Then I was like, OK, I get it. You’ve been acting for a long time, is it usually OK to go off the script as you guys do here?That never happens. Not ever. Normally you’ve got a writer sitting there, watching every single word. How much do you improvise?We kind of look at the script as a guideline. We try to definitely hit all the points in a scene, but we’re allowed to change the lines around to kind of fit us and fit our characters. If we have an idea, we’ll just do it, and if it doesn’t work, they’ll say, let’s do it the other way. It’s such a comfortable environment that every idea you have is just really encouraged, and a lot of it ends up making it in [to the final product]. It seems as though they’re putting a lot of trust in the actors.Everyone really, really knows what they’re doing, all across the board, which is why [it works]. The directors know what they want and I think all the actors have a good grasp of the characters they’re playing. And it seems like the more investment the actors have, the deeper the characters go. I feel like of all the characters on the show, I’ve known more people like Landry than anyone else.
See, that’s what I love so much about it. I grew up in a town just like this. I’m from Texas, I’m from a town called Mart, population 2,000. So I think the reason why I’ve so much fun with it is there are so many people I can think back to. But it’s not really any particular stereotype. It’s just really interesting [relationships].
Can you think of any examples of scenes that have changed a lot in the course of filming it?
You try not to make up your mind about what a scene’s like before you go into it. You try to get an idea of it, but see what happens. And a lot of times, when you get into it, something happens that you never even expected, which is always great, as an actor.
I remember this scene, [it was] Grandma Saracen in the closet. I had no idea what to expect. I was worried, because I thought it could go both ways, it could be really corny or it could be what it turned out to be. Some of my lines were written kind of [humorous], but I didn’t want it to be like that, because it was a scary thing that was happening. But that was something that, when I got there, it was just me reacting. But the two of them just nailed that scene.
The fact that there’s no rehearsal – do you like that or not like it?
You know it goes both ways. We’ve gotten some great stuff that we wouldn’t have gotten if it weren’t for not rehearsing. But it definitely keeps you on your toes. [laughs] Which is good.
I would imagine it keeps your energy up, especially if the days are not 14 hours long.
I’ve gotten so used to this style of shooting, it’s going to be hard to go back to the way it is in the real world. I had a few auditions and in my mind, I’m already looking at scripts completely differently than I ever have. This shooting style is so unique, the camera can be on you at any time, you do have to stay on your toes. It’s a good lesson.
How will you go back to doing other TV after this?
We’re going to frustrate a lot of people.
I’ve done ‘CSIs’ and in between my shots and turning it around on someone else – just the lighting and everything that goes into that [can take a long time]. There’s not that at all here. They’ve got a few lights that they use.
I’ll work four days out of an episode, it feel like spring break in Austin work [laughs].
But on most hourlong dramas, they’re working at least 12, 14 hours, right?
Grey’s Anatomy, that was a great show to be part of, but they work really long hours. They were all just really tired. Just worn out.
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