Grimm - Russell Hornsby Interview

Thanks to Sheldon for the heads up.

Chevron One: Were you surprised by Grimm’s success?

Russell Hornsby: In a word yes. Very surprised. Every time you start a new show there are so many components that go into getting that show on the air. It’s really just a role of the dice as to whether it’s going to take and be successful. So the first thing you’re hoping for is that you have a good show – that you’re creating something of a certain quality and a certain standard. And then of course you’re hoping that the audiences take to it.

Very often there will be shows that are critically successful but just don’t catch with the audience, and vice versa, but with Grimm I think we’re had the best of both worlds. We have a show that’s been a critical success and an audience fan favorite.

Chevron One: Grimm is at times a show of two halves. One one side you have the cop procedural and on the other you have monsters and fantastical creatures and so forth. Hank seems to represent the cop show aspect of Grimm but lately the other side is starting to touch his life in a number of different ways. You got to play bad cop a little bit in ‘Three coins in a Fuchsbau.’ what was that like for you experiencing Hank expressing this other side?

RH: Obviously as an actor it’s fun to play. Generally with series regulars in a procedural things are not really character driven. It’s more story and plot driven. So when you get to tap into a character aspect it’s always fun. But I also believe – from the writers’ and developers’ standpoint – that Hank is sort of slowly and methodically becoming immersed into this world of Grimm. As an actor, that’s my hope. That he will be slowly brought into Nick’s fantastical world. That all happens in this alter-ego of the show.



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