With an eye (heh) on this Tuesday’s episode (ABC, 8/7c) — which also marks the return of Cobie Smulders as ex-agent Maria Hill – Richards previews, “When we last saw Mike, he was in deep conflict trying to convince himself that he is this Deathlok person and there is no more Mike Peterson left. And in this episode, he’s more resigned to that fate. Mike will never lose complete hope, but this is kind of the fullest Deathlok that we’ve seen up until this point.”
That his portrayer still refers to the character as “Mike” is a bit charming, yet also telling. Does he believe there’s still a small shred of that mild-mannered dad residing beneath all the scar tissue and tech? “I think there’s a lot more than a shred,” Richards counters. “In my last episode, my one line was, ‘Mike Peterson is dead.’ And at the risk of sounding pretentious, Meryl Streep once said on Inside the Actors Studio, ‘Always examine the opposite of what your character is saying,’ so I really thought about that. I was like, ‘Mike Peterson is so alive.’”
That his portrayer still refers to the character as “Mike” is a bit charming, yet also telling. Does he believe there’s still a small shred of that mild-mannered dad residing beneath all the scar tissue and tech? “I think there’s a lot more than a shred,” Richards counters. “In my last episode, my one line was, ‘Mike Peterson is dead.’ And at the risk of sounding pretentious, Meryl Streep once said on Inside the Actors Studio, ‘Always examine the opposite of what your character is saying,’ so I really thought about that. I was like, ‘Mike Peterson is so alive.’”
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