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Interview with Catherine Bell of "Good Morning, Killer" on
TNT 12/1/11
TURNER ENTERTAINMENT
Moderator: Kristina Stafford
December 1, 2011
2:00 pm CT
Operator: Good day and welcome to the Turner Entertainment hosted
Catherine Bell conference call. Today’s conference is being recorded.
At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Ms. Kristina
Stafford. Please go ahead.
Kristina Stafford: Good afternoon. Thank you for joining the
Catherine Bell conference call. “Good Morning Killer,” premieres
Tuesday, December 13 at 9:00 pm Eastern and Pacific Time on TNT. The
conference call is now open for questions. Please press star 1 to ask a
question. Thank you.
Operator: Once again, that is star 1 to ask a question. If you
are on your speakerphone, please make sure your mute button is enabled -
or disabled so that your signal may reach our equipment. We’ll pause for
just a moment to assemble our roster.
Our first question comes from Kenna McHugh with Screenhead Movie Roar.
Kenna McHugh: Yes, hi. My question is for Catherine. You know,
you did - I was - I followed your career a little - you know, quite a
bit and I know you’ve done - your work is really great. And I was just
wondering, what do you do to keep up the positive attitude and keep
creating such great work?
Catherine Bell: Aw, thank you. Well, you know, I guess it’s just
who I am. I don’t know. I kind of just enjoy life and try to keep
finding fun projects to work on and I’m fortunate enough to keep finding
them and people keep wanting to make them with me. And in between, I
intersperse that with my family, my kids and, you know, try and enjoy
life.
Kenna McHugh: Great. That sounds great. That’s wonderful.
Catherine Bell: Okay perfect.
Operator: Our next question comes from Michael Smith with
Mediamikes.com. If you do have a question, please press star 1.
Michael Smith: Hi. Good morning. I guess this is a two-part
question. Number one, did you enjoy the experience of ((inaudible))
character?
Catherine Bell: Yes, I really did. I’d never played an FBI agent
and found it fascinating just trying to get into the mind of a, you
know, a kidnapper, a rapist and track this guy. It sounds very
fascinating. And obviously it was based on a wonderful novel so we had a
lot of things to draw from. And it’s a very rich, rewarding experience
actually.
Michael Smith: Okay. And I guess a quick follow up, there are
several other novels featuring your character. Is that - is this
something you’d like to continue doing later again revisiting this?
Catherine Bell: I would love to. It’s actually something we
talked about from the beginning. And it ended up being such a wonderful
filming experience I think for all of us involved that we were instantly
hoping to do more. So hopefully it goes in that direction.
Michael Smith: All right, thank you very much.
Catherine Bell: Yes, sure.
Operator: At this time, we have one question remaining in the
queue. Once again if you would like to ask a question or if you have a
follow up question, please press star 1. We’ll take our next question
from Jamie Steinberg with Starry Constellation Magazine.
Jamie Steinberg: (It’s good) to speak with you again.
Catherine Bell: Hey you too. I saw you Tweeting about this
earlier.
Jamie Steinberg: Of course and right now.
Catherine Bell: (Oh good).
Jamie Steinberg: Maybe you’ll follow me sometime.
Catherine Bell: Yes. Oh yes. I will.
Jamie Steinberg: Is there an aspect of this character that you
connect with or you really just didn’t like?
Catherine Bell: I actually found her fascinating. She’s not a
perfect woman by any means. She’s very smart, very good at her job, very
much in control there. But very much not in control in her personal
life, picks very bad relationships. And definitely has some issues,
which I found as an actress really fun to play, you know.
Jamie Steinberg: Well, what was the most interesting thing that
you learned about being an FBI agent?
Catherine Bell: You know, I really didn’t know too much about the
FBI. I got a chance to go down to the headquarters in Los Angeles and
really learned a lot just touring the offices for several hours and
finding out, you know, all the different areas that they cover from bank
robberies to terrorism and, you know, anything of course that crosses
state lines.
But also like hate crimes and cyber crimes and things like that, which I
really didn’t fully understand what the FBI did and how they protect us
as American Citizens and they’re kind of a combination of sort of
military and law enforcement, just everything rolled into one. And
really, really gained some new knowledge and respect, you know.
Jamie Steinberg: Great. Thank you so much.
Catherine Bell: Yes, sure.
Operator: We have a follow up question from Michael Smith with
Mediamikes.com.
Michael Smith: Hello again. If the Internet movie database is to
be believed, William Devane started working the year you were born. What
was it like working with such a veteran actor?
Catherine Bell: It was fantastic. He plays my grandfather in the
script as a great character, kind of just a crotchety old, you know, cop
who thinks he knows better then me and thinks the FBI are a bunch of (whooses)
and, you know, so we have this sort of love-hate relationship. But we
had a blast. He’s definitely been around and, you know, knows how to
fill a character’s shoes. It was really fun.
Michael Smith: Thank you again.
Catherine Bell: Sure.
Operator: We have another follow up from Kenna McHugh with
Screenhead Movie Roar. Ms. McHugh. We have another follow up...
Kenna McHugh: Sorry about that. I - my mute was on. Sorry. Can I
ask it? Hello.
Operator: Yes, your line is still open. Please go ahead.
Kenna McHugh: Okay thank you. Sorry about that. I was just
curious because you talked about the research you did and as a craft for
your profession. How much research do you think is needed? When do you
know when you’ve done enough research and you can - and you’ve got your
- you’ve got your part, you’ve got ((inaudible)), you can - you feel
like you can continue, you know, you can perform the roll?
Catherine Bell: Yes, you know, to me it’s kind of ongoing even
throughout the filming I think. There’s a point in the beginning where
you really know nothing about the character. And to me that’s always
scary especially if you’re, you know, depends on how close you’re
getting to start of production date.
But, you know, very rapidly it all starts to come together, which
reading the script and reading the novel and meeting FBI agents and
asking a ton of questions and, you know, just doing your research, it’s
like little by little, it’s like you’re putting on layers of this
character and you start to kind of get a sense of it.
And for me, it usually all comes together on the first day of filming
where, you know, okay, there I am and I’m in a costume. I’m wearing the
suit of this FBI agent. I’ve got the badge, the gun, you know, and you
start saying the lines. And then it kind of - it all comes together and
progresses over the next, you know, few days.
But even then I’m always looking and searching and finding out more and,
you know, I really think that the more you study, the more you do that,
the more you find, you know.
Kenna McHugh: Yes. I have another question. Do - it’s kind of a -
it’s a physical fitness question actually. I know that with your - you
know, I haven’t seen the (screener) yet. It’s coming tomorrow. But I
presume that you do have some physical, you know, stunt work that you’re
doing with the - I figure with the FBI.
So what - can you give a - what’s your workout routine like to stay in
shape for these roles?
Catherine Bell: You know, most of the (workout) is done before we
start filming because once we start filming, honestly, especially
something like this where I’m in every single scene, most - you know,
most every day. I don’t think I had a day off on this one.
So it becomes harder and harder to work out. You know, you’re getting
more and more tired and you just do a few pushups here and there, sit
ups, you know, in the morning. But before I start filming, it’s pretty
rigorous. I definitely do, like, an hour, hour and a half, sometimes up
to two hours a day just getting in shape and, you know, getting lean and
getting strong and doing some martial arts and, you know, whatever else
I can depending on the role.
Kenna McHugh: That’s cool. Do you play any competitive sports?
Catherine Bell: No, I haven’t had time. I pretty much just do
stuff with my trainer at the gym or if I do martial arts I do a class or
something, but...
Kenna McHugh: Yes, that’s cool. I was just curious. I was
curious. Okay, well thanks.
Catherine Bell: Yes, sure.
Operator: We have another follow up question from Jamie Steinberg
with Starry Constellation Magazine.
Jamie Steinberg: What were some of your favorite moments that you
had from filming on, “Good Morning Killer?”
Catherine Bell: Oh, let’s see. So many. It was really, really one
of the best experiences I’ve had filming, both the story and everyone
involved in making it. All the actors were really wonderful from Cole
Hauser and Titus Welliver and some great, great talent.
But I don’t know. I loved doing the scenes that involved the killer, the
bad guy. Those were - without giving anything away or what kind of
scenes they were, very intense and very emotional and, yes, kind of very
challenging to shoot a well. But yes, those are probably my favorite I
would have to say.
Jamie Steinberg: And why do you think people will want to take
the time to watch, “Good Morning Killer?”
Catherine Bell: Well, if they’re anything like me, they like to
be entertained and so many people - myself included - like mysteries and
thrillers and I know I’ve always been fascinated with serial killers or,
you know, this is the kidnapper/rapist. But, you know, that - what makes
somebody do that? And to me it’s fascinating. So to have something
that’s based on such a wonderful novel with such a great story I think
makes for some good, fun popcorn-eating, soda-drinking movie watching,
you know.
Jamie Steinberg: Also, what are the other projects you’re working
on? I know you were last speaking to us about (B Ring) and about another
witch film.
Catherine Bell: Yes. Well, let’s see, we’ve got - I’m doing Army
Wives right now. We just got picked up for ten more episodes in this
season.
Jamie Steinberg: I know. Congrats.
Catherine Bell: So (I’ll be) busy for a little while but - yes,
yes, we’ll do 23 episodes now. And hoping to, you know, some talk of
maybe another, “Good Morning Killer,” movie or series after Army Wives.
Or some other projects that I’m working on as well as the producer and
developing, but you know me, always - I’m always busy. Always working on
something.
Jamie Steinberg: When do you (read)? When do you have family
(day)?
Catherine Bell: You know what, I actually have the day off today
and I spent most of the day - my daughter stayed home. She had a little
sore throat so we were just decorating the house, doing Christmas stuff,
listening to Christmas music, running around playing, chasing the baby.
So I definitely squeeze in my personal and family time.
Jamie Steinberg: Great, thanks.
Catherine Bell: Yes sure.
Operator: We have no further questions at this time. Ms.
Stafford, I’ll turn the conference back to you for any additional or
closing remarks.
Kristina Stafford: Thank you so much everyone for joining today’s
call. As a reminder, “Good Morning Killer,” premieres Tuesday, December
13 at 9:00 pm Eastern and Pacific Time on TNT. A transcript of this call
will be available within 24 hours. Thank you Catherine and thank you all
for participating.
Catherine Bell: Thank you guys.
Kristina Stafford: Take care.
Operator: Thank you. This does conclude today’s conference.
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