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By
Suzanne

Interview with Blair Redford of
"The Lying Game" on ABC Family 1/7/13
I enjoyed speaking to Blair! He is great on
"The Lying Game". My questions are in red below. I hope you
enjoy this as much as I did! He is quite an interesting
young man.
ABC Family’s Q&A Session
Blair Redford – THE LYING GAME
Moderator It seems like Ethan’s kind of a mess when the show
returns. How would you describe Ethan’s relationship with
Sutton this season as compared to Emma?
B. Redford I think the season opens up and Ethan’s in a
little bit of a darker, more depressed place given how the
last season ended. Anyone who watches the show knows how
Sutton operates and I think that definitely leaves it open
for Ethan and her to get closer because anytime that Emma
won’t entertain Ethan, Sutton’s there to step in. So you’ll
definitely see, compared to last year, it’s different
because I think he’s pretty certain of what kind of girl she
is after she’s repeatedly lied to him so many times, but he
still can’t really shake either one of those twins. So it’ll
still be there.
Moderator How does the arrival of Jordan impact Ethan’s
state of mind?
B. Redford I think it has a couple of different twists and
turns for Ethan. He’s not very trusting of anyone new as it
is, so I think he sort of has one opinion of Jordan when he
first arrives, but it doesn’t stay one level. It’s kind of
nice to see. They definitely start out as a bit of a
rivalry, as you might expect, but it definitely grows and
changes.
So it’s something interesting to watch, and honestly I think
there’s more places for it to go. I’d like it if Ethan had a
friend at some point, you know? Just a guy that he can knock
a beer back with or something and watch a game, but he
spends all of his time with the twins, I think.
Moderator If you had to choose, do you
think Ethan is crazier about Emma than Sutton?
B. Redford I’d say given what we’ve seen, I think the
healthier relationship would be with Emma. I think that’s
more of the real relationship. And then I think with Sutton
it’s a bad habit.
Moderator Is that why you think he
kissed Sutton at the end the last season?
B. Redford Yes, I think it is. But he’s drawn to girls that
really have a good heart. So he kissed Sutton when she had
put on that face. She was on the farm with him and she had
put on this kind and caring side of herself, which is there,
but that’s the times that he’s attracted to her. They are
limited, but when they pop up he likes it.
Moderator I read in an interview that
you enjoyed having scenes with Tyler Christopher the most.
Can you tell us anything about the season coming up with the
two brothers?
B. Redford I’m really looking forward to what happens with
the brothers in this season. I think in a lot of moments in
our show where they’re kind of combative, especially in the
first season, obviously a large part of it is because
Ethan’s lying to his older brother a lot and I think this
second season opens up a little bit more and shows how they
need each other to lean on, to count on, because they are
the only family they have. So there’s just a lot there where
they’re helping each other out with different challenges
they’re both going to face this season and that was really
fun to play.
Moderator Which character do you most relate to?
B. Redford I just thought about saying something random like
Sutton’s dad, like a plastic surgeon, but that’s not true. I
guess there are different aspects of different characters. I
can see myself in a few different ones, but if I had to say
the one I relate to the most I would say Ethan. So I guess
that’s fortunate for me, and a good fit, because that’s the
character I was cast to play.
Moderator I guess would you say that you’re a bad boy like
Ethan in real life then?
B. Redford It kind of sounds bad. That’s a title you can’t
really give yourself, describing yourself. But no, I would
just say that the qualities I have in common with Ethan is I
think we both like some extreme sports. He’s always on his
motorcycle. I like riding bikes. I like doing a lot of off-roading.
He’s very protective of his friends and loved ones. He’s
quick to throw a punch if he feels you’ve wronged someone
close to him, whether or not that’s too hasty, that’s
probably similar to myself as well. I have more in common
with him than the others I supposed.
Moderator Alexandra Chando plays both Sutton and Emma. Does
it ever get weird when you have to act differently with the
different characters? Do you look at her as the same person?
B. Redford You know, I don’t. It’s funny; that comes up a
lot. I didn’t think it was going to happen this way. When
the show was first created I didn’t expect this, but she has
a difference in the characters, so finely polished that you
show up on set and she doesn’t even have to say anything to
me. I just know who she’s playing. I don’t have to look at a
script to see which twin I’m with, which makes it really
easy on me and I think the rest of the cast. But it is kind
of a shock because just her mannerisms, things she does with
her eyes, the two girls have different smiles. In a way I do
feel like there are two of them. She’s very convincing with
it. It kind of freaks me out occasionally, but props to her
for pulling it off.
Moderator Do you guys have a great relationship? Are you
guys friends off set? Do you hang out and stuff?
B. Redford Yes we do. We are. We’re very close. She’s a good
girl.
Moderator I wanted to know if you have a favorite episode of
the shows so far, either one we’ve seen or one we have yet
to see in season two?
B. Redford I definitely have some favorites. I would say—I
can’t elaborate too much on the new season, especially on my
favorite episode because it’s the last one we shot. It’s
episode ten of season two. I just think our writers are so
talented at having all these story lines stem out in
different areas and then they come to a crescendo on some of
our finale episodes. To me, ten is just brilliant. It’s
really fun to watch. A bunch of questions will be answered.
And then if I could pick one from the previous season, I
would say I think it was 17. It would be two episodes. It
was the ones where we got to shoot out on this really
beautiful farm. We got to learn how to ride a horse bareback
and all kinds of stuff. That was a good time.
Moderator Is there someone on the show that you don’t get to
work with as much as you would like to?
B. Redford Yes, absolutely. I wanted to do a lot more work
with Adrian Pasdar. There are only so many minutes in an
episode and so many story lines. So nothing real juicy has
popped up yet for us to have any work together, but we
talked about it before.
I think we both approached Chuck Pratt, our creator of the
show, to talk about the story line because we want to work
together. We’re spinning ideas around our head. But yes, I
think that would be some interesting scenes to see, because
it’s an unlikely match up. You don’t really expect to see
those characters together and sometimes I think that’s
what’s most interesting.
Moderator Can you talk a little bit about the overarching
scenes for this year? What are some of the new themes that
are going to be going on this season?
B. Redford I guess some of the major ones they put out there
so you’ll have to keep your eye out on different couples and
try to figure out who they think is going to tie the knot. I
think another big one that has also been put out there is
one of our main characters will bite the dust. Everybody
needs to try to figure this out now. I think that will be
fun to watch and worry about, and then we’ve got this new
guy, Jordan, who’s going to form different relationships.
That’s another one to watch. So those are some of the new
ones.
Moderator And then for your long ride on this show, what has
been your most memorable moment, on set or off, either
dealing with things or just dealing with cast members? What
has been your most memorable moment, favorite moment and
even bad moment?
B. Redford There’s a lot. I had a fun time this season.
There’s a lot of friction going on between Ethan and Thayer
this season. That was kind of brewing and boiling last
season and it kind of comes to a head this year. They might
have a little bit of an altercation.
On our show, Ethan has a lot of those, but anytime there’s a
chance to do any kind of action sequence it’s fun. All of us
guys on the show; we eat it up. We have a really good time.
Christian, who plays Thayer, is a good buddy of mine. So
that was a real fun time this year. We had a little bit of a
tussle that we had to shoot. We both went for it. We
probably went at it—good match, it was fun.
Moderator Switched at Birth is another one of my favorite
shows. I was wondering how you manage to do both of these
shows at pretty much the same time?
B. Redford That was only last year and it was fortunate that
it worked out. What happened was I shot both those pilots
around the same month and I believe the network thought that
they wouldn’t pick up both of the shows. I don’t know if
they thought there was similarity or something. So I think
the idea was that I would only do one of them, but then they
both got picked up from their pilots.
The producers on each individual show were great working out
a schedule where I could do the start of the season of
Switched at Birth and then I would move on to The Lying Game
where I would make it my home. I just did the first pilot
episodes of Switched at Birth and it has been a really good
turnout.
Moderator So are you going to be back on Switched at Birth
or on you on this one permanently now?
B. Redford The Lying Game is definitely my permanent seat.
We shoot in Austin and I’m there the majority of the year,
but there haven’t been any discussions to bring my character
back to Switched at Birth.
Moderator Do you think that there’s anything that will
surprise or shock the viewers this season?
B. Redford Yes. I think that’s the name of the game for our
show. That’s what our writers are good at. … What exactly
will surprise them, certain things I’ve already mentioned.
There’s a death coming up, a wedding coming up. There’s
going to be a 180 Alex story line. It starts off where he
was arrested last season. He’s in jail. I think it’ll be
really fun to see him way out of that situation. Then you
have all the stuff, the twins again. I think they hope to
get along but really they love the turmoil that happens
between the two sisters.
Moderator What is the nicest thing a fan has ever said or
done to you?
B. Redford That’s a tough one. Something that comes to mind
is I think at least on two occasions I’ve had a couple
fans—obviously they’re talented artists and they’ve drawn a
portrait. They found a picture of me online. I think one
found a still shot of me from a film that I did and they did
a really nice drawing of me. I think one was actually
charcoal … one was mailed to my fan mail. I think that’s
really cool and nice of someone to take the time to do that.
Moderator I just wanted to say for the record there are a
few of us who think that Ethan should just forget about the
twins and hook up with Mads.
B. Redford That’s an interesting idea. I do think the boy
needs to examine his priorities with the twins, but where it
goes from there is up to the writers I suppose.
Moderator Out of everything you’ve done, what is your
favorite type of role to play? It seems like you do like the
bad boys. Is that what you like to do the most?
B. Redford I don’t know if it’s what I like to do most as
much as that’s what Hollywood likes me to do. You kind of go
on your --- you get hired where you get hired. So I guess I
have a little bit of a niche in the bad boy brooding market.
I’d really like to do more comedy. I do a lot of it in my
off time and I think it’d be fun. So we’ll see where that
goes.
Moderator With scenes that you film, I’m guessing you like
the funnier scenes rather than the more serious scenes then?
What do you like to do scene wise?
B. Redford It all depends on the scenes. [Dramatic scenes
are] fun too, but I will tell you that I always [try to
find] in my scenes with Ethan [an] opportunity to bring some
comedy into it. Pretty often it doesn’t make the final cut.
[But] maybe I got away with it a little bit more this year.
It’s second season. Maybe he’s opening up a little bit more
personality wise.
Moderator That was a good segue into my next question. I was
curious if you had any other projects going on right now
besides the show? I know it keeps you pretty busy.
B. Redford We do stay pretty busy. At the moment, as I said
earlier, we shoot on location and often so we’re kind of in
our own little bubble out there. But I’m back in L.A. now
and kind of looking through scripts, reading for projects,
but I haven’t signed on for anything yet.
Moderator Could give us a little bit of insight into what
it’s like to be on set? If there’s a behind-the-scenes
moment that you think our fans or readers might enjoy or
just something that would give them a little insight to what
it’s like to be on the set of The Lying Game?
B. Redford It’s kind of like summer camp when you’re 13
years old. Like I said, I think a big part of it is that
we’re on location in Texas. It’s just a different feel than
being in Hollywood at a normal studio shooting, but we love
it out there. All of us young on the show and even the
adults, the actors that play the parents, we’re all really
close. We’re just running around in our trailers playing
pranks, eating food, obviously.
The Lying Game Official Site:
http://beta.abcfamily.go.com/shows/lying-game
Photos and video clips
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Bio:
http://beta.abcfamily.go.com/shows/lying-game/cast/ethan-whitehorse
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