Peter Mensah: “The greatest experience for an actor is working”
December 1, 2009 by Lance Carter
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You’ve seen Peter Mensah in tons of things but most notably 300, Hulk and Hildago. He’s usually the menacing or authoratative guy who gets in the way of the main character but in real life, he couldn’t be nicer. Maybe I shouldnt say that… I don’t want to ruin his authoritative cred!
Peter is starring in two great upcoming projects, James Cameron‘s Avatar and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
In my exclusive interview I did at this summers Comic-Con, we talk about his Spartacus character (Doctore), working with green screens and he even offers up some advice to actors.
Is this your first Comic Con?
This is my first Comic Con. I’ve done some sci-fi fantasy. I did 300, etc., but I’ve not really attended, usually because I’m working somewhere else at the time. This time around Rob [Tapert - Executive Producer of Spartacus] and the guys actually flew me back for this.
Tell me about your character.
I get to play a character called Doctore on Spartacus, and Doctore is the gladiator trainer. And it’s his job fundamentally to bring up the up and coming new gladiators and also to prepare sort of the well-schooled gladiators for each and every fight. And you know what’s fascinating about doing this is you sort of get to see how Roman society worked way back when, I think 73 B.C. And the fact that these stadiums could house 80,000 people, would come in and watch these fights. Physically. They didn’t have pay-per-view. They had to show up.
Erin Cummings on improvising, training and Spartacus: Blood and Sand
August 5, 2009 by Lance Carter
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If you’re a fan of Dollhouse, you’ve most likely seen Erin Cummings. She had a recurring role on that show this past season and also had a guest starring role on Cold Case.
If you’re not familiar with her, get ready, because she’s about to make a big splash in the upcoming Starz series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. She plays Spartacus’ wife, Sura, and she’s going to surprise you.
Erin has some great things to say on training and getting for a huge part like this… and she also has something to say about actors who don’t stick to the script. It’s well worth the listen!
