Chaske Spencer and Rob Morgan play two figures on opposite sides of a mysterious line in Carpet. After first breaking out with his role as the werewolf Sam in the Twilight franchise, Spencer would begin to gain steam on screen with the Banshee franchise, starring as Deputy Billy Raven, and continue it with Giovanni Ribisi sneaky pitNBC’s Blindspot and the Marvel Cinematic Universe EchoStarring as the titular character’s uncle. Morgan also has a history in the MCU, in all six of Netflix’s Marvel shows as Turk Barrett, as well as Netflix. Stranger things, Don’t look up And smile.
Spencer stars in Carpet Like Reuben Shanley, a local farmer who lives with his family in rural Georgia, who comes to his neighbors, the Chenoweths, for help when one of his horses gets caught in a fence and is seriously injured. While on their farm, however, the two families begin to experience strange events around the time the Chenoweths’ youngest child, Arlo, goes missing, including the arrival of the mysterious McNab. Played by Morgan, McNab appears just after Arlo’s return, painting a blue line around the Chenoweths’ farm and warning them not to cross it or trust anyone, which leads to panic as the group soon learns dangerous truths about the line and each other.
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Along with Spencer and Morgan, the ensemble Carpet throw incl The maid’s storyYvonne Strahovski as Maggie Chenuvet, Gray’s AnatomyScott Speedman as James Chenoweth, Émilie Bierre as their daughter Meryl, Caleb Dolden as Arlo, The ranchs Kathy Baker as Jacob’s mother Ellen, and EvilS. Boris McGiver as another local neighbor, Donald Kelly. Aim to capture the same claustrophobic and mysterious narrative as MGM+ of While also pulling from Robert McCammon’s novel StingerThe show is an intriguing and chilling horror affair.
In honor of the show’s upcoming premiere, Screen Rant Interviewed Chaske Spencer and Rob Morgan to discuss CarpetHow the former found it challenging to portray the stoicism of his character, the mysterious nature of the latter’s character and when audiences will get to learn more about him, and the fun time they had on set with showrunner Ian McCulloch.
Spencer was drawn to the internal drama with his Carpet Character
Morgan, on the other hand, was “Hooked“Just from meeting McCulloch
Screen Rating: Carpet Rules so far, I’m four episodes in, and I’m absolutely hooked. Chaske, I’ll start with you, and then Rob, what was it about Ian’s material and vision for your character that really sparked both of your interests in wanting to be a part of this?
Chaske Spencer: Well, he explains the whole series. I didn’t get any scripts, he just pitched the series and what it would be like. And he said that for me, Ruben will go through everything, and there will be a lot of drama for him. He explained the idea of ​​the main story, but he goes, “Everything was underneath, there’s a lot of subtext.” And so it attracted me. As we went further into production, it was the cast, the crew, the directors, who they chose, you know, everything. It’s almost one o’clock, and we have the perfect soup going on right now.
Rob Morgan: Yeah, Ian is very personable, he’s very cool, he’s very charming. They literally came to me probably two weeks before I came on, and all I read was maybe the first two episodes, three episodes. And he was like, “But you actually come alive in episode 5!” So, I was like, “[Hesitantly] Okay,” but he’s already hooked me up on his zoom setup. He has this really cool zoom setup where he’s sitting way in the back on the leather couch, laid back, like you’re projected over the wall, and he’s talking to me. Said, “That’s so cool. Whatever this guy does, I want to be a part of it.” [Chuckles] That’s how it really happened.
Playing a very stoic Ruben required a unique trick for Spencer
The duo’s efforts to be serious weren’t always helped by McCulloch
So, Chaske, you mentioned a lot of the drama that Ruben is going through, and I’d like to hear from the performance side, what it’s like to keep so much of the internal while also grappling with the external conflict of what is on the other side of the line, and “How do we get out of here?“?
Chaske Spencer: Really hard, it’s hard to play the character, actually, being so closed off, and trying not to show the audience too much emotion. Every time we would do a take, the director would come and go, “Okay, stoic it, don’t show anything.” So, they would let me play a little bit. But at the end of the day, it was just keeping it very, very small. And I, by nature, I’m not really a small guy, you know, I’m pretty animated. So, somewhere along production, and Rob will tell you, I had to pull some tools to try to stay in character. [Laughs]
Rob Morgan: [Laughs] Yeah, his Marlboro cigarettes, his cold Marlboro cigarettes was the thing, man. We’ll see Chaske there with his cold Marlboro. The cigarette isn’t even lit, he just smokes it like it’s lit! We’re like, “What’s that?” “It keeps me in character.” “Okay, cool.” So, yes, you gave a brilliant performance. It was great working with these guys. Again, being on set with such a charming, funny showrunner as Ian. If anything, that was the biggest challenge was we’d be over there all deep, and he’d be like, “Hey guys, look at my shirt. Look at my socks today. Okay, bye, I’ll let you go!” I’d be like, “Ian, we’re here working.”
Chaske Spencer: I’m like half crying. [Laughs]
Rob Morgan: Yeah, we’re all in it. “Okay, this is the scene where you see your daughter’s head blown off,” and Ian comes in, “Hey guys, look at my shirt.” It was part of the environment that made us just want to give our best. He was such a cool guy to work for, man, and I think you’ll see that on screen.
One episode will be “Very clarifying“For Morgan’s mysterious character
The Carpet Star praised all sides of the creative team for helping with early groundwork
So, Rob, I’ll get back to you. You remember how Ian told you in episode 5, you really come alive. And when you watched the first four episodes, it is clear that you will be on the screen a lot more. But what is it like, in the first few episodes, really trying to not only establish the kind of stakes of the world, but still try to keep the line of, “Is he a helper, or is he a threat to the people“?
Rob Morgan: It’s actually fun because I think that’s where the teamwork came from Ian, or the studio heads, or the director of Episode 5, John Hyams, who was great to work with. He was very instrumental in giving me some of​​​​the ideas of what these moments are about, and what is needed in these moments for us to continue in the journey. So, yes, working with John in episode 5 was very, very clarifying.
The duo think speedman”Really should be a director“Still working with him
“… and Yvonne is really amazing, and as a producer, she’s very handy …”
Chaske, I will get back to you. You have a lot of interaction, both with Yvonne and Scott, and that obviously plays into your character’s inner struggles. What was finding that dynamic and that rapport with them during production?
Chaske Spencer: Well, Scott comes up with a lot, his career is phenomenal. He comes with all this knowledge. Basically, I was pretty much playing against what Scott was doing. He should be a director, he should really be a director. The dynamic between them is just – how do I explain this? They are educational. I learned a lot by watching them, from their film experience and all their education they have accumulated during their career.
And they are very easy to work with. They’re really nice people, as much as there’s drama on screen, when you go, “cut,” we kind of just laugh and joke, because it’s too much. So, they’re wonderful people to work with, and Yvonne is amazing, really amazing. And as a producer, she is also very handy.
Rob Morgan: And they picked the perfect kids. Sometimes, they say the challenge is working opposite children or younger actors. All our actors under 18 performed phenomenally and delivered. Luciano, Émilie, Caleb, they are phenomenal at what they do, and made it easy for us.
About Carpet
TEACUP follows a peculiar group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.
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