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 "Private Practice" is getting just the jolt it needs: a bona fide hunk!
Grant Show joins the cast, beginning tonight, and he stirs up trouble at Oceanside Wellness. Sure, Taye Diggs and Tim Daly are no slackers in the hottie department, but there's nothing like a charming bad boy to stoke the fires--especially one that might be a sex addict.
The "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off hasn't reached its potential yet, but in addition to Show joining the cast, there are other things to come that bode well for the series. This winter, "Practice" will move to Thursday nights at 10 p.m., airing behind its predecessor "Grey's." It's such a logical move one wonders why they didn't do it sooner. You can also look forward to some "Grey's"-"Practice" crossovers during February sweeps.
I recently got some "Private" time with Grant Show, where he opened up about his sexed-up new role, the fate of "Swingtown" and his thoughts on the new "Melrose Place." (He changes his mind during our conversation, so when Grant shows up on the new "Melrose," send your thank you cards to me!)
Tracy Phillips: You’re playing Archer Montgomery, Addison’s little brother?
Grant Show: “Big brother. It was supposed to be a little brother when they cast me, but then they changed it.”
TP: Well, it’s sure not because you look older.
GS: [laughs] “Well, thank you.”
TP: Where did Archer come from all of the sudden?
GS: “We are from New York, we’re a wealthy family, and that’s our home and then Addison moved out to Seattle. But I come out to California because I miss her and I want her back home where she belongs. Archer thinks this whole California thing is beneath her.”
TP: So what’s your backstory, what’s the catalyst for this visit?
GS: “There is, well they are wanting me to keep tight-lipped about it, but there’s a little something going on in Archer’s life that prompts it.”
TP: What’s Archer like?
GS: “My character’s a real cad, he’s a rake. Archer is
also a surgeon, and he's smooth and a sharp dresser. And he’s just out
there 'doing it' all the time—and there’s a question as to whether he’s
a sex addict or not.”
TP: Whoa, sounds like Naomi’s in for a good time then! Because I hear you're involved with Audra McDonald's character.
GS: “Yeah, there’s something up with me and Naomi. We have a
little thing turns into a real romance. And this whole thing that’s
going on with him, he starts changing and I think he does fall in love
with Naomi, and she definitely falls in love with him.”
TP: How does Sam take that?
GS: “Sam doesn’t take it too well, he’s not very happy
about it. You find out in the first episode just how unhappy he is.
There are fists involved.”
TP: How many episodes can we look forward to with you?
GS: “So far, seven or eight, it’s the last half of the season just about. I do this first episode, then I leave for about five episodes, and then I come back for six or so more.”
TP: What’s the relationship between Addison and Archer like and how has it been working with Kate Walsh?
GS: “Kate is terrific to work with, and we’ve created this great sibling dynamic; we really love each other but bicker all the time. We’re like two little kids in the back seat of the car.”
TP: Will you be fulfilling your big brother protector duties, like does Archer approve of Addison’s new boyfriend (David Sutcliffe)?
GS: “No, not at all, I mean he’s a cop…he’s beneath her. Addison Montgomery doesn’t date a cop, come on.” [Editor’s note: If you’ve seen tonight’s promo, then you know something bad happens to Officer Kevin. Uh oh.]
TP: So you’re playing a sex addict on "Private Practice," you were a swinger on “Swingtown,” and a closted action star on “Dirt.” What’s with all the sexy roles?
GS: “I don’t know, maybe I feel the need to show off because I’m getting older [laughs], I’m still hanging on to my youth. Pretty much throughout my career there’s been some kind of sexuality, especially on ‘Melrose,’ ‘Melrose’ was all sex. But maybe I’m just pushing it a bit more now, being a little more over the top…and having a lot more fun.”
TP: Do you miss your porn 'stache?
GS: “Not at all. I had that thing for a year and a half, it was time to go. But anytime I want to see it--I lost my drivers license during the show--so anytime I want to see my “Swingtown” mustache, I just have to pull out my wallet and there he is.”
TP: Awesome, have you been pulled over and had to flash that bad boy yet?
GS: “I haven’t been pulled over, but sometimes I’ve had to show my ID at the bank or something and people look at it, do a double take and are like, ‘Yeaaahhh.’”
TP: Is the party definitely over for “Swingtown”?
GS: “I think so. You know, it’s such a good show, and the people that liked it, really liked it, you can never say for sure, because those kinds of things can sometimes get another breath of life, but it looks pretty bad.”
TP: So “Melrose Place” is getting a do over like the new "90210." Are you in?
GS: “I haven’t been officially asked. I was playing golf and a CW exec was on the 9th green and I was on the 18th green, and he yells over, ‘Hey you want to do ‘Melrose Place?’ and I said, ‘How much money you got?’ And that’s about as far as we got.”
TP: If the price was right, would you be interested? And have you talked with the other original cast members about it?
GS: “I haven’t talked to anybody yet, but I don’t think it’s for me. But I can’t really say no, first because they haven’t officially asked me, and also because I don’t know what the extent of it would be. But I really don’t want to be the old guy on some show about a bunch of kids.”
TP: Well, Brenda and Kelly are the best part of the new "90210." No one cares about the new kids. I'm sure that will be the case with "Melrose"--the fans would go crazy and they want the originals back, not a bunch of new nobodies.
GS: “Well, that's exactly it: if the fans are into it..that's why I can't say no to it. So if it's something interesting, sure.”
TP: Two of your “Melrose” alums live on Wisteria Lane now [Marcia Cross and Doug Savant]. Have you ever talked about guest starring on “Desperate Housewives”?
GS: “It also has Chuck Pratt, one of our head writers from 'Melrose.' And I don’t think Chuck likes me very much, [laughs], so there’s been no discussion of that. I wasn’t the nicest guy in the world on ‘Melrose Place,’ to be honest with you.”
TP: You had a bit of a reputation, did ya?
GS: “Well, I wasn’t terrible, but I wasn’t the nicest guy. I just saw things my way and was somewhat inflexible. I was young, angry, full of testosterone…I wanted the whole world, you know what I mean?”
TP: So has that changed with age and wisdom?
GS: “I think I’m a joy to work with now, [laughs] I’m a much easier going person. I’m not so bull headed--although my friends would still say I am.”
Click here to comment: Are you excited to see Grant Show on "Private Practice"? Do you think he'll add some excitement to the show? Do you miss "Swingtown"? And are you up for the new "Melrose Place"?
Message Edited by Tracy_Phillips on 11-26-2008 03:39 PM
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