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Interview: Jeff Goldblum from 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent' Interview: Jeff Goldblum from 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'
Submitted by curlie731 on March 26, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Interview: Jeff Goldblum from 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'
Interview: Jeff Goldblum from 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'

Since earlier you said it feels like a new show. How will this season continue with what fans enjoy? And there's lots of little aspects fans enjoy about CI. While documenting and exploring a sort of changing of the guard. I know that has to be pretty fascinating.

Jeff Goldblum: Yes. Well, who knows for whom it will be fascinating? It fascinates me. And I love these characters that they've written for Saffron and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. They're great actors and great people. It's fun to hang out with them all day because we work 12, 13, 14 hours some days. And you spend your whole life together and doing these characters and telling these stories. I think people can still enjoy, I would hope the stories, the creative kind of crimes that are depicted. And they're interesting in a way. And the criminals have interesting intents and the whys and wherefores and inner motives and configurations, endlessly unique configurations of what makes a killer do what they do and how they've gone off the rails. And what it means for us human beings and what lessons we can learn from it. That's, I think, in the same vein and endlessly interesting to me.

And then, these are new cops, seem to be, however we're doing it stylistically, a horror in a personally different way. We're certainly effective. And each week, we seem to not give anything away, but we certainly seem to be - to catch them. And then, with my particular interest, does seem to sort of uncover at least, the beginning of who these people are and what makes them tick and what made them tick in this situation and what that endlessly and infinitely and mysteriously means for who we are.

A lot of the fans are actually really upset about Goren and Eames leaving. So I'm just wondering if you can give the fans any reassurances or encouragement, reasons to keep watching the show?

Jeff Goldblum: Well, let's see. I mean, I totally under - First I'll say to them, I totally understand you're upset. Those were as fantastic a bunch of characters as I'd ever seen. And fantastic actors as we've ever had individually or together. And I'll be watching for all of them wherever they go. I know Eric Bogosian is in a play right now here in New York and haven't had time to see it, but I look forward to seeing it. And likewise, Vince and Katie.

As for what we're doing, I'm doing my best and I'm enjoying it to no end. And I think the writers, who are terrific, have written different characters but fascinating characters, at least to me.

I know in Saffron Burrows's case, she's such a special actress. I would encourage anybody - I would recommend and as part of this grief counseling of the loss of the old show and the old characters, I would recommend that they consider appreciating Saffron Burrows and Serena Stevens, her character. Saffron is such a uniquely beautiful actor inside and out. And wildly intelligent. Wildly intelligent. And so that they know, has passions, if they look her up a little bit, politically and having to do with the world that are very interesting and compelling to me. So fun to be around for me. And she brings all of this to the show. She's passionate and she's been a movie star that I've been very interested in for a long time. We did a movie together called Fay Grim in Berlin some years ago with Parker Posey that Hal Hartley directed. And I've loved her in TThe Guitar and The Bank Job and Troy. So I would encourage people to really get into her and appreciate her. She's sexy as can be and does this part they've written for her. A very interesting part, this detective from Chicago who has an interesting back story that we can only guess at a little bit and a daughter that we can guess at a little bit. We have to imagine about. But a very whole and multifaceted life.

And then, let me encourage them to get into Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. And seeing her every week. I adore her. We'd done a play together some years ago. But for anybody who's seen her from the beginning in Scarface or The Color of Money or an eye on the stage here in New York through the years. She is spectacular, as talented deeply, richly talented an actor as there is. Given to a rainbow of color choices in her paint box. And they've written for her just the beginnings already of a character that is very - that is not only unique, but multidimensional and colorful and complicated.

So I would, as a fan, I would tune in to see those two. That's for sure.

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