TV Tattler: Celebrity Interviews
Continued: The Cast and Crew of '24' Take It One Day at a Time
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[continued] What was your favorite moment from the show?
Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida): Probably season three was my favorite, towards the end of the season when Jack and Tony were going at it with each other. That was a lot of fun to play. The conflict between those characters and the mutual respect was great.
James Morrison (Bill Buchanan): The very last moment last season when I actually got to connect with Jayne Atkinson's character (Karen Hayes), because that seldom happens to Bill. He's so busy barking that it's hard to have a moment of human contact.
Julian Sands (Vladimir Bierko): Going on the submarine was incredible. We had this proper submarine down in San Diego and our clearance went all the way to the Pentagon. Not sure what that means, but it did. Fingerprints, the whole thing. It was very exciting. Those periscopes on the sub are the most powerful objects you can imagine. You can turn them on San Diego and look straight into people's windows.
What is the most difficult part of doing '24'?
Cassar: Dealing with the time, quite honestly. You just want to do so much all the time. We're incredibly ambitious -- the writers are, I am, Kiefer is -- so we always want to make it the best we can.
Morrison: Setting up the story for audience members that may just be coming into it. That falls on my shoulders a lot. Bill has to explain what's happened, what's going to happen, and that's challenging to make that work. But it's fun; it's a great way to make your living.
Penny Johnson (Sherry Palmer): I think the most difficult part of doing '24' is when you no longer do '24'. You become such a part of it. I think Dennis [Haysbert] and I see ourselves as the Ma and Pa of the show. Yet when you come to an event like this it's as though you never left show.
Powers Boothe (Noah Daniels): I had finished shooting 'Deadwood' and Joel [Surnow] asked me to come over. We talked about doing a whole season and somehow it didn't quite work out, so he said, "We'll come up with something else." He wrote this part for me, which is a wonderful fit. I was thrilled to participate and be part of it. I play Noah Daniels, the Vice President. It's a real power trip. I come in episode seven.
What was your first audition like?
Smart: I was lucky. I came out here with a job from New York. I had been in New York doing theater and a producer came out to audition actors for a TV shoot. It was called 'Teachers Only,' with Norman Fell and Linda Redgrave.
Boothe: You know what, I was really, really lucky. I never had to do that -- not early on. I did a play on Broadway, then I came out here working and since then I've never really had to audition. I did a ton of them in New York though. I was terrible. I had friends who were great auditioners and I was not one of them.
Sands: It was terrible. It was for a theater job that I didn't get because I was so nervous and mumbly and inarticulate. The first movie I auditioned for was 'Greystoke.' But I didn't get it! As Tarzan I did a lot of monkey work, climbing, swinging around in the gym. I got really buff, but when it came time to do the talking scenes, I was spent, so I didn't get that job.
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