Watching Jericho

BuddyTV has an exclusive interview with Michael Gaston, who plays Gray Anderson, newly-elected mayor and salt mine owner of Jericho. He talks about how he got into acting (He initially wanted to be a teacher, but the teachers that he talked to said that it was a thankless career) and how he got involved with Jericho. He said that he was initially approached to play Johnston, but after reading through the pilot script, decided that Gray Anderson looked more interesting, and closer to his age. They told him to prep both for the audition, and ended up getting the offer from Jericho at the same time as an offer came through for another TV show.

I actually auditioned for a show called Standoff and had been offered a part on that, and so this was the first time in my life that I had two people that wanted me at the same time and it really worked in my favor. Jericho made an offer really fast and I was ecstatic because I was so thrilled by the idea and the part, and John Turtletaub, who I’m just a huge fan of, and there couldn’t be a better guy who was going to direct it and executive produce it and put together the whole team, and I’m not kidding when I say that it’s the best professional experience I’ve had in the 20 years of doing this. It’s the greatest group of people, the material is great. Really smart smart actors who are really dedicated. Even one of the grips told me he’s been doing this for 30 years; he said it’s the most fun he’s had going to work his career. It’s just a great situation.

I, for one, think that he made the right decision in going with Jericho. Of course, Gray’s the guy we love to hate, but that just makes him more memorable.

Read the whole interview here.

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