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Nads: Now that the show is over, what's next for you? More cop shows?
Walton: Television is a great gig. It's a great gig from a security standpoint and from getting to exercise your muscle every day. Honestly, it's the repetition. It's getting in front of that camera and exercising your muscle every day that is your ability to tell stories. That's such an honor to be able to do that, to be given that opportunity. That being said, I don't want to play a police officer anymore. I played one, and I want to honor Shane Vendrell by not doing that again for a while, anyway. Going back into television, I've really thought about it. I've read some stuff, and had some meetings with people on different shows, and my partner and I, we have a production company, and my partner wrote a pilot for me to star in. We just sold it actually.
I can't really give out any more information than that. There will be a release here pretty soon. This is a character that I would; it's the role of a lifetime, as Shane Vendrell was the role of a lifetime. If we're given the opportunity to tell this story, it'll be two characters back to back that will be watershed moments in my life. We'll see.
I don't know what the future holds. I know Spike Lee's movie's coming out soon; and we just did another movie ourselves, we produced another movie for a filmmaker. We've got Hal Holbrook and a slew of really good actors in it, and I like being on that side of the camera. I want to start directing. I don't know what the future holds.
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I want to thank Walton for taking the time to talk to me! Check out the season premiere of The Shield tonight at 10PM on FX.
Comments (2)
This is an amazing show. If Fox had had the balls to run it on the main network instead of FX I think it would have been a huge hit. Great interview Nads.
1 of 2 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on September 3, 2008 7:20 AM
I agree w/ you. I don't think it really caught on 'till later and it's too bad b/c everything about it is good. The writing, the suspense, story, it's the whole package.
2 of 2 | Posted by Nads | Posted on September 3, 2008 9:33 AM