Happy days are here again! Burn Notice returns tonight with its sophomore season on USA. Stars of the show Bruce Campbell and Jeffrey Donovan took a brief pause from their busy shooting schedule to talk about what we can expect with this season.
What makes Burn Notice work?
Campbell thinks it probably is the strength of the characters who he describes as “a big bag of damaged goods.” Donovan thinks it’s because “it’s a summer show... you know, action and some pretty hot women.”
On Michael Westen's relationship with Fiona (played by Gabrielle Anwar):
Donovan chuckled loudly before saying, "That's a crazy relationship that's going to have its ups and downs. It's gonna go left, right and all around."
On new reccurring guest star Tricia Helfer:
Tricia Helfer will play Carla, the woman behind his burn notice - and his
new handler. Donovan pointed out that “she’s actually controlling
his life. She's very evil and sexy at the same time.”
“That’s evexy,”
Campbell chimed in.
Donovan: “She’s
wonderful. She’s beautiful. She’s really smart.”
What’s up with the yogurt?
Apparently there’s no real thought behind the running gag of Westen’s
continual eating of yogurt. Donovan: "It
was just something that was written into the script by Matt. For some
reason every time I open the fridge, it says, 'All there is is yogurt.'
And then when Sam joins me, it's beer. So I'm living on yogurt and
beer."
On working with each other:
Campbell: “I’ve learned that thank
god we’ve got Jeffrey Donovan. That’s all I can say because, you know
look, this is a very specific thing. If you get the wrong person for
the show, you’re doomed. You’re 100% doomed.”
Donovan: “Let me set the record
straight. You want Bruce Campbell stealing scenes on your show... you
need someone like Bruce Campbell because he never does it so far that
it detracts from the show or the scene, or the characters.”
How’s the second season looking?
Donovan said, "I love the
second-season scripts. They're even better than the first season, and I
think the first season was pretty darn good in and of itself. ... The ratings are not up to me, they're up
to the general public, and if they go up or down we're still going to
do the same thing we did last year, which is make the show we'd watch.
And that's what we're doing this year again."
Any fear of a sophomore slump?
Campbell: “Ain’t
going to be no slumpin’. Ain’t going to be no sophomore slump, my
friend.”
