![]() Perlie enjoys his work and intersperses humor with the terror he incites. He’s confident, ruthless, and unyielding in the pursuit of what he believes is justice, with the force of his will and his menace. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.Ĭharles will play Perlie Armstrong. TVGuide.Isle of the Dead sees Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Morgan) traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. To be with Kyle and to have him send me off in that last moment was tough, but a great joy. I was sitting in my trailer before we shot it – it was the last one of the night – and it all just kind of hit me. : What was the most emotionally difficult scene for you to film in the last episode?Ĭharles: The toughest scene was definitely with Kyle at the end, and we shot that scene last. ![]() The pep rallies too …you can kinda go back in time and relive some high school moments. It was such a nice compliment to get to do something light and funny after so much heavy stuff. One second we're making out and then, flash, the next second I was running down the hallway in my boxers. : What was one of the most thrilling moments for you to play?Ĭharles: Well, all the drama that Smash is involved in is really wonderful, but one of my favorite moments was when we went to visit a college I get chased out of the campus by a huge nose guard for making out with his girlfriend. We saw people talk about steroids, or for defending my sister, or the mental illness thing we tackled with Waverly, who played this amazing bipolar character. We saw him in so many scenarios and in stuff that we never really see on television. One of the things I'll cherish most about playing Smash – I started out playing this stocky, standard jock football player, and then the story opened up into this amazing, nuanced, complicated, conflicted young man. : The end of the show is extremely emotional, but it didn't feel over the top.Ĭharles: The writing is so meaty and so real. I think any love or respect or admiration or coach-player relationship that you see onscreen is definitely grounded in truth off-screen. ![]() I've learned so much from him – whether it's watching him light up the screen acting or balancing work and family. I really look up to him and respect him as a coach in real life – like a mentor. ![]() : In your last four episodes, you and Coach have a tumultuous relationship, but in the end we can see how much they mean to each other – did you work on building that bond outside shooting, or was your chemistry instant?Ĭharles: I'll just say this: Kyle is the man! He is the man! I have such respect for Kyle, I think he's an amazing actor and an amazing human being. And hearing it from Connie (Britton) and Kyle (Chandler), the vets in this game, that this just doesn’t happen on TV shows. They're more than eager to hear from us in that regard. It was amazing having Jason Katim's (the executive producer and showrunner) and directors' numbers and really being able to talk about the stories. : Did you ever go to the writers and say, "Can Smash do this, or not do that?"Ĭharles: I did, and that's something that really doesn't happen very often in TV. We always see the bravado and the façade, but I think the three seasons have allowed us to explore the depth of where Smash is coming from – his family life and why he is who he is, which is amazing to play. : What was challenging about playing Smash?Ĭharles: When I first got cast I sat down with Peter Berg (the director and executive producer) and said, "What can I do to make this guy good, to make this guy better?" And Pete just said, "We need to keep this guy real." It dawned on me that we never really see African-American families on TV shows and movies, that tend to be more commercial, and we don't get to see their heart as much, or their struggles. spoke with Charles about what he loved most about playing Smash, his bonds with cast members, and what scene was the most emotional scene for him to film in the final episode. Gaius Charles plays a guy who needs no more introduction on Friday Night Lights than the word "Smash." Sadly, Charles' tailback will walk off the field for the last time on Wednesday's episode of FNL (Oct 22 at 9 pm/ET on DIRECTV 101). ![]()
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