The actor on his role on the CW series. Plus, the staying power of Lost, as it reaches its 10th anniversary.
by Eric Goldman IGN
March 25, 2014
Debuting last week, the CW’s new post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, The 100, is set both on Earth, where the title characters have been sent — to discover if our planet is once more livable — and in space, as we follow the power struggle onboard the space station called the Ark, with the remnants of humanity. A key figure on the Ark is Councilman Kane, played by Henry Ian Cusick. The pilot established Kane as a man who is determined to save mankind by any means necessary; even if it involves the death of many, as the Ark’s capacity to maintain life dips dangerously low. This puts him into conflict both with the current leader, Chancellor Jaha (Isaiah Washington) and with Abby (Paige Turco), a fellow council member who has a very different viewpoint on what is right.
The 100 has now wrapped production on its 13-episode season, but a few weeks before they finished, I sat down with Cusick to discuss his character and where Kane is coming from. We also talked about the surprisingly dark places The 100 goes and the echoes the series has of Cusick’s previous series Lost, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
IGN TV: Your character obviously has his ambitions, but do you think he’s sort of single-minded in that? From his point of view, he wants to help save humanity, and he just thinks he knows a better, albeit more ruthless, way to do it.
Henry Ian Cusick: That’s absolutely right. You hit it on the head. His ambitions… You would think he just wants Jaha’s job, for no other reason than he just wants the job. But I think, if he is ambitious in any way, he just thinks he can do it better and that his way is the right way. That’s why he’s prepared to kill quite a few people, as opposed to Abby, who’s not playing with that one at all.
IGN: Is it interesting to put your mindset into that of a guy who is so honed in what he believes is the greater good?
Cusick: Yes, yeah, because that goes against what I’d do, how I think personally. But to think that way and to convince yourself, “You know what? Yes, there is a valid point…” Would you chop your arm off to save your life? Yes, if you could. So it is a very valid point, and to get into that mindset… I hope that some people can understand as well.
Entire interview here: Henry Ian Cusick on The 100’s Dark Path and Kane’s Ambitions
Henry Ian Cusick and Jeffrey Jones to Star in ’10.0 The Big One’
“Lost” thesp Henry Ian Cusick and Jeffrey Jones are set to star in the indie disaster pic “10.0 The Big One.”
Pic will also star Cameron Richardson, David Chokachi and Kristen Dalton with David Gidali directing.
Story follows a chief engineer and his boss who unwittingly cause a series of earthquakes when their fracking operation upsets the San Andreas Fault.
Nancy Leopardi and Ross Kohn are producing for Indy Entertainment.
Production is currently underway.
April 1, 2014
Justin Kroll
Film Reporter @krolljvar
Henry Ian Cusick on The 100’s Dark Path and Kane’s Ambitions
The actor on his role on the CW series. Plus, the staying power of Lost, as it reaches its 10th anniversary.
by Eric Goldman IGN
March 25, 2014
Debuting last week, the CW’s new post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, The 100, is set both on Earth, where the title characters have been sent — to discover if our planet is once more livable — and in space, as we follow the power struggle onboard the space station called the Ark, with the remnants of humanity. A key figure on the Ark is Councilman Kane, played by Henry Ian Cusick. The pilot established Kane as a man who is determined to save mankind by any means necessary; even if it involves the death of many, as the Ark’s capacity to maintain life dips dangerously low. This puts him into conflict both with the current leader, Chancellor Jaha (Isaiah Washington) and with Abby (Paige Turco), a fellow council member who has a very different viewpoint on what is right.
The 100 has now wrapped production on its 13-episode season, but a few weeks before they finished, I sat down with Cusick to discuss his character and where Kane is coming from. We also talked about the surprisingly dark places The 100 goes and the echoes the series has of Cusick’s previous series Lost, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
IGN TV: Your character obviously has his ambitions, but do you think he’s sort of single-minded in that? From his point of view, he wants to help save humanity, and he just thinks he knows a better, albeit more ruthless, way to do it.
Henry Ian Cusick: That’s absolutely right. You hit it on the head. His ambitions… You would think he just wants Jaha’s job, for no other reason than he just wants the job. But I think, if he is ambitious in any way, he just thinks he can do it better and that his way is the right way. That’s why he’s prepared to kill quite a few people, as opposed to Abby, who’s not playing with that one at all.
IGN: Is it interesting to put your mindset into that of a guy who is so honed in what he believes is the greater good?
Cusick: Yes, yeah, because that goes against what I’d do, how I think personally. But to think that way and to convince yourself, “You know what? Yes, there is a valid point…” Would you chop your arm off to save your life? Yes, if you could. So it is a very valid point, and to get into that mindset… I hope that some people can understand as well.
Entire interview here: Henry Ian Cusick on The 100’s Dark Path and Kane’s Ambitions
Henry Ian Cusick Talks New The CW Series THE 100, the Fun of Playing a Confused Misanthrope, How LOST Made Him Enjoy Not Knowing What Happens, and More
“On the new CW drama series The 100, a nuclear Armageddon decimated planet Earth, destroying civilization, and the only survivors were the 400 inhabitants of 12 international space stations that were in orbit, at the time. Ninety seven years later, the survivors now number 4,000 and resources are running out on their dying Ark. To protect the survival of the human race, the leaders take ruthless steps to ensure their future, including secretly sending a group of 100 juvenile prisoners to the Earth’s surface to test whether it’s habitable again. The series stars Paige Turco, Isaiah Washington, Henry Ian Cusick, Kelly Hu, Eliza Taylor, Thomas McDonell, Bob Morley, Eli Goree, Marie Avgeropoulos, Christopher Larkin and Devon Bostick.
During this exclusive interview with Collider, actor Henry Ian Cusick (who plays Ark resident Kane) talked about how much fun it is to play a confused misanthrope, why he likes working in TV, what makes this show different, whether we’ll learn more about his mysterious character, how it feels like they’re making two separate shows, with the storyline on the Ark and the one on the ground, and how he likes never really knowing where the story is going.”
Full Interview Here: Henry Ian Cusick -The 100 Interview
Network Premiere Day for The 100
Get ready!!
The 100 premieres 9pm ET tonight, March 19 on The CW.
While you wait………..
Curious about what Earth might look like 97 years into the future? The CW’s new series “The 100” has a decidedly dark view of where humanity might be.
Read Full Article Here:
‘Lost’s Henry Ian Cusick Tries to Save Humanity on The 100’
Attractive young people being sent to a post-apocalyptic Earth might be something one would expect from a CW sci-fi drama. What’s more of a surprise, however, is the constant danger of one of them getting a spear through the chest or a knife in the throat.
The 100, which premieres Wednesday (9 ET/PT), owes much more to the short-season storytelling and “anyone can die at any time” mantra of cable shows such as Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead than Gossip Girl or 90210. And creator Jason Rothenberg has already made fast friends with the network’s censors.
Read This Article Here:
‘The 100 Is Not Usual Fare From CW’
The 100′ Featured in TV Guide Magazine’s ‘Spring Preview-Must See Shows’ Issue
TV Guide Magazine says, “Earth is the new final frontier in this futuristic drama featuring a band of space-station juvies – 100 of them, to be precise – who go a bit native after being forced to explore the now-nuclear-ravaged planet.
‘I wanted to do a Lord of the Flies writ large and a story about colonizing another planet,’ says executive producer Jason Rothenberg, who found a perfect pairing of those ideas in the galleys for Kass Morgan’s young-adult novel of the same. ‘I read it and was like ‘This is exactly what I want to do, but the planet is earth!”
The Series will split it’s time between the Earth’s surface – where teenager Clarke and her fellow parolees battle one another, hormones and unnamed horrors – and the Ark, an orbiting monolith that houses a handful of power-grabbing adults (including Person of Interest‘s Paige Turco, Lost‘s Henry Ian Cusick, and Grey’s Anatomy vet Isaiah Washington).
‘Like [on] Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, nobody is safe,’ stresses Rothenberg. ‘That is the kind of violence and the kind of world this is.’
~Damian Holbrook
The 100 premieres Wednesday, March 19th at 8 p.m. on CW8 Aggieland. Get more information on The 100 at cwtv.com, hulu, iTunes, and follow them on Twitter at @CWThe100.
http://www.kbtx.com/mycw8/entertainment/headlines/The-100-is-Featured-in-TV-Guide-Magazines-Spring-Preview-Must-see-Shows-Issue-249332832.html
Dress Wins ‘Best Short Narrative’ At 2014 Peace on Earth Film Fest!
Pleased and very honoured to announce Dress, which marked Ian’s directorial debut, has won this year’s Best Short Narrative at Chicago’s Peace on Earth Film Festival. The film screened there on Friday, March 7. Congratulations to Ian, Annie and Henry Joe Productions and to everyone involved in the making of this beautiful film!
http://www.peaceonearthfilmfestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=9
Chicago Stage Standard Review: ‘Dress’, a New Film Directed by and Starring Henry Ian Cusick
‘Dress’, a new film directed by and starring Henry Ian Cusick
February 27, 2014
Dress is a lovely short film written (with Susan Stanton), directed and starring Henry Ian Cusick, best known from his work in Lost. The simple theme is beautifully executed with terrific cinematography, a lovely score (by Michael Giacchino and Grant Lee Phillips) and a fine supporting cast (Loretta Ables, Ho’Ano Au, Asher Morgado) set in in Hawaii where Cusick now lives.
Cusick plays a young father with two children dealing with the loss of his wife. Within moments you are drawn into the family’s pain, and the way each member manages that pain is humorous and heartbreaking.
Dress plays as part of the 2014 Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF), presented by Transcendence Global Media, NFP, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The sixth annual festival takes place at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 East Washington, Thursday, March 6 through Sunday, March 9. Dress will be shown on Friday, March 7, at 10:20 p.m. Learn more at: www.peaceonearthfilmfestival.org. All screenings are free and open to the public.
http://chicagostagestandard.com/2014/02/27/dress-a-new-film-directed-by-and-starring-henry-ian-cusick/
Two Recent Press Interviews with Ian!
In advance anticipation of the DVD release ‘Not Another Happy Ending’, Ian recently did interviews with two UK publications. Read them at the links provided below……
From the Daily Record: “Scots Actor Henry Ian Cusick Tells Why He Had to Move Stateside for Work…..”
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/scots-actor-henry-ian-cusick-3120255
From Female First: “Henry Ian Cusick Exclusive Interview”
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/henry-ian-cusick-interview-417023.html
* ‘Not Another Happy Ending’ releases on Feb. 10th in the UK*
Ian’s New Promo Pics
The 100 recently released new promotional photos of the cast. Ian’s are below……which one is your favorite? Feel free to comment and tell us!
New Official Dress Trailer
The official trailer is now finished and can be seen here at HIC’s vimeo page:
http://vimeo.com/85511969